Do the Right DING
Het Arsenaal | 20.04-11.05.2024
Making 85,000 bricks from the waste of Ghent's citizens? Design Museum Gent shows it's possible. Driven by "Do the Right DING," we're turning DING, our new wing, into a paragon of sustainable building. Experimentation and research are at the heart of this initiative. Thus, we've developed a brand new facade brick made from waste streams. This manufacturing process can be witnessed live at Het Arsenaal from April 20 to May 11, 2024.
For three weeks, we transform the halls of the old railway site into a real workshop where you can see the brick being pressed from the waste of Ghent's citizens right before your eyes. To clarify the production process for everyone, storytellers on site share everything about the Gent Waste Brick for DING and explain what makes it so special. Besides the workshop, there's also a studio where designers experiment and create their own work with the same waste material.
These are the participating designers
- Anne Ausloos + Jeroen van Westen
- Aequo design (Tim Defleur & Arthur Lenglin)
- Aurélien Veyrat
- Bram Vanderbeke
- Conrad Willems
- Elias Van Orshaegen
- Hamza AbuAyyash In het kader van GIF Festival – Building Castles in the Sky
- Hugo Peels
- Joe Sterck
- Liesbeth Henderickx
- Lochness Gent
- Sharon Van Overmeiren
- Tom Schoonhoven
- Thomas Noceto & Cinzia Romanin
- Yoel Pytowski
Gent Waste Brick for DING
Creating a facade brick from Ghent's waste, ideally locally manufactured, seemed completely impossible when Design Museum Gent first toyed with the idea. However, after thorough research, it turned out to be quite feasible. Waste has long ceased to be something to discard but a new resource instead. Finding the right materials, technique, and mix was more challenging. But now, the time has come. BC materials produces the Gent Waste Brick for DING for Design Museum Gent, a pressed facade brick from Ghent's waste streams. It's a unique brick with a special texture, a 'clean' solution that requires no kiln. A bit of a maverick, somewhat quirky, and mainly very concerned with our future. Truly Ghent.
At Het Arsenaal
The festivities begin on April 20 and 21 with a weekend full of engaging lectures, enjoyable workshops, and surprising performances. You can view the outcomes of the brick production and the designers' research during the finissage on May 11. Between the festive weekend and the finissage, the public is welcome to observe the brick production and the experiments by designers and artists.
Opening hours from April 20 to May 11:
- Festive opening weekend
- Saturday, April 20: 10 am - 8 pm
- Sunday, April 21: 10 am – 6 pm
- Finissage
- Saturday, May 11: 12 pm – 8 pm
- Other days
- 12 pm – 5 pm
- Closed on Sundays and on May 1 and May 9 holidays
Admission is free.
Location: Het Arsenaal, Hall 5C & D, Brusselsesteenweg 602, 9050 Gentbrugge
The primary language is Dutch, but some of the lectures will be in English.
- Festive opening weekend
