MEDS Workshop

MEDS Workshop ⚪️ Brussels, Belgium | Reweaving the Brussels Canal District ⚪️ 01.08.26 - 16.08.26. Apply now as a participant or helper!

Each summer, MEDS Workshops take place in a different country, offering designers from various disciplines a unique opportunity to expand their skills and experience. MEDS Workshops explore diverse design approaches, building techniques, traditions, and crafts, combining both practical and theoretical learning through hands-on projects and insightful talks. In 2025, the 14th edition of MEDS Worksh

op will be held in Rijeka, Croatia under the theme "Rijeka - CITY OF TEXTURES." Over 16 days, 150 students and young professionals from more than 40 countries will participate in an intensive workshop, realizing 15 practical projects within Rijeka’s urban environment. Guided by experienced tutors, participants will engage in architecture, industrial design, graphic design, fashion, photography, and more. The program will also feature lectures, exhibitions, excursions, and social activities, creating an enriching experience where participants can learn from one another, build lasting friendships, and form professional connections with like-minded creatives from around the world. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to explore Rijeka, discover Croatian culture, and enjoy its rich cuisine. Join us for an unforgettable experience of learning, creativity, and cultural exchange at MEDS 2025 – Rijeka: CITY OF TEXTURES! Apply as a participant until April 13, 2025, 11:59 PM GMT+1! Further info and Application: https://medsworkshop.com/meds-workshop-25-croatia/

The Plough Chapel is a small place for meditation and reflection, inspired by horticulture. It will reconnect the people...
26/07/2026

The Plough Chapel is a small place for meditation and reflection, inspired by horticulture. It will reconnect the people of Brussels with the soil, plants and processes that sustain life.

AU FOYER is a hands-on design & build project where reuse, collaboration and the neighbourhood come together.During two ...
26/07/2026

AU FOYER is a hands-on design & build project where reuse, collaboration and the neighbourhood come together.

During two weeks, you will work together on the revival of a former bar in Brussels. Using existing and reclaimed materials, you will help build a place that opens its doors again for the neighbourhood. ( drawing by Jora)

The Clay Crews's project contributes to an evolving project of urban creators turning a former industrial building into ...
20/07/2026

The Clay Crews's project contributes to an evolving project of urban creators turning a former industrial building into a creative community space.

Through hands-on experimentation with reclaimed construction soil and locally sourced earth, participants will explore earth and clay building methods to design and build one or more elements: a rammed earth wall, a clay oven, earth and wooden permanent furniture.

In collaboration with BC architects & studies & materials BC architects & studies & materials, the workshop encourages learning by making, exploring both temporary and permanent, fixed and movable interventions. The final designs will emerge collectively throughout the process, shaped by the site, its materials, and the people involved.

Submerged Frames reactivates the hidden Zenne (an old river crossing Brussels in the past) through five urban nodes, eac...
20/07/2026

Submerged Frames reactivates the hidden Zenne (an old river crossing Brussels in the past) through five urban nodes, each framed by playful modular interventions developed through a collaborative workshop process. Working with a group of participants, the project brings together mosaic, writing, spatial assembly and visual mapping as four interconnected modes of production.

Across the workshop, participants will walk, collect, discuss, design and build together, using a flexible kit-of-parts to translate fragments of the river into spatial narratives. While allowing all four nodes to overlap, the project can produce a collective route where the invisible river is traced, narrated, touched, assembled and experienced.
The workshop becomes a shared experience of old Zenne: a three-dimensional map, archive, and gathering point where fragments from the whole process come together.

Flip-n-Sit explores the creation of modular furniture consisting of multiple parts with distinct functions, where variou...
16/07/2026

Flip-n-Sit explores the creation of modular furniture consisting of multiple parts with distinct functions, where various activities are supported for Circularium. The space is a hub for many local businesses, highlighting an opportunity to bring vibrancy and social cohesion to this diverse workspace.

Flip-n-Sit aims to create a variety of sitting spaces to allow more users to use the area at once, bringing more activity into the outdoor space and also repurposing scrap materials from the workshop. Through activities like sitting, laying, standing, and more, the structures can be arranged to bring vibrancy to this area, while also allowing for different arrangements as the needs of the users change. The flexible modules can be easily reconfigured, offering a unique experience for every user function.

Constellation Firefly focuses on Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, a neighborhood shaped by constant transformation, and explores how...
16/07/2026

Constellation Firefly focuses on Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, a neighborhood shaped by constant transformation, and explores how fragile traces of nature can become lasting elements of the urban environment.

The project aims to transform this collection into a network of small porcelain lights, turning the space into a glowing landscape of natural imprints and urban memories. By doing so, it seeks to transform dark and overlooked urban spaces into safe, magical, and welcoming environments.

Seeing and looking are two different things.Hearing and listening are two different things.How can we tell the story of ...
16/07/2026

Seeing and looking are two different things.
Hearing and listening are two different things.

How can we tell the story of a place without reducing it to one single voice?

Cureghem is a neighbourhood of transit and arrival, shaped by migration, industrial traces, and forms of resilience. The project dives into the district as an open fieldbook: a place to walk through slowly, look beyond the obvious and document the small fragments of daily life that often go unnoticed. Through filmmaking, photography, sketching, working with upcycled textiles, collective journaling, and mixed-media experimentation, the participants will transform their observations into interconnected visual outputs. They will be presented together in an exhibition that reflects the neighbourhood’s multicultural and layered character, while creating moments of visibility, exchange, and connection between participants, locals, and visitors.

Thinking of applying this year? Let’s reminisce about the past, this is how it looked last year at one of the big worksh...
29/03/2026

Thinking of applying this year? Let’s reminisce about the past, this is how it looked last year at one of the big workshops in Rijeka, Croatia!! .hrvatska

From the Tutor Camp, where we prepared tutors and spaces for the days ahead, to opening the program at the and hosting you all at Oš Vežica. 180 participants worked on as many as 12 projects with our tutors, all implemented across the city of Rijeka.
To better understand the local context, we listened to interesting lectures and had many project collaborators from Croatia.
We explored the city through organized walks and visited the island of Krk.
We got to know each other and celebrated 42 countries during the National Night in the city’s art center , , located in a former industrial complex.
We also shared a Croatian evening under Rijeka’s cranes.
In the end, we presented everything through exhibitions across the city and many beautiful projects.

Thank you for all who supported penkala and many others!✨

Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing lots of things from last year’s workshop in Rijeka, Croatia. Stay tuned to s...
29/03/2026

Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing lots of things from last year’s workshop in Rijeka, Croatia. Stay tuned to see more of what we’ve been working on since last year! Also keep an eye out for more info about the upcoming workshop in Brussels! ✨

Interested in tutoring?Need a little more time to apply?Don’t worry, we got you! TUTOR call is extended with two week! 🙌...
24/03/2026

Interested in tutoring?
Need a little more time to apply?

Don’t worry, we got you! TUTOR call is extended with two week! 🙌

Apply now untill April 6th, 2026
23:59 GMT+1

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