Open the door of the Stoclet House and discover its hidden splendours, thanks to a digital reconstruction produced by ULB’s architecture faculty and Urban.
→ From September 5th to December 5th 2024
→ Halles Saint-Géry
→ Free admission
Following its successful presentation at the Art & History Museum, the exhibition about the Stoclet House is now on show at the Halles Saint-Géry until December 5th. Through this exhibition, you can discover ULB’s digital reconstruction of the interiors. The exhibition and the film came into being thanks to Urban’s funding and scientific contribution..
- Scenography: Traumnovelle
- Opening: Tuesday 17.09 at 6.30pm
Background
It took ULB’s architecture faculty and Urban several years to gather and analyse the archive documents needed to create an extraordinary virtual reconstruction of the interiors of the Stoclet House (which, unfortunately, is still closed to the public). This 3D presentation is accompanied by an exhibition focusing on the strong points (but also the grey areas) that characterise this masterpiece of the Viennese Secession, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
A meticulous process
The virtual reproduction of this house (which reproduces the house as it was between 1911 and 1918 and does not represent the current situation) is based on precise archival sources and a detailed architectural analysis of its spaces. This task kept the team of experts* busy for almost two years. The realism of the reproduction yields an immersive experience which allows visitors to see the Stoclet House as it was from 1911 to 1918: we discover it exactly as it had been conceived by husband and wife Adolphe Stoclet and Suzanne Stevens. Now, for the duration of this exhibition, we are all their guests.
* This scientific study of the Stoclet House is part of a close collaboration between the experts from the Brussels Capital Region (Urban) and the ULB (ALLCE Laboratory).
Focus on Emilie Louise Flöge
To mark this occasion, Urban and the Halles Saint-Géry are putting Emilie Louise Flöge in the spotlight, an exceptional woman who has been forgotten for too long. She was simplistically regarded as Gustav Klimt’s muse, but now we know that she was an important businesswoman and fashion designer, often compared to Coco Chanel. The artist Stephan Goldrajch and the photographer Myriam Rispens have paid her a fine tribute: the model of the temporary sculpture that is now gracing the avenue de Tervuren is also being presented for this occasion.
Stoclet House, World Heritage site
The Stoclet House is featured on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2009
Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union
The original exhibition was presented at the Art & History Museum on the occasion of the Art Nouveau Brussels 2023 programme and as part of the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union.
