Training "Maintenance of Art Nouveau - 2" (15 people)
Brussels - from September 29 to October 03, 2003
Program
Monday 29/09/03 / MORNING10:00 / Place: Bloemenwerf, avenue Vanderaey 102, 1180 Uccle (1895, Architect : Henry Van De Velde)
Meeting in the hotel lobby entrance to go by tram (tram 92) to the Bloemenwerf
11h00 / Visit of the building with the owner (optional).
LUNCH / Café Panisse
31 rue du Tabellion, 1050 Ixelles (tel 02 539 39 10)
AFTERNOON / Place: Horta Museum, rue Américaine 25, 1060 St-Gilles (1898, Architect: Victor Horta)
14h00
14h15
14h45
16h00
16h15
17h30
19h00 / Welcome speech by Mr Guido Van Cauwelaert, Director of the Directorate for Monuments and Sites of the Brussels-Capital Region and Mrs Françoise Aubry, curator of the Horta Museum.
Introduction to the 2nd training session / principles, Comments on the Barcelona works by Mr Christophe Graz, Architect.
Presentation of Art Nouveau in Brussels by Mrs Françoise Aubry – Historical panorama.
Coffee break
Maintenance of the Horta Museum, commented visit by Mrs Françoise Aubry and Mrs Barbara Vanderwee, architect-restorer.
Restoration of ironworks in the HortaMuseum by Mr Luc Reuse, restorer, explanations and comments on the techniques.
End of the session (diner and evening free)
Training "Maintenance of Art Nouveau - 2" (15 people)
Brussels - from September 29 to October 03, 2003
Program (next)
Tuesday 30/09/03 / MORNING07h45 / Place: Greenhouses of the Royal Palace, Parc royal de Laeken, avenue du Parc royal 61, 1020 Bruxelles (1874-1893, Architect : Alphonse Balat)
Meeting in the hotel lobby to go by tram (trams 94 + 54) to the Greenhouses
09h00 / Commented visit of the Greenhouses of the Royal Palace by MrJos Vandenbreeden, architect – expert, director of the Sint-Luckasarchief
LUNCH / Delecta:
Corner of the rue Lannoy and the chaussée de Vleurgat, 1050 Ixelles
(tel: 02 644 19 49)
AFTERNOON / Place : Hotel Solvay, Avenue Louise 224, 1050 Bruxelles (1894, Architect: Victor Horta); Hôtel Tassel, rue P.E. Janson 6, 1000 Bruxelles (1893, Architect: Victor Horta); Paul Hankar private house, 71 rue Defacqz, 1050 Ixelles (1893, Architect: Paul Hankar) Ciamberlani house, 48 rue Defacqz, 1050 Ixelles (1897, Architect: Paul Hankar); Hôtel Otlet, 48 rue de Livourne, 1000 Bruxelles (1894, Architect: Octave Van Rijsselberghe)
14h00
15h30
16h30
17h15
18h00
18h30 / Commented visit of the Solvay Hotel by Mr Jos Vandenbreeden: the interiors.
Commented visit of the Solvay Hotel by Mr Jos Vandenbreeden: the exteriors.
Commented walk by several beautiful Art Nouveau façades, and visit of the interior of the Tassel Hotel
Paul Hankar private house, Ciamberlani house: Analysis of the existing state and the restoration problems to be faced byMr Marc Henricot – Sgraffites specialist.
Quick visit of the interior of the Otlet Hotel
End of the session
Training "Maintenance of Art Nouveau - 2" (15 people)
Brussels - from September 29 to October 03, 2003
Program (next)
Wednesday 01/10/03 / MORNING07:30 / Place: Antwerp town – MonumentenWacht House, Oude Beurs 27, 2000 Antwerp
Meeting in the hotel lobby to go by tram (trams 81 or 82) to the Midi Station
08h08
09h30
10h30
11h00 / Transfer: by train to the Antwerp central station, then by tramway
Welcome by the MonumentenWacht (Architectural maintenance services/brigades for Flanders) central office (Oude Beurs) , Conference by Mrs Anouk Stulens, Director of the centre
Transfer by tramway, walk through the Cogels-Osylei, Art Nouveau neighbourhood
On-site demonstration of a maintenance inspection/diagnosis by a technical team of the Monumentenwacht in one selected building within the Cogels-Osylei.
13h00
LUNCH /
Return to Brussels by train, from Antwerp-Berchem station
RecyclartGare de la Chapelle, 1000 Bruxelles (tél. 02 289 00 59)
AFTERNOON / Place: Saint-Ghislain primary school, rue Saint-Ghislain 40, 1000 Bruxelles (1895, Architect: Victor Horta)
Cortvriendt studio, rue de Nancy 6-8, 1000 Bruxelles (1900, Architect: Léon Sneyers)
15h00
16h30
18h00
18h30
20h00 / Presentation and commented visit of the Saint-Ghislain primary school by Mrs Barbara Vanderwee andMrs Françoise Aubry
Presentation and commented visit of the Cortvriendt studio by Mr Guido Jan Bral, Art Historian and Mr Denis Van Baren, Architect.
