
topophile l’ami·e des lieux \| la revue des espaces heureux savoir faire fr l’édito les saisons l’ours les auteurs & autrices rendez-vous inscription & contact soutenir topophile menu Rechercher parmi titre, auteur·e et contenu des articles. Rendez-vous 30/10/2026 08:45 – 21:00 The Belly of the City Conférence, Débat, Exposition Bruxelles accéder au site 2026-10-30 08:45 2026-10-30 21:00 Europe/Paris The Belly of the City NIAiU : Polish National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (Poland) The exhibition Le Ventre de la Ville (The Belly of the City), curated by architect Aleksandra Wasilkowska, treats food as an active political and spatial infrastructure. The exhibition is accompanied by the academic conference “New Foodscapes” (Nowe Krajobrazy Jedzenia), taking place on 30 October at the La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). It will bring together students, theorists, urban researchers, architects and landscape architects, and art and farming collectives. The conference is organised in partnership by the National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (NIAiU), Shadow Architecture, the La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at ULB, and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). Programme 08:45 – 09:00 : Registration, coffee and welcome 09:00–09:10 : Introduction – Geoffrey Grulois (ULB La Cambre-Horta), Aleksandra Wasilkowska (shadow Architecture), Aleksandra Nowysz (WULS) 09:10 – 09:20 : Autoportret magazine: Foodscapes – Dorota Leśniak, editor 09:20 – 10:10 : The Urzecze project – Joanna Erbel, Aleksandra Nowysz, Maciej Łepkowski (WULS, Urban Farm Most) 10:10 – 10:25 : Coffee break 10:25 – 10:45 : New forms of rural life – Nadia Casabella (ULB La Cambre-Horta) 10:45 – 11:05 : Developing typological alternatives in response to the challenges of transforming industrial agriculture – Axel Fischer (ULB La Cambre-Horta) 11:05 – 11:45 : Territorial strategies in Neerpede: agriculture, nature and landscapes – Catherine Fierens (Environnement Brussels) 11:45 – 12:05 : Discussion 12:05 – 13:05 : Lunch break at the pop-up “Milk Bar” in the university canteen (for speakers) 13:05 – 14:05 : Sour on Power – lecture by the art collective Slavs and Tatars 14:05 – 15:05 : Bioregionalism – Mathias Rollot (ENSAG-UGA) 15:05 – 15:25 : Break – Holobiont drink 15:25 – 16:25 : Food systems and the city – Prof. Damien Conaré (L’Institut Agro Montpellier) 16:25 – 16:55 : Discussion: future research directions and opportunities for collaboration, conclusions and recommendations Pl. Eugène Flagey 19, La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgique NIAiU : Polish National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (Poland) The Belly of the City NIAiU : Polish National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (Poland) Pl. Eugène Flagey 19, La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgique The exhibition Le Ventre de la Ville (The Belly of the City), curated by architect Aleksandra Wasilkowska, treats food as an active political and spatial infrastructure. The exhibition is accompanied by the academic conference “New Foodscapes” (Nowe Krajobrazy Jedzenia), taking place on 30 October at the La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). It will bring together students, theorists, urban researchers, architects and landscape architects, and art and farming collectives. The conference is organised in partnership by the National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (NIAiU), Shadow Architecture, the La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at ULB, and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). Programme 08:45 – 09:00 : Registration, coffee and welcome 09:00–09:10 : Introduction – Geoffrey Grulois (ULB La Cambre-Horta), Aleksandra Wasilkowska (shadow Architecture), Aleksandra Nowysz (WULS) 09:10 – 09:20 : Autoportret magazine: Foodscapes – Dorota Leśniak, editor 09:20 – 10:10 : The Urzecze project – Joanna Erbel, Aleksandra Nowysz, Maciej Łepkowski (WULS, Urban Farm Most) 10:10 – 10:25 : Coffee break 10:25 – 10:45 : New forms of rural life – Nadia Casabella (ULB La Cambre-Horta) 10:45 – 11:05 : Developing typological alternatives in response to the challenges of transforming industrial agriculture – Axel Fischer (ULB La Cambre-Horta) 11:05 – 11:45 : Territorial strategies in Neerpede: agriculture, nature and landscapes – Catherine Fierens (Environnement Brussels) 11:45 – 12:05 : Discussion 12:05 – 13:05 : Lunch break at the pop-up “Milk Bar” in the university canteen (for speakers) 13:05 – 14:05 : Sour on Power – lecture by the art collective Slavs and Tatars 14:05 – 15:05 : Bioregionalism – Mathias Rollot (ENSAG-UGA) 15:05 – 15:25 : Break – Holobiont drink 15:25 – 16:25 : Food systems and the city – Prof. Damien Conaré (L’Institut Agro Montpellier) 16:25 – 16:55 : Discussion: future research directions and opportunities for collaboration, conclusions and recommendations

