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Last year, the exhibition \u201cSoft Power: The Brussels Way of Making the City<\/em>\u201d, developed and presented at S AM \u2013 the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel, explored how Brussels shapes its city. Curated by Roxane Le Grelle and Andreas Kofler, it set out to sharpen public awareness of Brussels\u2019 competition culture, drawing on ten years of Kristiaan Borret\u2019s mandate and the collective work of the BMA team, alongside Brussels-based stakeholders, architects and urbanists.<\/p>\n

Today, after three months without a BMA and amid an ongoing governmental crisis, a role that has been openly questioned in Brussels is now being reaffirmed. Before the exhibition travels on to Luxembourg (LUCA \u2013 Luxembourg Center for Architecture), where it will be shown from February to June 2026, the BMA team has chosen to present it here, in Brussels. A timely reminder that, whilst international interest in the BMA role remains strong, it still requires explanation at home.<\/p>\n

Ahead of its next stop, the BMA team is bringing Soft Power<\/em> back to Brussels in a shorter, freer and more spontaneous format: Soft Power Sauvage. We are pleased to highlight the enabling conditions that have fostered a strong architectural culture in Brussels, and that have encouraged a new generation of architects to play an active part in the city\u2019s transformation.<\/p>\n

Soft Power Sauvage<\/em> will be on public display at Brasserie de la Senne from Thursday 29 January until Sunday 1 February 2026.<\/p>\n

More than ever, this is the moment to take pride in what makes Brussels so precious and to keep supporting it.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

With projects by:<\/strong>
\n&bogdan, 51N4E, Agmen, AgwA, L\u2019EQUIPE, Atama, Barbara Van der Wee, Bauclub, Baukunst, BC architects, Callebaut, Carton123, CENTRAL ofaau, Chris Pype, Czvek Rigby, DDS+, Dierendonckblancke architecten, Ecorce, Elm\u0113s, Endeavour, EM2N, evr, Fallow, G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Jaspers-Eyers Architects, Kollektif, l\u2019AUC, MSA, noAarchitecten, OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, Ouest, Pierre Leguillon, POLO, Rotor asbl, Sarah&Charles, Sergison Bates, Sophie Dars, Studio Paola Vigan\u00f2, V+, Vormen, vvv, XDGA<\/p>\n

Abattoir, Befifimmo, Beliris, citydev.brussels, commune d\u2019Anderlecht, Commune d\u2019Ixelles, Commune de Saint-Gilles, \u00c9tat f\u00e9d\u00e9ral belge, Fondation CIVA, Fondation KANAL, Logement Molenbeekois, Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Urbicoon, Pouvoir Organisateur Pluriel (POP), Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019Am\u00e9nagement Urbain (SAU), Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 du Logement de la R\u00e9gion de Bruxelles-Capitale (SLRB), Zinneke<\/p>\n

Also featuring contributions from<\/strong>:
\nAsl\u0131 \u00c7i\u00e7ek (scenography), Maxime Delvaux (photography and video), S\u00e9verin Malaud (photography), Never Touch The Red Button (video)
\nAnd in particular, photographs by:<\/strong>
\nArvi Anderson, Michiel De Cleene, Dennis De Smet, Filip Dujardin, Delphine Mathy, Thomas Nocento, Bas Princen, Dieter Van Caneghem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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