Some 160 students of van Saint-Lucas' Architecture Department in Brussels and Ghent are currently working on a design research exercise in and about Doel. The students and their lecturers depart from the conviction that an inhabited village and the development of a maritime-industrial complex are not mutually exclusive. Each student will design a number of dwelling units starting from the public space or agora. The students will have to test their designs as to their feasibility and actual building potential. This means the design project will not have an utopian nature, but that it may eventually -- the powers that be willing -- be carried out in reality. 

Read more about the principles and objectives of this architectural project >>> Read interview with lecturer Jo Van Den Berghe about the project >>> Foto: maquette of structure of Doel