For its second edition, the Bruges Trienniale gathered architects and artists behind the theme “Liquid City”. Until September 16th, this open-air exhibition questions how flexible, fluid, resilient a historic city like Bruges. Here the AA’s selection of not-to-be-missed installations.

BRUG is a structure designed by Polish artist Jarosław Kozakiewicz. It creates a connection between the two banks using metal profiles and sails. In 2010, Kozakiewicz represented Poland at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Halfway across the water, the monumental installation of Belgian artist Renato Nicolodi suggests a link between our contemporary society and the mythological underworld –as evoked by its name, Acheron, which in Greek mythology designates the river where the dead cross over under the guidance of Charon.

In Bruges, the Kunlé Adeyemi’s office NLÉ has recreated the floating structure of the Makoko School, made famous during the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. Here, the architects designed the same modular structure, which houses an exhibition space, a workshop and a school – fully programmed by local architecture and design institutions from around the region.

Peter Van Driessche’s work INFINITI²³ is a vertical habitat model built on water. Van Driessche creates a new space here: the rectangular units are places for living, working and dwelling. While urban planners and project developers search for space in which to build in the future, the architect suggests a spot where we live closer to each other, are housed in smaller spaces and can move easily on the steadily rising water level.

For further information, please visit the Triennale de Bruges website.