2. BUDAFABRIC
Fostering creativity within cities
Courtrai, 21.10.2010

3. TABLE OF CONTENTS
 What is the BUDAFACTORY?
 Pictures
 Second breath
 Next steps
 Starting partners
 Objectives
 Budafabric today

4. WHAT IS THE BUDAFACTORY?
STARTING POINT:
 3.000 m² along the Leie-river
 Part of ‘Buda-island’ (centre)
 Needs renovation
 Cultural destiny

5. WHAT IS THE BUDAFACTORY?

6. PICTURES BUDAFABRIC

7. PICTURES BUDAFABRIC

8.  Two main architectural changes:
ENTRYHALL + LIGHT
 Rebuilding: February 2011 – March 2012
WHAT IS THE BUDAFACTORY?

9. SECOND BREATH
City
 has 3.000 m2
 ‘contemporary arts’
Leiedal
 searches 2.200 m2
 ‘design-factory’

10. SECOND BREATH
16 February 2010
Purely contemporary arts
Crossing economy-research-art
 Partners: open structure
 Work in progress

11. SECOND BREATH
16 March 2010
Design-factory meets Buda-factory:
“Budafabric”

12. SECOND BREATH
16 March 2010
Factory :
 creation, innovation, production
Fabric : (‘tissue’):
 meeting & communication
+ opportunity of huge exposition-space

13. SECOND BREATH
22 March 2010
Basic agreement urban government
 General concept ‘Budafabric’
(economy-research-art)
 Cooperation with Leiedal

14. NEXT STEPS
April – May
Several contacts with potential partners
 Sharing the starting points
 Adding value

15. STARTING PARTNERS
June – August
 7 starting partners
 Strong & complementary

16. STARTING PARTNERS
 City of Courtrai / Buda AGB
 Leiedal
 Designregio
 Flanders InShape
 Artistic Centre Buda
 Broelmuseum
 HOWEST

17. OBJECTIVES
1. Budafabric = meeting place
Budafabric modificates the frontier between
art, design, education and economy

18. OBJECTIVES
2. Budafabric = place of knowledge &
communication
Budafabric stimulates the knowledge and
creativity of artists, scientists and product-
developers

19. OBJECTIVES
3. Budafabric = place for production
Budafabric is a real factory where the
production of design and art is stimulated
and initiated

20. OBJECTIVES
4. Budafabric = place for presentation
Budafabric is a platform where productions
and products are shown

21. OBJECTIVES
5. Budafabric = International network
Budafabric builds up an international
network for the participating industry,
schools and creators

22. OBJECTIVES
6. Budafabric = representative
working place
Budafabric is a lively working place where
peoply are at work daily

23. BUDAFABRIC TODAY
November 1st: Start-up team
 Staff: 3 part-times with complementary
skills & experience
 WorkshopsWorkshops
 ‘‘White-shirt-meetings’White-shirt-meetings’
 3-weekly feedback board3-weekly feedback board

24. BUDAFABRIC TODAY
TO DO
 Feasibility study: cross-linkages?
 Businessplan
 Integration of Budafabric in Buda-island
 End of april 2011: blueprint of actionplan,
mission & targets included,
for Budafabric as such and in its environment