Cities Connection Project – 15 Years of Comparative Architecture

CURATORS

Nicola Regusci and Xavier Bustos

Statement / Content

Building on the success of previous editions, Wallonie-Bruxelles Architectures has renewed its partnership with Cities Connection Project and presents a new exhibition as part of Barcelona World Capital of Architecture 2026.

Founded in 2012 by architects Nicola Regusci and Xavier Bustos, the CCP platform has developed a collaborative network bringing together emerging practices, cultural institutions, and schools of architecture to examine contemporary urban transformations through a comparative lens.

The exhibition is structured across two complementary levels. The first operates as an archive gathering the 348 projects presented in previous editions of the programme, with the original panels reproduced in miniature and arranged chronologically by city, as they were originally exhibited, in the form of a timeline. The second presents a selection of 202 recent projects, including 50 from Wallonia-Brussels, organised into five thematic clusters offering a transversal reading of the architectures shaping European cities.

These five sections address new ways of living, strategies for urban densification and regeneration through adaptive reuse, the renaturation of public space, collective facilities and infrastructures, as well as hybrid programmes combining multiple urban uses.

Unlike previous CCP editions, the projects are not organised by territory but by programmatic affinities, enabling comparisons between architectural responses developed within different regulatory, cultural, and economic contexts.

The exhibition design has been conceived as a modular, lightweight, and self-supporting system, intended to accommodate a large number of projects and to facilitate the exhibition’s international circulation.

EXHIBITED OFFICES

• A Practice - 10(02) A CULTURAL BUILDING (Tournai)
• ADN architectures - Les Tanneurs Theater (Brussels)
• AgwA - INSAS (Brussels)
• Atelier d’architecture AIUD - The Lighthouse (Andenne)
• Artau architectures - DIFFERDANGE (Luxembourg)
• Atelier 229 - Brunfaut Tower (Bruxelles)
• Atelier Chora et AAdd - POLYVALENT HALL (Clavier)
• Atelier d’architecture Meunier-Westrade - Delwart Cement Works (Tournai)
• Atelier DEV - BON AIR GARDEN CITY (Brussels)
• Atelier Paysage - CASTEL PARK (Beauraing)
• AUXAU Architecture - OPALE (Brussels)
• B612 architectes - RANSBEEK (Brussels)
• Bauclub - AUBE (Brussels)
• Baukunst - MANUFAKTURE (Brussels)
• Baumans-Deffet - CENTRAL WORKSHOPS (Seraing)
• Binario architectes - MOULIN DE FERRIÈRES (Héron)
• Bruum architecture  - BAYARDS HOUSE (Liège)
• CENTRAL office for architecture and urbanism - TREFLES SCHOOL (Templeuve)
• MATADOR / CLN - LUTTRE (Brussels)
• collectif act. - KLAVERTJE VIER (Brussels)
• dA architectes - Marcellis (Liège)
• Nord et Label Architecture - PAYS DES COLLINES’S HOUSE (Ellezelles)
• Elmès - GARDEN PALACE (Brussels)
• Époc architecture + Karbon' architecture et urbanisme - COHOUSING TEMPLOUX (Namur)
• Goffart-Polomé architectes - FINE ARTS MUSEUM (Charleroi)
• HE architectes - I.A.T.A. (Namur)
• K2A - AQUARELLE NURSERY (Brussels)
• KARBON’ architecture & urbanisme - GOUJONS (Brussels)
• La Générale - MILCAMPS (Brussels)
• Laboratoire - SHELTERS (Modave)
• Ledroit Pierret Polet architectes - PIERRE PAULUS
• L'Equipe - LES HALLES (Brussels)
• Lhoas & Lhoas Architectes - Van Linth (Brussels)
• LRarchitectes - GRANGE DES 6 HEURES (Walhain)
• Mamout architectes - DAILLY (Brussels)
• MS-A et V+ - CERIA’S VERTICAL SCHOOL (Brussels)
• MULTIPLE architecture & urbanism - BROWNING PARC (herstal)
• Notan office - DIEU (Bruxelles)
• O.U.V.R.A.G.E.S - CROISSANT (Bruxelles)
• Olivier Fourneau Architectes - Kurth (Liège)
• Ouest architecture - JEAN VILAR THEATRE (Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve)
• Réservoir-A - MEMORIAL GARDEN (Charleroi)
• Skope et Collectif Dallas - PARK OUEST PAVILLON (Brussels)
• Specimen - ODEMER COHOUSING (Brussels)
• Taktyk Landscape + - CHÂTELAIN SQUARE (Brussels)
• Traumnovelle - La porte aux oies (Liège)
• USAGES sustainable architecture and territorial care studio - FOUR À LIER (Bruxelles)
• Vanden Eeckhoudt - Creyf architectes - ANGLETERRE-HOLLANDE (Brussels)
• VERS.A + Ouest - P.A.R.T.S. – ICTUS – ROSAS (Brussels)
• vvv architecture urbanisme et studio paola vigano - PETERBOS PARK (Brussels)

ITINERARY

• Barcelona: 16 April – 10 June 2026
• Zurich: Opening on October 30, 2026