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AgwA - office info

AgwA is an architecture practice that was set up in Brussels in 2003 by Raphael Cornelis, Harold Fallon and Benoît Vandenbulcke. Raphael Cornelis left the office in 2009.

AgwA partners
Harold Fallon
Benoît Vandenbulcke
Raphaël Cornelis (2003-2009)

AgwA team
Julien Delmotte (2009-...)
Bastien Pilet (2009-...)
Guillaume Becker (2008-...)

former collaborators
Kevin Desmedt (2009)
Pieter Coelis (2008)
Jérémie Comenne (2008)
Corentin Fivet (2008)
Jan Hoffman (2008)
Evelia Macal (2007)
Gabriel Reding (2006)

AgwA teaches/researches
Architecture Studio, Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst Sint Lucas, Brussels and Ghent, Belgium
Architecture Studio, architecture department UCLouvain, Belgium
PhD, UCLouvain, be (ongoing)
PhD by design practice, RMIT, au (ongoing)
Course on "architecture technology", architecture department UCLouvain, Belgium (2005-2007)
Research Training Sessions, Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst Sint-Lucas, Belgium
Participation to juries and intl conferences in various schools and universities

AgwA studied
UCLouvain (B), UPMadrid (E), KULeuven (B), Berlage (NL), RMIT (au), Horta (B), UNAM (MX), St-Luc Liège (B)

AgwA speaks
Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish

AgwA collaborates
Artgineering (architects and Urban Planners, nl)
OLM (landscape architects, fr)
Matador (architect, be)
Artau (architect, be)
Ester Goris (architect, be)
Ferriere architectes (architect, B)
feld72 (architects, au) ;
ducks sceno (scenographs, fr)
Greisch (engineers, be)
Ney & partners (engineers,be)
Bureau d'études Weinand (architect and engineer, be)
Boydens (engineers, be)
Seca Group (engineers, be)
Kahle acoustics (be)
(...)

AgwA competes/wins

2010 : Badvoslau - school campus, badvoslau, at
2010 : Sint Lucas - extension of an architecture school, Ghent (2nd round)
2010 : Peronnes - sports centre,Antoing (winner)
2009 : Venice biennale - belgian pavilion
2009 : Claes - passive house in Brussels (winner)
2009 : Neufchâteau - logding in a sports center (2nd)
2009 : Eau d'Heure - sports hall, Froidchapelle (4th)
2009 : Stavelot - cultural center (2nd)
2009 : riva bella 2 - specialized school, Braine l'Alleud (3rd)
2008 : bps22 - contemporary arts platform, Charleroi (4th)
2008 : rio, contundaba sea tower, rio de janeiro
2008 : philippeville, school campus masterplan + restaurant (3rd)
2008 : Brussels Central Station - pedestrian tunnel
2008 : Vorst - social housing competition
2007 : Carré des Arts - cultural infrastructure (winner)
2007 : Antwerp - social housing competition - (3rd)
2007 : Genk - social housing competition
2007 : Beveren - Huisvesting herbekeken - social housing competition
2006 : Turnhout - redesign grote markt
2006 : wooden observation tower, Lanaken
2006 : theming of a new ride in walibi Belgium, invited competition (winner)
2006 : latvian memorial, Koknese, Latvia
2006 : europan 8, Stavanger, Norway
2004 : huisvesting herbekeken, Belgium
2003 : call for ideas place Flagey (2nd prize public, 3d prize jury)
2002 : website competition for young architects, Belgium (2nd prize design, 3d prize content)
2001 : Acadia : Informum Berlin (mention)

AgwA in books/magazines/newspapers

2010 : a structure to live in, in Arhitectura (ro), pp 42-47, #85, june 2010
2010 : cand hiroizolatia(...), in Arhitectura (ro),pp18-19, #85, june 2010
2009 : AgwA, Metal visitor's guide, NICHE, BOZAR ARCHITECTURE
2009 : le contrat du No 40, in A+ 221, dec 2009 - jan 2010, pp 52-54
2009 : alliage programmatique, in A+ 220, nov 2009, p 10
2009 : le vide comme élément architectural in 10 years of wooden contemporary architecture - Bois&Habitat, p38, ISBN 9782507001889
2008 : Alternativ/Alternative in Arhitectura (ro), #66, july-august 2008
2008 : A bruxelles, près de chez nous, Directie Stadsvernieuwing, ISBN 978-2-9600749-0-1
2008 : interview in «Le monde invisible», La Première radio, 10 jan 2008
2007 : belgium new architecture #4, prismes editions, ISBN 2-930451-04-1
2007 : collection d'architectures - sans titre, exhibition catalogue, nov 2007
2007 : Cityscape & Vertigo, in ArchiNed (nl), 25 sept 2007
2007 : Sueurs froides, in A+ 205, p 76, apr-may 2007
2007 : (Re)Nouveaux plaisirs d'architecture #2, in A+ 205, pp 38-44, apr-may 2007
2007 : MyCarpet, tappeto portatile, in Abitare 471 p120, apr 2007
2007 : Giovani architetti a bruxelles, in Abitare 471 p140, apr 2007
2007 : (Re)Nouveaux plaisirs d'architecture, in Techniques & architecture #488,feb-mar 2007
2007 : Contemporary suspense, in A10#14, mar-apr 2007 (A10)
2007 : 5 bonnes raisons (...), in Victoire n°34, 17/03/2007
2007 : Je bent jong en je wilt wat, maar je mag niets, in De Morgen,24/02/2007 p10
2007 : Nos jeunes architectes à l'honneur, in La Libre Belgique 13/02/2007, p19
2007 : Les vertiges de la création belge, in Le Soir 06/02/2007, p33
2007 : MyCarpet, in Damn°9, p 136, jan-feb 2007
2007 : Nog meer plezier, in A+ 198, p 14, dec 2006 - jan 2007
2006 : Plonger dans la nature, in weekend - le vif,nr 25, 23-06-2006
2006 : Carnet de route, tome 8, Bois & habitat 2006
2006 : De vogels zijn gaan vliegen, in de standaard/het nieuwsblad 01-04-2006
2006 : Nager dans un abreuvoir, in A+ 198, 02/2006, p 60
2006 : Piscines, pp 96-99, éditions BETA-PLUS, 01/2006, ISBN 2-930367-33-4
2005 : De la participation urbaine : la place Flagey, Les Cahiers de la Cambre Architecture n°3
2003 : Brussels Flageyplein moet dorst van Eugène lessen, De morgen 30-09-2003
2003 : FlageypleinA+, 17-12-2003 (eugène heeft dorst)
2003 : Sprankelende idëen voor Flagey, Brussel deze week, 2-10-2003

AgwA exposes/talks/writes

2010 : a structure to live in, in Arhitectura (ro), pp 42-47, #85, june 2010
2010 : four study cases on skins and structures, H. Fallon, Structures & Architecture, ICSA, pt
2010 : Metal, Niche, model exhibition, Bozar Architecture
2009 : AgwA, Niche, lecture by H. Fallon & B. vandenbulcke, Bozar, 17/12/2009
2009 : Squares, H. Fallon & B. Vandenbulcke, Communicating (by) Design, Sint Lucas
2009 : By design, for design research exhibition, Sint Lucas, Brussels
2008 : By design, for design research exhibition, Sint Lucas, Brussels
2007 : collection d'architectures - sans titre, collective exhibition at CWB, Paris
2007 : architecture marathon, conference/debate at CIVA, 03/03/2007
2007 : (Re)Nouveaux plaisirs d'architecture, La Cambre-CIVA, Brussels
2003 : Call for ideas Flageyplein - Thirsty Eugene, Brussels