For residency #001 Paris-based architect Louise Morin will be working on ‘our relationship to (thermal) comfort and the idea of ideal temperature’.
Architecture rarely occupies the public debate except through the prism of thermal comfort. From global warming and ways to keep our buildings cool in summer, to energy issues and our heating needs that have been at the heart of discussions with the war in Ukraine and its consequences on energy resources. Housing insulation is in one case as in the other, presented as the solution to all ills, and “thermal renovation” is financed by the state. The materials that are used to carry out these thermal renovations often come from the petrol industry, and if there are interesting practices around alternatives, Louise Morin wants to question this notion of heating the bodies rather than the spaces.
During five months Louise Morin investigated the relationship Belgium has with the textile industry, the way it changed our interiors and the impact it had on our comfort. In a second stage she worked on the idea of heating the body rather than heating the space. The exhibition on show between 23 February and 19 May 2024 presented the result of this research.
With the precious support of the Flemisch Government, Batilin, Haezebrouck, Lemaitre Demeestere

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Residency #001
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Residency #001
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