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31.01.24 19h00

WTC A Love Story

Wat ass Architektur? – Cinémarchitecture

Free entry

 @ Rotondes
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In the 1970s, the lively neighbourhood around Brussels-North Station was destroyed to make room for ​‘Little Manhattan’, a modernist dream with the two World Trade Centre towers as its crown jewels. The project failed, leaving the towers and surrounding area largely abandoned. Since late 2017, the owner of the towers has shown a renewed interest in the area.

Closely witnessing the changes from their studio space on the 25th floor of WTC tower 1, Lietje Bauwens and Wouter De Raeve decided to enter the debate by making a film with the actors that claim a voice in the transition : politicians, an activist, the private owner, designers, and others. 

Taking the WTC towers as its object, the film project unravels power relations between the different actors involved in the urban redevelopment and traces the influx of new progressive, ecological, and horizontalist ideas and their impact on the area.

WTC A Love Story uses fiction as a method to explore what stories enter the stage when the process of political representation is accelerated.

  • Director Lietje Bauwens & Wouter De Raeve | 2020 | docufiction (60’) | BE
  • Language : FR + NL | Subtitles : EN
  • Venue : Rotondes – Platforme
  • Free entry

Organised by WAA, in collaboration with Rotondes & luca – Luxembourg Center for Architecture. With the support of the Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte.

Wat ass Architektur?

Wat ass Architektur? (What is architecture?) is a series of events full of discoveries around — as you might have guessed — architecture.

We live in apartments and houses, we work in various office buildings, we spend our free time in theatres, swimming pools, restaurants and public spaces. But how much do we really know about the processes of creation and construction of the architectural landscapes that surround us?
WAA has been initiated to raise questions on various topics related to architecture while presenting their relevance in a national and international context.
At every WAA evening, you can expect a movie preceded and followed by unreleased film footage by WAA, highlighting the link between the projected film and Luxembourg.