1,47 Mbar

By A J Lode Janssens

On a little-known 1970s experiment in pneumatic architecture by the Belgian architect and Atelier Alpha cofounder

A.J. Lode Janssens (born 1947) is one of Belgium's most idiosyncratic architects and a radical educator. He was cofounder of the experimental studio Atelier Alpha and the Sint-Lucas Werkgemeenschap, a workshop linking architectural education, practice and research, and operated in close collaboration with ILAUD, the International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design. A.J. Lode Janssens: 1,47 mbar presents The Balloon, an all-but-unknown temporary pneumatic home experiment, built in 1973 in Humbeek, where he lived with his family until 1986. Lode Janssens considered it an uncompromising ephemeral attempt at de-architecturalization and living in harmony with nature: a cave-dwelling, a work-in-progress, an empirical residence. This publication accompanies the exhibition A.J. Lode Janssens: Balloon Home at CIVA in Brussels.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3959056028
• ISBN13: 9783959056021
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Spector Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.7" x 7.1"