{"id":98131,"date":"2026-03-07T19:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/?p=98131"},"modified":"2026-03-07T19:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:34:03","slug":"zaventem-ateliers-villa-empain-brussels-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/en\/zaventem-ateliers-villa-empain-brussels-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaventem Ateliers inhabit Villa Empain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"594\"><strong>Villa Empain <\/strong>has always felt like the perfect set: marble surfaces that catch the light like still water, noble woods with the exact patina of the unrepeatable, proportions designed so the body moves at a calmer pace. It\u2019s a house that imposes a rhythm. And precisely for that reason, the proposal arriving in Brussels from 11 to 19 March 2026 carries such force: <em>Zaventem Ateliers<\/em> is not coming to exhibit in Villa Empain \u2014 it is coming to live inside it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"1331\">For ten days, this <em>Art Deco<\/em> landmark becomes a real ecosystem of contemporary collectible design and Belgian art. There will be no display cases separating visitors from objects, no wall labels dictating interpretation. Instead of following the model of a traditional exhibition, the villa is transformed into a fully inhabited space where daily life becomes part of the project itself. Inside its rooms, people work, cook, talk \u2014 and develop pieces that are then integrated into the domestic environment. Objects stop being presented as isolated elements and become active tools within the home: used, moved, shared by those who occupy it. That direct relationship with use and human presence is precisely what defines the experience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"1331\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_6.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_6-283x425.jpg 283w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 data-start=\"1338\" data-end=\"1380\">A precise collision between two worlds<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1792\"><em>Villa Empain<\/em> was conceived in 1934 as a private residence. Its language is one of exactitude: domestic ritual, material intelligence, lines made to last. <em>Zaventem Ateliers<\/em>, by contrast, belongs to the absolute present: it gathers some of the most singular voices in Belgian collectible design and contemporary art \u2014 practices that can be experimental, radical, uncomfortable, or delightfully unpredictable.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"2356\">What\u2019s compelling about this project is that it does not aim for a \u201charmonious\u201d meeting between eras. The historic interior is neither softened nor reinterpreted through nostalgia, nor does it become an idealised recreation of the past. Instead, the proposal leans into a deliberate contrast between the villa\u2019s <em>Art Deco<\/em> architecture and the contemporary works inhabiting it. While the building retains its architectural authority and historical identity, today\u2019s pieces are inserted into that context, generating tension, dialogue and new readings of the space.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"2356\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98148 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1071\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_9.jpg 1071w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_9-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_9-303x425.jpg 303w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_9-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2358\" data-end=\"2533\">The result promises a fresh interpretation for both: the architecture is activated, and the contemporary sharpens through contact with a space that does not tolerate banality.<\/p>\n<h6 data-start=\"2540\" data-end=\"2580\">Not an exhibition: a house in motion<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"2582\" data-end=\"2980\">The phrase most often repeated by those who have heard the project\u2019s details is simple: <em>\u201cit\u2019s not an exhibition\u201d<\/em>. Yet this does not mean a conventional performance, nor a conceptual gesture that exists only as an idea. What <em>Zaventem Ateliers<\/em> proposes is more concrete \u2014 and more difficult: to return <em>Villa Empain<\/em> to its original vocation as a home, using the tools of design and art of the present.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2582\" data-end=\"2980\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98169 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1071\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_23.jpg 1071w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_23-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_23-303x425.jpg 303w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_23-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2982\" data-end=\"3368\">The rooms reclaim their original domestic functions \u2014 living room, dining room, bedroom, kitchen and shared areas \u2014 and are activated through real use, not artificial staging. Rather than being dressed as sets, they become lived-in places where everyday life forms part of the experience. The visitor enters a house where objects reach their fullest meaning through use and interaction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2982\" data-end=\"3368\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98150 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_40.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_40-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_40-283x425.jpg 283w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_40-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_40-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3370\" data-end=\"3681\">The difference is immediate: it is not the same to look at a chair as it is to see it hold a body; not the same to contemplate a table as it is to watch it become the centre of a conversation. Objects cease to be isolated and instead join the dynamics of the space, coexisting with the architecture around them.<\/p>\n<h6 data-start=\"3688\" data-end=\"3735\">The historic plan as a functional framework<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"3737\" data-end=\"4239\">Instead of imposing an artificial scenography, the project uses the villa\u2019s original plan as its functional framework. The building is not turned into a white cube, nor distanced from its history through cold musealisation; on the contrary, its architecture becomes an active element of the experience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3737\" data-end=\"4239\">Materials, volumes, circulation between rooms and the way light moves through the spaces shape the dialogue with contemporary works \u2014 which do not merely occupy the place, but respond directly to it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4241\" data-end=\"4600\">At a time when many exhibitions seem designed for instant imagery, this proposal argues for a different rhythm: one based on duration, proximity and repetition. Meaning does not emerge from a quick glance; it is built as visitors move through the house, return to the same rooms, catch fragments of conversation, or discover a piece in the hands of its maker.