“Architecture is the physiognomy of nations.” When French writer Astolphe de Custine penned these words in the nineteenth century – the century of nations – Europe was still but an idea. Two centuries down the line, and the construction of Europe has accelerated: having become a political space, it is armed with its own shared institutions and symbols.

And even a ‘European district’ located in Brussels, struggling to embody the ideal of a democratic, supranational Europe.

In Eurotopie, the Traumnovelle collective explore this particular dimension of the European project and suggest that we redefine the architecture of this political space, in order to simultaneously reinforce our sense of belonging and inject it with fresh democratic zeal.

With Dennis Pohl, An Fonteyne, Cédric Libert and Lieven De Boeck