BC Architects

The letters BC the name of this architectural firm stands for Brussels Cooperation, which indicates the organization’s strong desire for their projects to be embedded within place and people. The organization, which started in 2012, is comprised of three entities that each cater to a different set of goals. BC Architects is a private limited liability company, which delivers full architectural services for a building project, ranging from small scale renovations to urban developments. Its architecture is sensitive to people, context, and materials. BC architects benefit from the knowledge created through BC Studies, its lab for social, material, and architectural innovation, which they use for extensive research on local materials and innovative building processes. Furthermore, BC believes that, in order to have a positive impact on our society, architects need to intervene beyond the narrow definition of the professional who designs and controls the execution of buildings. Hence, BC ventures into material production, contracting, storytelling, knowledge transfer, and community organization, through its third vehicle: BC Materials. Within their operations, BC attempts to fully engage with all stakeholders in a construction project to jointly explore new possibilities for ecological construction. For instance, they help contractors acquire earth construction skills through training days in their facilities in Brussels, or at private construction sites. Moreover, they engage with citizens, users, and other interested by jointly creating eco-friendly building materials.

“Our building materials are fun and easy to work with. Once you have the taste of it, you hardly want to use something else. With our workshops we introduce you into earth building principles and techniques. This could be in the form of seminars, team building activities, workshops, grafted on the themes of circular and natural building.”

More information can be found on their website, and examples of their workshops can be found on their youtube channel.