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4241\" data-end=\"4600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98166 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_47.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_47.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_47-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_47-304x425.jpg 304w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_47-768x1075.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 data-start=\"4607\" data-end=\"4631\">Presence as material<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"4633\" data-end=\"5116\">One of the central ideas running through the project\u2019s manifesto is the notion of presence \u2014 understood not as an abstract concept but as a tangible reality. Over the ten days, designers and artists inhabit the house and activate its rooms through their own gestures and daily routines, so that creative process and everyday life become inseparable. The work, in this sense, is not understood as an isolated object, but as something completed through the presence of its creator.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4633\" data-end=\"5116\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98164 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1071\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_20.jpg 1071w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_20-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_20-303x425.jpg 303w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_20-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5118\" data-end=\"5607\">This dynamic also transforms the visitor\u2019s experience. Rather than following a linear route, they move through a house where unexpected encounters and situations unfold: a table bearing marks of use, a piece changing position because someone needed it, a tool appearing in the middle of a conversation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5118\" data-end=\"5607\">Little by little, the villa takes on the character of a living organism \u2014 and the visitor shifts from mere spectator to someone who observes and interprets what is happening around them.<\/p>\n<h6 data-start=\"5614\" data-end=\"5677\">A different tempo in the middle of the international season<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"5679\" data-end=\"5975\">The choice of dates is not accidental. The activation takes place during <em>TEFAF Maastricht<\/em> and <em>Collectible Brussels<\/em>, two key moments in the international calendar when design and art often move at market speed, with packed agendas and openings that follow one another almost without pause.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5679\" data-end=\"5975\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98171 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1071\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_38.jpg 1071w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_38-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_38-303x425.jpg 303w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_38-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5977\" data-end=\"6389\">Against that accelerated backdrop, <em>Zaventem Ateliers<\/em> proposes another kind of experience: quieter, closer, built around a slower tempo, where value lies not in immediate impact but in a more sustained and conscious relationship with the space, the objects and the people who create them.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5977\" data-end=\"6389\">Rather than chasing spectacle, the project proposes a form of prolonged attention \u2014 a presence constructed slowly over days.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5977\" data-end=\"6389\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_45.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_45-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_45-304x425.jpg 304w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_45-768x1075.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 data-start=\"6396\" data-end=\"6431\">Sound as invisible architecture<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"6433\" data-end=\"6798\">To complete the spatial experience, the studio <em>EyevEyes<\/em> has developed a sound design that accompanies and guides visitors through the house. More than background ambience, it functions as a sensitive orientation system \u2014 a kind of invisible architecture that adds depth, warmth and movement to the whole, reinforcing the sense that the villa is truly inhabited.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6800\" data-end=\"7178\">This sonic intervention creates continuity between rooms and shapes how space is perceived, inviting visitors to move with a slower rhythm.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6800\" data-end=\"7178\">Sound becomes a subtle presence that encourages pauses at thresholds, an awareness of transitions between rooms, and an understanding that the experience is built not only through objects, but also through the atmosphere surrounding them.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6800\" data-end=\"7178\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1071\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_51.jpg 1071w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_51-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_51-303x425.jpg 303w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_51-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 data-start=\"7185\" data-end=\"7224\">Prototype of reality: the manifesto<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"7226\" data-end=\"7716\">The manifesto accompanying the project avoids euphemism and speaks in a direct, almost physical tone. Its central idea can be summarised in one clear phrase \u2014 <em>\u201cwe don\u2019t exhibit, we inhabit\u201d<\/em> \u2014 reflecting a very contemporary concern with the erosion of the tangible, the displacement of the handmade gesture, and the fragility of our relationship with materiality. In response, the designers propose something as simple as it is radical: occupying a place as a legitimate act of presence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7718\" data-end=\"8137\">This is not provocation. It is a claim to the right to be, to take space, and to affirm oneself in the real. In that context, even the word \u201csquat\u201d gains a new meaning \u2014 moving away from vandalism towards a way of existing, and a responsibility towards the concrete.