La Loge is a Brussels-based space dedicated to contemporary art, architecture and theory that began its activities in 2012. Its aim is to develop a critical program that emerges from the connection to the reality it is embedded in. By inviting multivocal, heterogeneous perspectives, La Loge aims to gain a more nuanced understanding of cultural and societal issues. Architects, artists and cultural agents are invited to develop propositions in which they seek out the characteristic and the peculiar within their practices. La Loge is a space where ideas, discussion and presentation coexist.
La Loge’s identity stems from the architectural gem that houses it, as well as from the commitment and concerns of its founders. La Loge values engagement of thought and feels particularly interested in exploring questions of space, habitat and use. The intimate sphere of La Loge contributes to a context where conversations with its audience and the diversity of protagonists it invites can be initiated and sustained.
La Loge is a privately initiated non-profit association founded by architect Philippe Rotthier.
Building
La Loge is located in a former Masonic temple built in 1934-1935 by Modernist architects Fernand Bodson and Louis Van Hooveld. The building had been commissioned by the Freemason Obedience Le Droit Humain, which was first implemented in Belgium in 1912.
The temple is part of a group of four houses – a garage and a house, both from 1927, and an artist's studio, from 1930 – designed by Fernand Bodson. The complex forms a small but exceptional Modernist site in Brussels.
Bodson and Van Hooveld's architectural project for the building breaks with the Egyptian style that had traditionally served as the main source of inspiration in the conception of Masonic temples and envisages instead the development of a modern temple in line with the progressive character of Le Droit Humain. The building hosted the activities of Le Droit Humain until 1976; from 1984 to 2011, the former lodge housed the Museum of the AAM (Archives d’Architecture Moderne).
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La Loge is an ideal and unique setting for your events.
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yourevent@la-loge.be
+32 486 405 254
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Team
Director & curator
Wim Waelput
Communication & curator of public programmes
Antoinette Jattiot
Intern
Manon Laverdure
External staff
Léonor Gomez, Arthur Jules (production)
Boy Vereecken & Antoine Begon (visual identity)
Lola Pertsowsky (exhibition photography)
Antoine Begon (web development)
Volunteers
Alice Beiglig, Ina Ciumakova, Inès Guffroy, Thibaud Leplat, Shankar Lestréhan, Martina Lattuca, Marion Lissarague, Alice Nataf
Board & Assemblee Members
Pierre Iserbyt, chair
Thierry Belenger
Aude-Line Dulière
Assemblee Members
Sofia Dati
Geneviève François
Dimitri Jeurissen
Michel Leloup
Rik Nys
Laura Van Broekhoven
Valerie Verhack
Jacques Verhaegen
Pascale Viscardy
Honorary President
Philippe Rotthier
Former team members
Anne-Claire Schmitz, founding director (2012-2019)
Laura Herman (2016-2020)
Ailsa Cavers, Aurélia Defrance, Marie de Gaulejac
Former First Sight ambassadors: Laure Decock, Johan Larsen
Former interns: Sungyoon Ahn, Giulia Blasig, Zoë Brennan, Federica Buzzi, Antoine Carbonne, Paul De Toytot, Leonardo Dellanoce, Jef Declercq, Sophie Fitze, Maxime Goudron, Jelrik Hupkes, Martina Lattuca, Thibaud Leplat, Laila Melchior, Giulia Morucchio, Marielou Laforest, Marilena Lolou, Yoel Pytowski, Deborah Rozenberg, Jailee Rychen, Margaux Schwarz, Sepehr Sharifzadeh, Jeppe Ugelvig
Former volunteers : Alice Beilig, Bas Blaasse, Sara Daniel, Damir Draganic, Antoine Guitou, Jonas Halkin, Shankar Lestrehan, Frederico Maccioni, Nele Möller, Alice Nataf, Lila Poimboeuf-Mahieu, Mary Szydlowska.
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