The object in context
Horta’s Centre for Fine Arts is one of the buildings identified by the Architecture Institute in the 2016 selection. Architecture here accommodates different forms of cultural activity.
Try this when you look
Start with the street frontage, then note the first interior transition you are permitted to cross. Does the interior match the scale you expected outside? Sketch a sequence of thresholds rather than a floor plan you have not verified.
Before you visit
An event ticket and general building access are not the same thing. Check Bozar’s arrangements and photograph only where permitted. Use the architecture guide to compare this public building with Horta’s domestic work.
- Street — Begin with the building’s public face.
- Threshold — Notice the change from outside to inside.
- Interior — Follow a permitted route through rooms.
- Light — Compare illumination and materials.
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