Agenda

On the eve of the start of the WONDER Festival, we will kick off the festival festively, together with all participants and partners. It promises to be a lively evening, during which we will also highlight the 20th anniversary of Designregio Kortrijk. Moreover, that same evening in Kortrijk the presentation of the Ecodesign Award for students 2025 will take place. OVAM and Flanders Circular put the spotlight on a new generation of young designers and crown students with innovative, circular ideas with the coveted award. A festive opening that unites creativity, vision of the future and cooperation.

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Only when they are subjects of conversation or text,
do buildings become truly social,
because until people have exchanged thoughts about them,
buildings remain just isolated objects.
Without language, there would be no architecture.

- Adrian Forty

Discover the design stories behind Kortrijk's facades.
Walk 5 kilometres through the heart of the city and be surprised by the stories behind the facades. This unique architecture walk is a tribute to Filip Cnockaert, founder of Cnockaert Architecture. More than 35 years of inspiring work in and around Kortrijk.

A walk full of inspiration.
Each project on this route tells a story about architecture, public space and connection. Filip Cnockaert believed in architecture as more than just building, as a way of bringing people together, connecting past and future.

A passionate architect.
He was a modest and passionate architect. An architect who loved designing, connecting and who believed in the social role of architecture. He looked beyond form and function, he was someone who saw architecture as a living conversation with people, time and space.

His architecture lives on, not just in stone, wood or concrete, but in the way it brings people together.

Walk along.
An inspiring walk around architecture and public space.  Discover the buildings that play an important role in the more than 35 years of experience of the Cnockaert firm of architects.

Soon you will be able to download the full route, including stories at each building. Discover how architecture lives in the city and in the people who are part of it. Along the way, you will also pass pleasant places to stop or chat.

Architect Filip Cnockaert not only designed places, he also shaped how people live, live and work together. Each building on this route testifies to a different time, a different question, a different solution. From Italian Renaissance to reconversion: a walk through time. He believed that the best ideas arise where people share their knowledge and enhance each other's creativity. So he collaborated with Jordi Farrando, among others, for the shopping mall and several artists whom he set free in their creativity.

Filip Cnockaert's buildings and designs are a tangible legacy. We can continue to experience, admire and use it. In this sense, his spirit, his vision and his creativity continue to live on in the space around us.

"Behind every facade is a vision. Behind every stone an encounter." Marie-Amélie.
Guided walk by Marie-Amélie, entries follow.

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Known for the recurring butt motif in his oeuvre, Jan Leenders invites you on November 2nd to take part in a participatory art performance. While cycling through Kortrijk and its surroundings, you’ll create a butt-shaped GPS drawing on Strava, turning you into both a participant and a co-creator of the artwork. The result is a lasting digital memory of a temporary, collective experience. An ode to slowness, social connection and mindful movement. Playful yet meaningful, absurd yet connecting. Due to organisational reasons, the number of participants is limited and registration is required. Info and pre-registration via: https://forms.gle/bpddrTfvXHPbHcaHA 

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