Rendez-vous

30/10/2026

08:45 – 21:00

The Belly of the City

Conférence, Débat, Exposition

Bruxelles

2026-10-30 08:45 2026-10-30 21:00 Europe/Paris The Belly of the City NIAiU : Polish National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (Poland) The exhibition Le Ventre de la Ville (The Belly of the City), curated by architect Aleksandra Wasilkowska, treats food as an active political and spatial infrastructure. The exhibition is accompanied by the academic conference “New Foodscapes” (Nowe Krajobrazy Jedzenia), taking place on 30 October at the La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). It will bring together students, theorists, urban researchers, architects and landscape architects, and art and farming collectives. The conference is organised in partnership by the National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (NIAiU), Shadow Architecture, the La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at ULB, and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). Programme 08:45 – 09:00 : Registration, coffee and welcome 09:00–09:10 : Introduction – Geoffrey Grulois (ULB La Cambre-Horta), Aleksandra Wasilkowska (shadow Architecture), Aleksandra Nowysz (WULS) 09:10 – 09:20 : Autoportret magazine: Foodscapes – Dorota Leśniak, editor 09:20 – 10:10 : The Urzecze project – Joanna Erbel, Aleksandra Nowysz, Maciej Łepkowski (WULS, Urban Farm Most) 10:10 – 10:25 : Coffee break 10:25 – 10:45 : New forms of rural life – Nadia Casabella (ULB La Cambre-Horta) 10:45 – 11:05 : Developing typological alternatives in response to the challenges of transforming industrial agriculture – Axel Fischer (ULB La Cambre-Horta) 11:05 – 11:45 : Territorial strategies in Neerpede: agriculture, nature and landscapes – Catherine Fierens (Environnement Brussels) 11:45 – 12:05 : Discussion 12:05 – 13:05 : Lunch break at the pop-up “Milk Bar” in the university canteen (for speakers) 13:05 – 14:05 : Sour on Power – lecture by the art collective Slavs and Tatars 14:05 – 15:05 : Bioregionalism – Mathias Rollot (ENSAG-UGA) 15:05 – 15:25 : Break – Holobiont drink 15:25 – 16:25 : Food systems and the city – Prof. Damien Conaré (L’Institut Agro Montpellier) 16:25 – 16:55 : Discussion: future research directions and opportunities for collaboration, conclusions and recommendations Pl. Eugène Flagey 19, La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgique NIAiU : Polish National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (Poland) The Belly of the City

NIAiU : Polish National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (Poland)

Pl. Eugène Flagey 19, La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgique

The exhibition Le Ventre de la Ville (The Belly of the City), curated by architect Aleksandra Wasilkowska, treats food as an active political and spatial infrastructure.

The exhibition is accompanied by the academic conference “New Foodscapes” (Nowe Krajobrazy Jedzenia), taking place on 30 October at the La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). It will bring together students, theorists, urban researchers, architects and landscape architects, and art and farming collectives. The conference is organised in partnership by the National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (NIAiU), Shadow Architecture, the La Cambre-Horta Faculty of Architecture at ULB, and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW).

Programme

08:45 – 09:00 : Registration, coffee and welcome
09:00–09:10 : Introduction – Geoffrey Grulois (ULB La Cambre-Horta), Aleksandra Wasilkowska (shadow Architecture), Aleksandra Nowysz (WULS)
09:10 – 09:20 : Autoportret magazine: Foodscapes – Dorota Leśniak, editor
09:20 – 10:10 : The Urzecze project – Joanna Erbel, Aleksandra Nowysz, Maciej Łepkowski (WULS, Urban Farm Most)
10:10 – 10:25 : Coffee break
10:25 – 10:45 : New forms of rural life – Nadia Casabella (ULB La Cambre-Horta)
10:45 – 11:05 : Developing typological alternatives in response to the challenges of transforming industrial agriculture – Axel Fischer (ULB La Cambre-Horta)
11:05 – 11:45 : Territorial strategies in Neerpede: agriculture, nature and landscapes – Catherine Fierens (Environnement Brussels)
11:45 – 12:05 : Discussion
12:05 – 13:05 : Lunch break at the pop-up “Milk Bar” in the university canteen (for speakers)
13:05 – 14:05 : Sour on Power – lecture by the art collective Slavs and Tatars
14:05 – 15:05 : Bioregionalism – Mathias Rollot (ENSAG-UGA)
15:05 – 15:25 : Break – Holobiont drink
15:25 – 16:25 : Food systems and the city – Prof. Damien Conaré (L’Institut Agro Montpellier)
16:25 – 16:55 : Discussion: future research directions and opportunities for collaboration, conclusions and recommendations