EXHIBITION — On 25 April 2017 the Shopping Towns Europe 1945-75 exhibition opened in the Flanders Architecture Institute (VAi) in Antwerp, Belgium. This exhibition was co-curated by Janina Gosseye and Tom Avermaete. Featuring six key European shopping centres and a detailed chronological overview of shopping centre development, this exhibition explored the role that shopping centres…
FILM COMPETITION — In 2014 Janina Gosseye and Deborah van der Plaat (from the University of Queensland School of Architecture) developed an architectural film competition in collaboration with the State Library of Queensland and the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. This film competition received financial support from the Australian Research Council and several…
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT — Mediating [Infra]Structures was a series of talks, debates and workshops organised in Belgium in 2015. The project investigated if the public sphere, which some scholars claim has disappeared, can be reassembled in contemporary shared or ‘common’ spaces, such as shopping centers, mass transport hubs and cultural centers. By taking place in situ…
EXHIBITION — The Hot Modernism: Building Modern Queensland 1945-1975 exhibition was on display at the State Library of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) between July and October, 2014. Curated by Gavin Bannerman, Janina Gosseye, Deborah van der Plaat and Kevin Wilson, it attracted more than 18,000 visitors. Hot Modernism: Building Modern Queensland 1945-1975 explored Queensland’s architecture from…
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EXHIBITION — The Modern Design meets Brisbane exhibition was on display in the State Library of Queensland’s Infozone (Brisbane, Australia) between July and October, 2014. Curated by Janina Gosseye and Deborah van der Plaat and designed by Janina Gosseye, it narrated the history of two Brisbane-based companies that played a key role in the introduction…
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