Het Verhaal van Brugge - The Story of Bruges
Type: Architecture Illustrations, Book
Title: Het Verhaal van Brugge (The Story of Bruges)
Author(s): Eric Van Hove, Dalilla Hermans
Publisher: Brugge Foundation, Vanden Broele Press, 2023
Location: Brugge, Belgium
Graphite, Ink / Digital Coloring
29,7 x 42,0 cm (42 x 59,4 cm printed)
2023
Also Published in:
Brugge 2030 - The Art of Conversation
Authors: Dalila Hermans, Marthe Soete, Silke Bomberna
Publisher: To be published soon
Order on: www.brugge2030.be
2024
Title: Het Verhaal van Brugge (The Story of Bruges)
Author(s): Eric Van Hove, Dalilla Hermans
Publisher: Brugge Foundation, Vanden Broele Press, 2023
Location: Brugge, Belgium
Graphite, Ink / Digital Coloring
29,7 x 42,0 cm (42 x 59,4 cm printed)
2023
Also Published in:
Brugge 2030 - The Art of Conversation
Authors: Dalila Hermans, Marthe Soete, Silke Bomberna
Publisher: To be published soon
Order on: www.brugge2030.be
2024
In Bruges, elections are held in 2024. This means that there is a possibility to put forward new themes in the party programs, in the run-up to the elections. There will be a new ‘inspirational note’ (formerly: administrative memorandum) from the city administration, as a possible entry point for new agreements. Either way, a new governing team will take office in 2025, which may or may not be the same as before, but in any case with a new multi-year plan, with possibly other priorities as well. That is why this book reflects on the future of Bruges. With illustrations of future possibilities for some twenty sites in the city, it reinforces a quiet but stubborn conviction: with a view to 2030, the cultural sector in Bruges should not keep asking for more, but on the contrary, learn to breathe new life into the city and its often centuries-old infrastructure and buildings, by attaching new functions to them: a lesson in sustainability and shared use. This story of Bruges is not a mandate, not a finished story, it is an open invitation to think about crucial places and processes in the city and to connect people to them. Because in the life of a city, people and processes are perhaps even more important than buildings and infrastructure. ‘The Story of Bruges’ is not stuck in the past. The world of tomorrow starts today. (text translated from Het Verhaal Van Brugge, written by Eric Van Hove)
