‘Meet the Architects: Ouest’

Ouest (°2009, BE) takes the city as its starting point and playground. At their inaugural lecture on 14 October 2025, Stephane Damsin and Jan Haerens will present their exhibition Urban Legend and the accompanying publication.

They will explore how their architecture can interact with the urban environment around it, an approach that is in keeping with their way of approaching the existing, combining architectural rigour with a broader view of the city, between the imaginary and concrete realities.
Their achievements include a number of cultural and community projects, such as the Zinneke headquarters, in collaboration with Rotor, the transformation of the Théâtre Jean Vilar in Louvain-la-Neuve and the recently completed cultural centre in Schaerbeek.