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From Office to Home: Affordable Housing through Office Conversion in Belgium
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From Office to Home
“From Office to Home” starts from a paradox: empty office spaces on one side, people in need of housing on the other. The book explores this topic by first creating an inventory of 200 office-to-housing conversions in Belgium, mapping their spatial and social realities, from private developments, student housing and senior residences to emergency housing and squats, all shown with photographs and scaled drawings. But projects are analysed also through the ways they are lived, with portraits of residents inhabiting former offices. Unbuilt projects challenge the assumptions that shape conversion today. Here, voices of people experiencing poor housing conditions offer a counterpoint, by expressing what kind of housing they aspire to. In total, 25 conversion projects and 25 portraits form a dialogue between reality and possibility. Publication in cooperation with Cellule architecture - Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
- Contributions by Pier Vittorio Aureli, Abdelmajid Boulaioun, Isabel Concheiro, Maïa Descamps, Gérald Ledent, Christine Mahy
- Photography by Vincen Beeckman
- Exhibition at Belgian Pavilion during the Venice Biennale 8 May – 21 November 2027
- Also available in French: Domestiquer le bureau (978-3-0356-3186-9)
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- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Author
- Gérald Ledent
- Format
- Paperback
- Release date
- Apr 19, 2027
- ISBN-13
- 9783035631845
- ISBN-10
- 3035631840
- Pages
- 240
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Volume pricing applies automatically in your cart. No codes, no account needed.
| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 25 – 99 | $31.59 | 21% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $30.39 | 24% off list |
| 250 – 499 | $29.99 | 25% off list |
| 500 – 999 | $28.79 | 28% off list |
| 1,000+ | $27.99 | 30% off list |
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