End of the session
Visit of the Art Nouveau in Progress at the Halles St-Géry, 1 place Saint-Géry, 1000 Bruxelles
Diner offered by the Ministère de la Région Brussels Capitale
Ruggantino
184-186 boulevard Anspach, 1000 Bruxelles (tél: 02 511 21 95)
Training "Maintenance of Art Nouveau - 2" (15 people)
Brussels - from September 29 to October 03, 2003
Program
Thursday 02/10/03 / MORNING08:30 / Place: Hotel Frison, rue Lebeau 37, 1000 Bruxelles (1894, Architect: Victor Horta)
Meeting in the hotel lobby to go by tram (tram 92) to the Hotel Frison
09h00
11h00 / Commented visit of the Frison Hotel by Mrs Barbara Vanderwee. Pathologies and restoration choices.
Visit of the glass workshop (Quartier Jette) of Mr Gdalewitch, stained glass restorer for several Art Nouveau buildings (to be confirmed) – or a joiner’s workshop.
LUNCH / Place: To be defined
AFTERNO0N / Place: Saint-Cyr House, square Ambiorix 11, 1000 Bruxelles(1903, Architect: Gustave Strauven),
14h00
15h30
17h30 / Presentation of the Saint-Cyr House by Mr Olivier Berckmans, art historian (historical studies) and Mr Xavier Viérin, architect (questions related to the restoration).
Practical workshop in the Saint-Cyr House with Mr Christophe Grazand Mr Patrice Morot-Sir, engineer.
End of the session (diner and evening free)
Training "Maintenance of Art Nouveau - 2" (15 people)
Brussels - from September 29 to October 03, 2003
Program
Friday 03/10/03 / MORNING08:30 / Place: Royal Institute for Artistic Heritage, Parc du Cinquantenaire 1, 1000 Bruxelles
Meeting in the hotel lobby to go by tram (trams 81 or 82) to the IRPA
09h00
10h00
10h45 / Visit of the Royal Institute for Artistic Heritage (IRPA), in the departments of conservation, restoration and documentation. General presentation of the institution, followed by a presentation of the works by Mrs Wivine Wailliez, restorer.
Commented visit of the laboratories (tests and Analysis)
Commented visit of the restoration workshops: glass, iron, stone, wood, textiles…
LUNCH / Cafeteria of the Royal Institute for Artistic Heritage.
AFTERNOON / Place: Cauchie House, rue des Francs 5, 1040 Etterbeek (1905, Architect: Paul Cauchie)
14h00
15h30
17h30 / Visit of the Cauchie House commented by Mr Marc Henricot, sgraffite restorer and Mr and Mrs Dessicy, owners of the house.
Comments, Maintenance Plan: planning and distribution of the tasks, Conclusions of the Brussels training session (in the Cauchie workshop).
End of the session. Drink.
(diner and evening free)
To Note: The whole of the buildings visited is part of the jewels of the Art Nouveau constructions of Brussels; a number of them are generally closed to the public.
Training "Maintenance of Art Nouveau - 2" (15 people)
Brussels - from September 29 to October 03, 2003
Program
De Boeck’s Hotel:
rue Veydt 40, 1050 Bruxelles -Ixelles
Tel: +32 2 537 40 33 - Fax: +32 2 534 40 37 – email:
To reach the hotel from Zaventem airport:
Go to the train station in the airport. Take a train to the Midi Station (trains are leaving on average every 20 min - price 2 or 3 €). In the Midi train station, find the major tram stop (= above ground, not the underground one) and there take the tram82 or 81 (direction Montgomery).Get off at the 8th stop, called «Janson» (Midi station, Suède, Verhaegen, Bethléem, Guillaume Tell, Barrière, Horta, Moris, Janson.) In the square Paul-Emile Janson, take the Defacqz street in the direction of the avenue Louise. Take the third street on the left which is the streetof the hotel: rue Veydt.
To reach the hotel from the Midi Station:
In the Midi train station, find the major tram stop (= above ground, not the underground one) and there take the tram82 or 81 (direction Montgomery).Get off at the 8th stop, called «Janson» (Midi station, Suède, Verhaegen, Bethléem, Guillaume Tell, Barrière, Horta, Moris, Janson.) In the square Paul-Emile Janson, take the Defacqz street in the direction of the avenue Louise. Take the third street on the left which is the streetof the hotel: rue Veydt.
CG - 23/10/02 / Programme définitif_EN.doc