PRACTICE FOR THE LOVE OF THEORY

    

Maxime Prananto runs an artistic design and production practice. It intervenes in the domain of architecture and infiltrates art spaces. The practice consists of public and private commissions as well as autonomous work. It sometimes functions as a production studio for other artists and makers.

The practice deals with the simultaneous conception and production of objects, scenography, furniture, exhibitions and sculpture. While its output is varied, each undertaking relies on a voluntary set of conceptual and physical boundaries. This practice attempts to reserve a substantial portion of its efforts for theory and reflection.

Underlying themes of the practice include manufacturing, logistics and iconography in the built environment. The attempt within the practice is for work to materialize intelligently within certain circumstances and references without the result of a self-intelligent work. In this sense, the aim is to be neutral and to propose a matter-of-factness about the conditions in which work is being made. Nevertheless, all interventions reflect a sensitivity to the beauty of constraints and gather meaning throughout the entirety of their process. 

This practice is linked to several courses and studios in architecture and interior architecture at the University of Leuven.


Brussels Based
2025


D’Ieteren HQ, Brussels BE
Group show curated by Marcello Carpino, Olivier Thomas, Côme Rolin and Leander Venlet

Featuring Paracugino (2021)
Brussels Based is an exhibition, dedicated to architecture practices based in Brussels and founded over the last ten years, which will be held from 21 March to 20 April 2025 at the D’Ieteren headquarters in Ixelles. Supported by the BMA, A+ Architecture in Belgium and D’Ieteren, the exhibition aims to explore the diverse scope of architectural thinking that exists within the city as well as unveiling the ‘behind the scenes’ of the invited practices to try and understand what it means to have a Brussels-based practice.

The intention is to approach this topic from an objective and almost scientific angle, to create an exhibition based not on architectural taste or personal preference but on the gathering and representation of collected data. In order to attain this objective perspective, the curators – in collaboration with the BMA – invited a large and diverse number of young practices that through their number give a representative view on Brussels’ architectural environment. All 50 invited practices were founded between 2014 and 2024 and represent a new generation of Brussels-based architects. The scope of young architects based in Brussels is varied: Belgian architects and international architects are almost equally present in a highly international work environment. The different practices focus on a wide variety of markets, covering everything from research and publications to furniture design, scenography and buildings.