Looking for UTOPIA. The possibilities of an island

Research context.

In 2016, the city of Leuven celebrates the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s famous book ‘Utopia’. Stad & Architectuur has appointed a team of curators to develop an exhibition on utopian thinking in architecture that will be hosted in Museum M.

Impact.

This experiment has been set up as a design research on the potential of a utopian approach of the contemporary context (scientific impact) to act as a powerful critique on our society (social impact). Stad & Architectuur also wishes to involve master students to work on a similar design assignment.

The results will be shown in a series of parallel exhibitions and an international symposium and publication (cultural impact).