RANN (Réseau Art Nouveau Network) is pleased to announce that it is teaming up with the Architecture Faculty La Cambre Horta for the new edition of its Summer School: "Bringing Art Nouveau heritage back to life".
This initiative is part of a training programme in the discovery of Art Nouveau, which has been run for several years by RANN (Réseau Art Nouveau Network) and ULB’s Architecture Faculty La Cambre Horta, with help from Urban’s teams.
The 2025 edition offers an enhanced range of training modules organised in Brussels and online. It is aimed at students, and more broadly at young professionals wishing to deepen their knowledge of the restoration and sustainable conservation of Art Nouveau heritage.
The Summer School, which is part of the European project “Art Nouveau as a New EUtopia”, financed by Creative Europe, will combine lectures, guided tours by specialists and interdisciplinary exchanges to examine Art Nouveau in the light of contemporary issues. Participants will have the opportunity to talk to architects, restorers and researchers about rethinking architectural heritage as a driver of innovation and sustainability.
Practical information
- From 30 June until 4 July 2025
- In Brussels
- Lectures and visits to emblematic Art Nouveau sites
- Sessions in English and in French/ some modules available online
- Open to students and professionals in the fields of architecture, art history and heritage.
- Limited to 30 participants
- Free training
Are you interested in the Summer School? Applications are expected by 25 May 2025!
The project “Art Nouveau as a EUtopia”
This training programme is part of the European project “Art Nouveau as a EUtopia”, financed by the European Union, in which Urban and RANN are partners, in collaboration with 10 other partners throughout Europe.
This four-year programme aims to explore the active role of Art Nouveau today, to reinvent it in the light of sustainable development and to rethink the links between heritage and citizens. On the menu until 2027: activities for all, training for restorers, the development of innovative teaching tools and the organisation of artistic residencies in various Art Nouveau venues in Europe, including two in Brussels.
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The Réseau Art Nouveau Network (RANN)
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network (RANN) is a European network created in 1999 on the initiative of the Brussels Capital Region, of which Urban is a founding member.
It is made up of institutions and experts from many European Art Nouveau cities, and was set up to study, promote and help protect this exceptional heritage for future generations.
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