Christophe Van Gerrewey

Christophe Van Gerrewey – Living in Liberty after 1968: Charles Vandenhove versus Lucien Kroll Not only did Belgian architects Vandenhove and Kroll study together, from 1951 onwards they also worked together for a while. Afterwards, they each developed their own and totally opposite oeuvre, in the case of Vandenhove based on a search for autonomy, in Kroll’s case based on participation. By means of stu dent housing projects they both
realised after 1968, Christophe Van Gerrewey reconstructs the positions of Kroll and Vandenhove – positions that are exemplary for the evolution of twentieth-century architecture, and for the relation between the architect and his audience.