Designed by architects Fernand Bodson and Louis Van Hooveld, this lodge for the Masonic order Le Droit Humain was built in 1934. The sober ochre-brick façade has a sophisticated structure. The irregular corner plot also inspired the architects in the interior layout, with the use of chamfered corners and oblique perspectives, accompanied by the refined use of materials, such as the terrazzo flooring decorated with black mosaics featuring symbolic motifs. From 1984, the lodge became an archive and study centre and then a museum, the Musée des Archives d’Architecture Moderne (AAM). Following alterations, the building was restored in 2001–2002 by architect Elie Levy and Brussels-based Ekla Architects & Designers. In 2012, La Loge was converted into a space dedicated to architecture, contemporary art, music and reflection. It hosts exhibitions and events designed to foster dialogue between audiences and speakers, whether they be architects, artists or thinkers.
The guided tour will take visitors through the specific history of this location, paying particular attention to its uses and post-Masonic transformations linked to the AAM (Archives of Modern Architecture) and the Fondation pour l’Architecture, established by Philippe Rotthier in 1986 to showcase the AAM.
Alongside this introduction, visitors will be able to enjoy Write as the Beasts Cry at Night (5 September to 20 October 2024), an exhibition of the works of contemporary artist Thu-Van Tran.