BAVO
BAVO
BAVO’s core activities are three-fold. In the first place, BAVO carries out fundamental research into the political dimension of architecture, urban planning and art. Research subjects from recent years include the restructuring of problem districts, the imbedded role of artists and architects in urban developments, the new engagement within architecture, the hype around the creative city and the neo-liberalisation of town planning in the EU. In the second place BAVO communicates the results of its research within specialised circles and organises debates and symposiums about them. And finally BAVO also takes part in the public debate about social developments and its are of interest. Through these interventions, it attempts to redefine the traditional role of the theoretician.
BAVO is an independent bureau. It initiates projects itself and it also works together with public and private institutions. In 2004 and 2005 BAVO worked out of the offices of the Theory Department of the interdisciplinary research institute of the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht. Through the years BAVO enjoyed project-based financial support of Fonds BKVB (Amsterdam), the Netherlands Architecture Fund, the Mondriaan Foundation and the Flemish Authorities.
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