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LUC DELEU & T.O.P. OFFICE

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Luc Deleu & T.O.P. Office

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In 1970 LUC DELEU (°1944. Duffel, Belgium) and his wife Laurette Gillemot founded T.O.P. office, an independent studio for urbanism and architecture, in their house Les Nénuphars in the Cogels Osylei in Antwerp. The very conceptually minded T.O.P. office surprisingly introduced their architectural projects to the art circuit, a world which was significantly more receptive to the office’s ethos of freedom and experimentation than the execution-driven world of architecture. Their main goal was and still is, to intellectually expand the ways of approaching architecture and urban design by considering new – more creative – ways of joining architecture, human life and the planet in order to improve the balance between them, aiming at a more sustainable future. In 1980 their views were bundled in the Orban Planning Manifesto which, to this day, reflects T.O.P. office’s core philosophy. Orban Space, the office’s ongoing research on designing public space in a global context is becoming more and more relevant in a world which is increasingly confronted with its own limits.

Most of T.O.P. office’s projects were never realized, but a few were: the reconversion of the parental house of Panamarenko in Antwerp into patrimony and the installation of a work of art (heli-platform) on its roof (2008-2012); the remodelling of three houses in Blankenberge into a Belle Epoque exhibition centre (2004-2010); the Orbino installation  and promenade walk for the Middelheim Museum (2004); designs, conversions and remodellings of private houses throughout Belgium, several temporary artistic interventions in the public space and (what Deleu considers his most poetic project) the remodelling of the FURKA dépendance (1986-1997) in the Swiss Alps, part of the legendary Furkart project.

December 2020, the book Luc Deleu & T.O.P. Office – Future Plans 1970 – 2020 was published, containing 44 contributions by artists, curators, writers, art critics …

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SELECTED WORKS

 Neo-Nature R2

Neo-Nature R2

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 Neo-Nature R3

Neo-Nature R3

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 Neo-Nature K3

Neo-Nature K3

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 Neo-Nature L1

Neo-Nature L1

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 Neo-Nature K2

Neo-Nature K2

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 Neo-Nature R4

Neo-Nature R4

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 Neo-Nature J3

Neo-Nature J3

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 Neo-Nature G1

Neo-Nature G1

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 Neo-Nature C1

Neo-Nature C1

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 Neo-Nature F1

Neo-Nature F1

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 Neo-Nature B1

Neo-Nature B1

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 Neo-Nature D1

Neo-Nature D1

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 Neo-Nature A1

Neo-Nature A1

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 Maquette Dépendance Projet #1

Maquette Dépendance Projet #1

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 Barricade I (Original Maquette for Project Raversijde)

Barricade I (Original Maquette for Project Raversijde)

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 Academical Westbound Tour 2016-2017

Academical Westbound Tour 2016-2017

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NEWS

 LUC DELEU & T.O.P. OFFICE IN THE ART COLLECTION OF S.M.A.K., GHENT (BE)

LUC DELEU & T.O.P. OFFICE IN THE ART COLLECTION OF S.M.A.K., GHENT (BE)

06/01/2022

KETELEER GALLERY is proud to announce that "Barricade" by Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office is now part of S.M.A.K., Ghent's permanent collection.

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 Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office at Paradise Kortrijk 2021 (BE)

Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office at Paradise Kortrijk 2021 (BE)

03/06/2021

Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office is part of the second edition of the art triennial at Kortrijk, Belgium.

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 Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office at deSingel, Antwerp (BE)

Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office at deSingel, Antwerp (BE)

05/05/2021

 'Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office – Future Plans 1970 – 2020', a production by the Flemish Institute for Architecture and deSingel, curated by Peter Swinnen & Anne Judong.

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 Luc Deleu & T.O.P. Office at M HKA, Antwerp (BE)

Luc Deleu & T.O.P. Office at M HKA, Antwerp (BE)

12/02/2021

The archive presentation at the M HKA focuses on a number of buildings realised by T.O.P. Office.

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 ANNOUNCING THE REPRESENTATION OF LUC DELEU & T.O.P. OFFICE

ANNOUNCING THE REPRESENTATION OF LUC DELEU & T.O.P. OFFICE

13/01/2021

KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to announce the representation of Luc Deleu & T.O.P. Office.

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EXHIBITIONS

 LUC DELEU & T.O.P. OFFICE

LUC DELEU & T.O.P. OFFICE

« DARLING NEO-NATURE »
03.09 - 15.10.2022

KETELEER GALLERY

Pourbusstraat 3-5 - 2000 Antwerp



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 Tribute to Panamarenko

Tribute to Panamarenko


25.03 - 24.04.2022

PLATFORM 6A

Tiegemstraat 6a - 8553 Otegem



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 ART ANTWERP 2021

ART ANTWERP 2021


16.12 - 19.12.2021

Antwerp Expo, Belgium

Jan van Rijswijcklaan 191, 2020 Antwerp



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 Luc Deleu & T.O.P. Office

Luc Deleu & T.O.P. Office

« Red and Blue Barricade »
13.05 - 27.06.2021

KETELEER GALLERY

Pourbusstraat 3-5 - 2000 Antwerp



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 GROUP SHOW

GROUP SHOW

« Guillaume Bijl, Leo Copers, Luc Deleu & Panamarenko »
24.10 - 06.12.2020

KETELEER GALLERY

Pourbusstraat 3-5 - 2000 Antwerp



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LUC DELEU & T.O.P. OFFICE – FUTURE PLANS 1970-2020

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