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==Biography== |
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Kroll was born in [[Brussels]] on 13 March 1927. After obtaining his degree in architecture at [[ |
Kroll was born in [[Brussels]] on 13 March 1927. After obtaining his degree in architecture at [[La Cambre]] in 1951, Kroll worked together with architect [[Charles Vandenhove]] for several years. Later on he started his own practice Atelier Kroll together with his wife Simone. He has realized more than 100 projects. |
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Critic of the authoritarian relationship between architect and user, Kroll showed a keen interest in participatory architecture and explored a specific way of practising architecture, inspired by people’s differences and spontaneity<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg37J2CMocq CIVA Brussels] </ref> |
Critic of the authoritarian relationship between architect and user, Kroll showed a keen interest in participatory architecture and explored a specific way of practising architecture, inspired by people’s differences and spontaneity.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg37J2CMocq CIVA Brussels] </ref> His specific view on achitecture is reflected in his projects, including La Mémé and underground station Alma in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, a residental housing complex in Auderghem, and many more. |
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==La Mémé== |
==La Mémé== |
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Revision as of 05:12, 9 August 2022
Lucien Kroll (13 March 1927 – 2 August 2022)[1] was a Belgian architect known for his projects involving participation by the future inhabitants of the buildings.
Biography
Kroll was born in Brussels on 13 March 1927. After obtaining his degree in architecture at La Cambre in 1951, Kroll worked together with architect Charles Vandenhove for several years. Later on he started his own practice Atelier Kroll together with his wife Simone. He has realized more than 100 projects.
Critic of the authoritarian relationship between architect and user, Kroll showed a keen interest in participatory architecture and explored a specific way of practising architecture, inspired by people’s differences and spontaneity.[2] His specific view on achitecture is reflected in his projects, including La Mémé and underground station Alma in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, a residental housing complex in Auderghem, and many more.
La Mémé
His most famous work is La Mémé - the building complex for the Medical Faculty at the University of Louvain, Belgium, from 1970 to 1976. With precedent experiences in participatory architecture, Kroll was selected for the realization of the complex.
These buildings "aroused widespread controversy in the early 1970s (and even today), their fragmented and improvisational appearance— the result of a deliberate participatory design process— in stark contrast to the adjacent massive and repetitive hospital, the embodiment of a centralized bureaucracy."[3] Overall, the public pleads to erase most of the buildings.
Selected Works
References
- ^ Décès de Lucien Kroll (in French)
- ^ CIVA Brussels
- ^ Kroll, Lucien (1987). An Architecture of Complexity. MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-61047-7.
Further reading
- Muriel Emmanuel, Contemporary Architects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
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