{"id":12085,"date":"2026-06-22T07:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actrust.be\/hidden-modernism-in-the-kwakkelstraat\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T06:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:57:01","slug":"hidden-modernism-in-the-kwakkelstraat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actrust.be\/en\/hidden-modernism-in-the-kwakkelstraat\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Modernism in the Kwakkelstraat"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12085\" class=\"elementor elementor-12085 elementor-12057\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-049fd6e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"049fd6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea8bdfe elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ea8bdfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6254096 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6254096\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9530788 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9530788\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hidden Modernism in the Kwakkelstraat<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2d6cbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2d6cbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>June 18, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a615c48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a615c48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06851-groot.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DSC06851 large\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIwODYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hY3RydXN0LmJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9EU0MwNjg1MS1ncm9vdC53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1145\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06851-groot.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-12086\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06851-groot.webp 1145w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06851-groot-268x300.jpeg 268w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06851-groot-916x1024.jpeg 916w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06851-groot-768x859.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1145px) 100vw, 1145px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5204550 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5204550\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A funerary monument that bears a surprising resemblance to the architectural language of Atelier Carli Vanhout &#8211; Paul Schellekens &#038; Ass.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-559713b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"559713b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"363\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Among the many classical funerary monuments in the historic cemetery of Turnhout lies a strikingly sober yet powerful composition in brick, concrete, and steel. A headstone that, despite its modest scale, possesses a remarkable architectural character. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"769\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The grave of Floribert Leysen (1887\u20131970) and Clara Barrois (1890\u20131979) immediately draws attention due to its unusual design. No traditional bluestone or richly elaborate ornamentation, but a brutal, sleek composition of dark brick volumes, raw concrete elements, and a simple metal chain. An almost sculptural intervention, built from pure materiality and proportions.  <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"1022\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This special find was discovered by Jef van Doninck of Erfgoed Noorderkempen. For those familiar with the oeuvre of Atelier Carli Vanhout &#8211; Paul Schellekens &#038; Ass., the image feels surprisingly recognizable.<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"1022\"> <\/p><h6 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-section-id=\"198a9lv\" data-start=\"1024\" data-end=\"1055\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An unexpected kinship<\/span><\/strong><\/h6><p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1194\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The similarities with the architectural language of Carli Vanhout&#8217;s studio home are striking:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the use of dark brick in combination with raw concrete;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the emphasis on texture and material expression;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the sober, almost brutalist appearance;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';\">the functional use of metal details;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';\">the interplay between closed volumes and open space.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57d86d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"57d86d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7358d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a7358d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06855-groot-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12088\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06855-groot-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06855-groot-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06855-groot-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06855-groot.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9563df2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9563df2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06857-groot-683x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12090\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06857-groot-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06857-groot-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06857-groot-768x1151.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06857-groot.webp 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd7c00 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bdd7c00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc419de elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc419de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Even the central opening between both brick volumes is reminiscent of the way modernist architects defined spaces not only through mass, but also through void.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The metal chain forms a particularly interesting detail. It does not appear merely decorative, but is an integral part of the composition \u2014 a typical modernist principle where construction, function, and aesthetics coincide. <\/span><\/p><h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';\"><br>An architectural hand?<\/strong><\/h6><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Whether the monument was actually designed by Carli Vanhout or by Atelier Carli Vanhout \u2013 Paul Schellekens &#038; Ass. has not yet been confirmed. Chronologically, however, it would be perfectly possible. The period in which the grave was created coincides with the active years of the studio in Turnhout.   <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Furthermore, it was not exceptional at that time for architects to also design funerary monuments for local families, entrepreneurs, or acquaintances. Certainly within the context of the Turnhout School, where architecture often extended into interiors, furniture, art applications, and commemorative architecture. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What makes this monument particularly special is the naturalness with which architecture is present here. Not as a monumental gesture, but as a carefully constructed composition of materials, proportions, and details. <\/span><\/p><p> <\/p><h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Hidden heritage<\/strong><\/span><\/h6><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cemeteries often represent a forgotten chapter within architectural history. Yet they are rich in hidden modernism: funerary monuments in which the formal language of their time remains subtly present. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This grave in Turnhout shows how modernist ideas found their way into small, intimate architectural interventions beyond homes and public buildings.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Perhaps this monument is not a coincidental kinship, but a silent echo of the same architectural culture that also shaped the homes and buildings of the Turnhout School.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A modest headstone \u2014 but with a remarkably strong architectural presence.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ddac6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56ddac6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fc61f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fc61f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06867-groot-768x721.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-12094\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06867-groot-768x721.webp 768w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06867-groot-300x282.webp 300w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06867-groot-1024x962.webp 1024w, https:\/\/actrust.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC06867-groot.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1259812 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1259812\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4db5cb4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4db5cb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"3377\" data-end=\"3819\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After photographing the grave, I paid a brief visit to the family grave of Jozef Schellekens. A short stop, but at the same time a modest tribute to the first generation. To the man who helped lay the foundation for an architectural tradition that still lives on today. Among the silent witnesses of the past, it became clear once again how strongly heritage, family history, and architecture are intertwined.   <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"3821\" data-end=\"3995\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Perhaps it is precisely such moments that remind us that architecture lives not only in buildings, but also in memories, stories, and places of remembrance.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 18, 2026 A funerary monument that bears a surprising resemblance to the architectural language of Atelier Carli Vanhout &#8211; Paul Schellekens &#038; Ass. 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