Today more and more projects are emerging that are driven by a desire for public, social or ecological change. Lisa De Visscher, editor-in-chief of A+, and Roeland Dudal, founding partner of Architecture Workroom Brussels, engaged in a round-table discussion with seven practices that are bringing about that change through their work and asked them about their vision, their instruments and the obstacles they encountered.

Lisa De Visscher & Roeland Dudal — We agree that, under pressure from climate change, the growing gap between rich and poor, the need for affordable housing and healthy food for all, and the demand for appropriate care, there is a real need for a spatial transition. This in turn has a direct impact on the built space as a whole, but also on mobility, green space management and so on. In the meantime, the question has become a critical one and, thanks to the realization of various projects, this change is prudently getting under way. How have your practices contributed to this change and what steps did you have to take to achieve this?