BO–RD is a 14,000m² industrial site on the edge of Brussels, dedicated to reuse, making and experimentation – initiated and operated by RotorDC. It brings together a heterogeneous mix of spaces, activities and users, somewhere between a salvage yard, workshops and storage spaces, offices, meeting, event spaces and a wild garden.
Open studios
*26.09 // 10AM-7PM
For the launch of BO–RD, several residents will open the doors to their studios, offering a glimpse into their current practices and working spaces. Come by, meet the residents, and discover what’s happening behind the studio doors.

RotorDC – Lightning Studio : RotorDC is a cooperative that organises the reuse of construction materials. We dismantle, process and sell salvaged building components, with a focus on finishing materials such as hardware, doors, flooring, furniture and lighting fixtures.
For the open studio day our in-house lighting reconditioning workshop will be open to visitors. Here, salvaged lamps are inspected and reconditioned so they can be used again, adapted where needed to meet contemporary electrical requirements. We also develop new lighting designs using off-cuts and other materials from our storage.
Website : https://rotordc.com
Instagram : @rotordc

Floriana Da Silva : Visual artist, engraver and stone carver, Floriana Da Silva has developed a practice based on two forms of engraving: printmaking—etching or woodcut—and stone carving, which gives rise to artistic works, signs or funerary engravings alike. While their techniques and uses differ, these two practices share the same gesture: that of carving, inscribing, and leaving a mark. Through these materials, she explores memory, heritage, and the layers of time, bringing to light intimate and family narratives, absences, abandoned territories, and migratory journeys. Engraving thus becomes a means of revealing what endures, caught between memory and oblivion.
Website: https://f-dasilva.com/
Instagram: @f_dasilva__

studio PLATT : Joe Platt is a furniture designer and maker working with recycled and sustainable materials. With a strong focus on materials, Joe brings out and showcases the hidden richness and textures in his designs as a focal point.
Website: https://studioplatt.com
Instagram: @studio_platt

Jessica Blondiau : I'm Jessica Blondiau. I'm an illustrator and I work printed imagery. I enjoy playing with color layering and various haltones patterns. Forest and animals are my favorite subjects to draw. My work is colorful and full of joy. During the open doors, I’ll also be hosting a silkscreen printing demonstration, where you can discover the process and, if you wish, print your own little card.
Instagram: @jessicablondiau

Tristan Gielen : Tristan Gielen (furniture designer / woodworker) develops each project using reclaimed materials and a strong ecological vision. With his background in architecture as a starting point, his design practice is primarily guided by the possibilities and character of the materials themselves.
Instagram: @trippelcork_atelier

Ines Thora : Ines Thora (°1996, Asse, Belgium) is a Brussels-based visual artist working primarily in painting and installation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts from LUCA School of Arts (2015–2018) and studied Cultural Studies at KU Leuven (2019–2020). Her practice explores memory, fragility, materiality and the relationship between body and material, often incorporating found textiles, bed linen, tablecloths, thread and other tactile materials into large-scale or intimate tiny abstract works.
Her work has been presented in Belgium and internationally, including exhibitions in Brussels, Antwerp, Berlin and Amsterdam. Her work is currently also presented at Abby Museum in Kortrijk.
Website : https://inesthora.com/
Instagram: @inesthora

Rotor asbl/vzw : Rotor is a Brussels based non-profit organization that is interested in material flows in industry and construction, with a particular focus on our relationship to resources, waste and reuse. This has led to a large variety of projects in the fields of research, consultancy, interior and scenography design, exhibition curation and education. In 2013, the association ventured into the reclamation and sale of used building elements, which in 2016 led to the creation of the cooperative company RotorDC (for ‘Deconstruction’).
Website : https://rotordb.org
Instagram : @rotor_brussels

Charel Pycke : Charel’s work explores how patterns and ornamentation function within an architectural context. Starting with the basic form of the triangle, he spent years developing geometric compositions, after which architectural influences increasingly came into play. Through his paintings and sculptures, he questions the often-underestimated role of decoration within the art world.
Instagram : @charelpycke

Rosa De Coster : Rosa De Coster is a sculptor with a background in graphic arts. She studied at KASK in Ghent, and at the Academy of fine Arts in Vienna. In her artistic practice she combines sculpture, furniture design, drawing, and model building. Her sculptures evoke spaces of different scales, constructed from flat surfaces that serve as carriers for drawing and painting. Visually, her work draws on references including folk-art, early Renaissance painting, murals in Italian restaurants, Belgian interbellum design, architectural drawing, Portuguese majolica tiles, Brussels facades and her grandmother's kitchen.
At Bo-rd she shares a studio with visual artist Charel Pycke.
Instagram: @rosadecoster