The purpose of the series “Forty eight pages on teaching architecture” is to witness the ways in which today’s architectural culture is approached and transmitted through teaching. The publications especially focus on the activity of the visiting professors invited at the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture (architecture as well as other subjects), and thus preserve their cultural contribution.
«One moment is not like another. To wait for the right moment. Or to see the right moment. First this one. Patience. And then the next. Ready to see it. This moment, that is what it is about. This moment, which could be a definition. One of the definitions. Of architecture. On architecture. The moment when things that are seemingly unrelated suddenly and immediately seem to really relate to each other» (Jan De Vylder).
Jan De Vylder (1968) is a flemish architect based in Gent. He worked under his own name since 2000, first with Trice Hofkens, then with Inge Vinck and finally in 2010 architecten de vylder vinck taillieu was founded by Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck and Jo Taillieu. The office has won several prizes (Schelling Architektur Preize 2016) and works all over the world. In 2016 Jan De Vylder was one of the curators of the Belgian Pavillion at the Biennale in Venezia together with Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu, Doorzon interieurarchitecten, Filip Dujardin. He taught at Sint Lucas School for Architecture/KU Leuven Faculteit Architectuur and has been visiting professor at TU Delft, EPFL and the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, Università della Svizzera italiana.
The purpose of the series “Forty eight pages on teaching architecture” is to witness the ways in which today’s architectural culture is approached and transmitted through teaching. The publications especially focus on the activity of the visiting professors invited at the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture (architecture as well as other subjects), and thus preserve their cultural contribution.
«One moment is not like another. To wait for the right moment. Or to see the right moment. First this one. Patience. And then the next. Ready to see it. This moment, that is what it is about. This moment, which could be a definition. One of the definitions. Of architecture. On architecture. The moment when things that are seemingly unrelated suddenly and immediately seem to really relate to each other» (Jan De Vylder).
Jan De Vylder (1968) is a flemish architect based in Gent. He worked under his own name since 2000, first with Trice Hofkens, then with Inge Vinck and finally in 2010 architecten de vylder vinck taillieu was founded by Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck and Jo Taillieu. The office has won several prizes (Schelling Architektur Preize 2016) and works all over the world. In 2016 Jan De Vylder was one of the curators of the Belgian Pavillion at the Biennale in Venezia together with Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu, Doorzon interieurarchitecten, Filip Dujardin. He taught at Sint Lucas School for Architecture/KU Leuven Faculteit Architectuur and has been visiting professor at TU Delft, EPFL and the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, Università della Svizzera italiana.
