A Guided Tour of
The Lussato House
Join us on Saturday, March 3rd for a unique guided visit to the Lussato House.
Located in Brussels’ prestigious Prince d’Orange district in Uccle, the Institute can be found in a house on Avenue de la Sapinière with the symbolic name of “Clairval”.
Built for the Brussels exchange merchant Grunewald by Belgian architect Antoine Pompe (a student of Victor Horta) between 1924 and 1926, the house is a typical example of pre-war Bauhaus architecture. Both the interior and exterior of the house are listed. Bricks, horizontal windows supported by concrete window headers, wooden cladding, pointed roofs nodding at Flemish or Anglo-Norman architecture and flat roofing all make this building a fascinating object of study and place to visit. These features are also a perfect illustration of its purpose of housing a collection of Japanese popular art embodying simplicity, authenticity and minimalism.
The gardens planted with majestic decorative trees date back to the construction of the house and even feature certain Japanese-style varieties. Spanning 80 ares, the park slopes strongly and will be partially turned into a Japanese garden designed by young landscape architects in an international competition.
Please note that this event is limited to 20 participants.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, March 3, 2018.
Time: 2:45 p.m.
Place: Avenue de la Sapinière 52-54, 1180 Brussels.
Price: €25. ACB/AWCB/CCB members receive a discounted price of €20.
Reservations are due by Wednesday, February 28 at:
http://www.americanclubbrussels.org/event-2804311
Payment in advance to ACB account BE55427919588144 (KREDBEBB). Please mention “Lussato” in the reference section of the bank transfer. Online payment with a credit card is also possible (through PayPal, but no actual PayPal account is required); pay when registering or use the link provided in the invoice.
Cancellations are possible until noon on Wednesday, February 28. Participants canceling after this time, as well as no-shows, are charged the full cost of the event.
