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We are currently facing a crisis of imagination.

We are aware of the societal challenges and their urgency – in relation to water, energy, agriculture, care, mobility, and the circular economy. We know that the transformation of our streets, neighbourhoods, and landscapes is essential to address them. Yet this transformation remains difficult to imagine and even harder to implement.
 

This leads to an implementation gap.

There is a gap between what we, as a society, aspire to and what we are realising in our living environment today. They  span so  many  sectors  and  involve so many actors that  responsibility  falls on  everyone, and therefore, ultimately, on  no one. 

That is why we  make it our mission to create the space that connects them.
 

WORKROOM is the shared space where we tackle the social and spatial transformations that no one can achieve alone. It is where we imagine a desirable future for our living environment, and co-design the pathways to get there.


We are developing a practice and a culture of transformation that facilitates the transition to an environment with higher spatial quality, thriving ecosystems, responsible value chains, and collective prosperity and well-being.


We are currently taking the lead on three mission-driven transformations: 

• societal incubators

• fossil-free neighbourhoods

• sponge landscapes


To make these transformations a reality,  WORKROOM works shoulder to shoulder with pioneering designers, local authorities, organisations and businesses, governments, knowledge  institutions  and impact investors.   
 

Through co-creative design, we imagine  shared pathways to the future in exhibitions, publications, innovation  programmes  and public programmes. These are the workrooms where we  connect  the actors capable of realising these transformations. From there, we design shared ownership and the organisational, funding and policy models that lead to real  change. 
 

WORKROOM bases its activities in Brussels, Flanders and the Netherlands, and in the wider river delta of the Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt as a coherent spatial system. As the capital of Europe, Brussels serves as our base and acts as a gateway to international networks.


 

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WORKROOM

Since 2010, Architecture Workroom Brussels has focused on the future of our living environment. The organisation began as a safe haven to address the link between space and societal transitions, aimed at fostering a futureproof design practice, commissioning and building culture.

It has now become evident that the transformation of our streets, neighbourhoods, and landscapes is both a prerequisite and a lever for achieving societal goals in synergy. Yet we observe that these transformations remain difficult to imagine and implement. They span so many sectors and involve so many actors that responsibility falls on everyone, and therefore, ultimately, on no one.

That is why we make it our mission to create the space that connects them. And with this refined mission comes a new name: WORKROOM, House for transformation. WORKROOM is the shared space where the future of our living environment is not only imagined but also organised.

We are currently taking the lead on three mission-driven transformations:

  • SOCIETAL INCUBATORS - By 2030, stakeholders from the youth, culture, sports, care and education sectors will join forces to create renewed societal spaces that tackle loneliness and counteract the fragmentation and pressure on public infrastructure.
  • FOSSIL-FREE NEIGHBOURHOODS - By 2030, at least ten neighbourhoods will be underway with the transition to fossil-free energy in an inclusive and affordable way, with a view to completely phase-out fossil fuels by 2040.
  • SPONGE LANDSCAPES - By 2030, we will have achieved our water, agriculture and nature goals through a single, coherent approach at catchment area level, in which strong regional coalitions collectively enhance the landscape's sponge capacity.

To make these transformations a reality, WORKROOM works shoulder to shoulder with pioneering designers, local authorities, organisations and businesses, governments, knowledge institutions and impact investors.

Through co-creative design, we imagine shared pathways to the future in exhibitions, publications, innovation programmes and public programmes. These are the workrooms where we connect the actors capable of realising these transformations. From there, we design shared ownership and the organisational, funding and policy models that lead to real change.

The name is simpler. The stakes are higher. WORKROOM is the shared space where we tackle the social and spatial transformations that no one can achieve alone. In an era of polarisation, compartmentalisation and instability, that is perhaps the most radical thing we can do.