Winterschool Fontys Academy of the Arts by Jan Staes

Masterstudents from all disciplines will work together in this years ‘Winterschool’ at Fontys Academy of the Arts, creating your own Artistic Learning Space. This space is not just a physical location, it should be a dynamic environment where creativity, collaboration, and learning thrive. How does such a space look like? Smells like? Feels like? Inspired by concepts like the idea of the Third Place (Oldenburg, 1991), the Relational Space (Leibnitz, 1675) or the Pedagogical Space (Vigil, 2022), your challenge is to design a space that fosters meaningful interactions and innovative ideas for FAA.

Winter School Project 2025

Creating a ‘third space’ within FAA

by Carmen Koster, Zirui Chen, Elke Blomme, Jolanda Gemin, Mex Lagendijk, Micha Lambregts, Corné Rutten and Lindy Zimmer

Our idea:

Pavilions in the Muzentuin to inspire and to be inspired to make art.

Why:

What we noticed that we miss at Fontys are spaces where you can lay down your head, switch off, rest and relax. On the other hand there is also a lack of rehearsal and practice space. What we want to create is a multi-functional space where you are enabled to do all things, a space where you can relax, where you can create, where you can just be and where you can be inspired without pressure. Also on the grounds of Fontys lies the ‘Muzentuin’. This space has a lot of potential to be something inspiring, but we feel that potential is not being used to its fullest right now.

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