We were completely surprised by the water bomb of 2021 and remain concerned about the extreme drought that has been plaguing us for five summers now. We need to take a radically different approach to our water system. But where to start, and what role can designers play? In this round table discussion, initiated and led by Joachim Declerck of Architecture Workroom, five landscape architects and urban planners search for the source of the challenge.

Liesl Vanautgaerden (Flemish Government Environment Department) — We have no choice but to start with water sources. It is no coincidence that ‘Tackling water at the source’ is the title of this edition of A+ .