johnnyleya@gmail.com | Wallonie-Bruxelles Architectures

Description: Traumnovelle is a militant faction founded by three Belgian architects:
Léone Drapeaud, Manuel León Fanjul and Johnny Leya. Traumnovelle uses architecture and fiction as analytical, critical and subversive tools to emphasize contemporary issues and dissect their resolutions. Traumnovelle alternates between cynicism and enthusiasm all the while advocating for critical thinking in architecture. Traumnovelle champions a multi-disciplinary approach with architecture at the crossroads. Traumnovelle distances itself from current forms of naive architecture and refuses to glorify the mundane. Traumnovelle sides with those who have not sacrificed ambition and criticism.
Creation: 2015
Associates: Léone Drapeaud (1987)
Manuel León Fanjul (1990)
Johnny Leya (1990)
Publications: Ecoutons la Biennale de Venise
Publications: Eurotopie, The Site Magazine, vol.40 “Devices”, 2019.
Candy Shop, A+ 272, Space, Sex & Gender, 2018.
Candy Shop, The Site Magazine, vol.38 “Feminisms” 2018 .
WTC Culture Palace, Brussels Newsroom, 2017.
Ode to Joy, Scenario Journal “Migrations”, 2017.
Ode à la Joie, Classeur, vol.2 “Mare Nostrum”, Editions Cosa Mentale, 2017.
Ode to Joy, The Site Magazine, vol.35 “Borders”, 2016.