By Carlos Quintáns

The second issue of Universum gets up close and personal with the Belgian architects Jan De Vylder and Inge Vinck, who until 2019 comprised two-thirds of the acclaimed Ghent-based studio de vylder vinck taillieu, examining their daily routines and private universe. Through 170 previously unpublished photographs by Juan Rodríguez, 135 sketches, paintings, and technical drawings, and a text by Carlos Quintáns (in fact, a descriptive tour of the spaces where De Vylder and Vinck are currently working), the reader gains an intimate familiarity with the architects and their distinctive worldview.