Imagine a utopia that heralds the future and embodies a trinity of ideas: financial viability, elegance, and modernity. 50 years after its inception, this film’s director reconnects with its creators: architect and researcher Jean Englebert, visionary steel-shaper Paul Petit, and participatory architecture pioneers Lucien and Simone Kroll. Together, they challenged conservative notions of building construction by establishing experimental, latter-day housing communities in Brussels, Liège, and Charleroi. Are architects political optimists whose designs prompt us to ponder: what will tomorrow look like? 

The Brussels-based architect, photographer, and director Degavre adopts the approach of “learning from the past to understand the future.” Yet, the film’s concept transcends time: it explores affordability and the legacy we leave for future generations. The director delves into a lesser-known chapter of architecture history in Belgium, courageous post-modernist ideas and personal recollections – intertwining these with archival footage and interviews with extravagant Belgian architects, the film pays timeless homage to experimental thinking that extends beyond the present moment.