Espace Aygo (BE)

Cadavre Exquis: How Things Stay Together

July 5th – July 11th 2026

Espace Aygo Belgium

Espace Aygo is a Brussels-based design collective founded by Salomé Sperling, Line Murken, Jaime Le Bleu and Sijmen Vellekoop. Working between architecture, design and collective living, they transform spaces into experimental environments using reclaimed materials, DIY construction and collaborative processes that merge everyday life, making and spatial experimentation.

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Cadavre Exquis: How Things Stay Together

July 5th – July 11th

Workshop Categories

The Workshop

This workshop explores the shift from individuality to collectivity through the lens of Cadavre Exquis. Originally a Surrealist drawing game based on shared authorship and partial information, the method is translated here into spatial and material experimentation. Participants reflect on how ideas emerge in dialogue with others, and how authorship, control, and ego transform within collaborative processes.

Through a series of collective exercises, individual self-expression is gradually translated into three-dimensional propositions. The workshop addresses themes such as domestic rituals, shared living, material storytelling, and the role of the individual within a collective framework. Making becomes a way of thinking together, where reaction, misinterpretation, and negotiation shape the outcome.

The main assignment consists of developing a room as part of a dissected modular house. Each participant creates a personal spatial microcosm, informed by their own experiences and ideas of domesticity. Although conceived independently, the rooms are ultimately assembled into a single building. Corridors connect the modules, functioning both architecturally and metaphorically, linking distinct identities into a collective whole.

BOOK WORKSHOP
Student: €990 TTC

BOOK WORKSHOP
Normal: €1360 TTC

Housing

  • Accommodation & food are included

  • We can accommodate for special catering

  • All participants sleep in dormitories

  • To book a private room or bring additional guests, get in touch: workshops@boisbuchet.org

Education

  • Our staff are available to help you conceptualize & produce your designs

  • Tools & materials are provided by Boisbuchet

  • All workshops are taught in English

  • The number of participants is limited to 22

Activities