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7718\" data-end=\"8137\">From this perspective, design is no longer decoration; it becomes the expression of a clear stance: human, material, honest, and deeply tied to reality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7718\" data-end=\"8137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98158 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_12.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_12-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_12-283x425.jpg 283w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_12-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_12-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 data-start=\"8144\" data-end=\"8171\">Why this project matters<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"8173\" data-end=\"8355\"><em data-start=\"8173\" data-end=\"8213\">Zaventem Ateliers inhabit Villa Empain<\/em> is not only an appointment for lovers of collectible design. It is a statement about how we want to relate to objects, architecture and time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"8359\" data-end=\"8422\">&#8211; It breaks museum distance without falling into theatricality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"8425\" data-end=\"8510\">&#8211; It returns design to its domestic dimension \u2014 where it often becomes most truthful.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"8513\" data-end=\"8591\">&#8211; It proposes a contemporary reading of heritage without nostalgia or make-up.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"8594\" data-end=\"8651\">&#8211; It insists on the maker\u2019s presence as part of the work.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"8654\" data-end=\"8720\">&#8211; It invites us to look more slowly in a sector that lives at speed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"8722\" data-end=\"8917\">And it does so from Belgium, a territory that has been consolidating a powerful design and contemporary art scene with its own character: less noise, more precision; less trend, more temperament.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"8722\" data-end=\"8917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98156 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_41.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_41-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_41-283x425.jpg 283w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_41-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_41-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 data-start=\"8924\" data-end=\"8952\">Who inhabits Villa Empain<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"8954\" data-end=\"9150\">The list of participants reads like a map of a scene: established studios, emerging voices, practices moving from object to space, from craft to experiment, from noble materials to the unexpected.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"9152\" data-end=\"9743\">Thirty-two designers and artists from <em>Zaventem Ateliers<\/em> take part: <em>Krjst Studio<\/em>, <em>Maison Jonckers<\/em>, <em>Mathilde Wittock<\/em>, <em>Vladimir<\/em> <em>Slavov<\/em>, <em>Aur\u00e9lie Lanois\u00e9l\u00e9e<\/em>, <em>Arno Declercq<\/em>, <em>Thomas Serruys<\/em>, <em>Lionel Jadot<\/em>, <em>Roxane Lahidji<\/em>, <em>Home Sails<\/em>, <em>Adeline Halot<\/em>, <em>Pierre Emmanuel Vandeputte<\/em>, <em>Pascale Risbourg<\/em>, <em>Sophie Coucke<\/em>, <em>Lila Farget<\/em>, <em>Emma Cogn\u00e9<\/em>, <em>Precious Peels<\/em>, <em>C\u00e9dric Van Parys<\/em>, <em>Thibault Huguet<\/em>, <em>Ben Storms<\/em>, <em>Aur\u00e9lien Veyrat<\/em>, <em>Pierre Coddens<\/em>, <em>Basile Boon<\/em>, <em>Remwol<\/em>, <em>Simon Callens<\/em>, <em>Charles Schambourg<\/em>, <em>Lieselot Geeregat<\/em>,<em> Clem Vanhee<\/em>, <em>Studio \u00c9l\u00e9mentaires<\/em>, <em>Sharon Van Overmeiren<\/em>, <em>Jos\u00e9phine Zitta<\/em>, <em>Serban Ionescu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"9745\" data-end=\"9867\">More than a line-up, it is a community installed \u2014 a family, as the manifesto insists. A place where voices take a stance.<\/p>\n<h6 data-start=\"9874\" data-end=\"9901\">What visitors can expect<\/h6>\n<p data-start=\"9903\" data-end=\"10394\">Those who visit <em>Villa Empain<\/em> during these days will not follow a closed route or a conventional exhibition narrative. Instead, they will enter a house fully in motion, where everyday activity is essential to the experience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"9903\" data-end=\"10394\">Objects may change position because they are used; some pieces reveal their meaning when someone activates them; conversations arising in the space naturally become part of the visit. Moments of work are visible too \u2014 not hidden, but integral to the creative process.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"9903\" data-end=\"10394\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98154 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1071\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_28.jpg 1071w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_28-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_28-303x425.jpg 303w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_28-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10396\" data-end=\"10759\">All of this creates an ongoing dialogue between materials and eras, where the disciplined refinement of <em>Art Deco<\/em> coexists with the experimental energy of contemporary design. This kind of experience often leaves visitors with a rare sensation: having witnessed something unrepeatable \u2014 because a lived-in house never presents itself in exactly the same way twice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10396\" data-end=\"10759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98152 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1071\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_16.jpg 1071w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_16-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_16-303x425.jpg 303w, https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HighRes_ZA_Boghossian_16-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10766\" data-end=\"10790\"><strong>Practical information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10792\" data-end=\"10820\">Dates &amp; opening hours: 11\u201319 March: open to the public.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10863\" data-end=\"10889\">Open daily 12:00\u201320:00.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10891\" data-end=\"10905\">Address: Villa Empain (Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67, Brussels)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"10967\" data-end=\"11000\"><strong>(*)<\/strong> Photographs: \u00a9 Stan Huaux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Villa Empain has always felt like the perfect set: marble surfaces that catch the light like still water, noble woods with the exact patina of the unrepeatable, proportions designed so the body moves at a calmer pace. It\u2019s a house that imposes a rhythm. 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