15th edition 140 design students + young professionals 10 projects Brussels || Belgium 01.08 – 16.08.2026
What is MEDS?
MEDS is an international design network connecting young professionals and students through workshops and events.
It promotes design’s positive societal impact, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, and offers designers a platform to build connections, unlock potential, and apply their talents outside the faculty.
What is MEDS?
MEDS is an international network connecting young professionals and students through workshops and events. It promotes design’s positive societal impact, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, and offers designers a platform to build connections, unlock potential, and apply their talents outside the faculty.
ABOUT BRUSSELS
Today, Brussels thrives as a cultural and political center, known for its dynamic arts scene, world-class museums, and lively festivals, as well as its role as the de facto capital of the European Union.
Its multicultural population, bilingual character, and international institutions shape a cosmopolitan identity rooted in centuries of trade, diplomacy, and exchange, where local traditions blend seamlessly with global influences.
ABOUT KUREGEM
Kuregem, shaped by its industrial roots and evolving present, is a neighborhood defined by transformation. Its textures emerge from the meeting of factories and homes, migration and memory, resilience and reinvention, forming a layered urban landscape in constant change.
Kuregem is a place where progress and innovation have long been tied to production: from cotton factories and slaughterhouses to workshops and warehouses. Its industrial legacy endures in brick halls, iron structures, and worn surfaces that tell stories of labor and migration.
Today, these gritty textures offer space for reflection, renewal, and new possibilities, allowing past infrastructures to be reimagined and transformed into drivers of community life and future development.
Reweaving the Brussels Canal District
This year’s theme, “Reweaving the Brussels Canal District”, contains four main stories:
LANDSCAPE OF TRANSFORMATIONS
URBAN FABRIC
NODE OF FLOWS
ENCOUNTERS AND LAYERED VOICES
About the theme:
Reweaving the Brussels Canal District
This year’s theme, “Reweaving the Brussels Canal District”, contains four main stories:
LANDSCAPE OF TRANSFORMATIONS
URBAN FABRIC
NODE OF FLOWS
ENCOUNTERS AND LAYERED VOICES
PARTICIPANT CALL IS OPEN NOW!
Join us as a participant at MEDS Workshop Belgium for 16 exciting days! Work on one of 10 unique projects alongside 140 talented individuals from around the globe.
Please monitor this website in the next weeks as there might be new announcements coming up!
We advise to whitelist the email address below to prevent important updates from going to your spam folder.
In case of any questions, please get in touch with us via email! CONTACT US: medsbelgium@medsworkshop.com
PARTICIPANT CALL IS OPEN NOW!
Join us as a participant at MEDS Workshop Belgium for 16 exciting days! Work on one of 10 unique projects alongside 140 talented individuals from around the globe.
Please monitor this website in the next weeks as there might be new announcements coming up!
We advise to whitelist the email address below to prevent important updates from going to your spam folder.
In case of any questions, please get in touch with us via email! CONTACT US: medsbelgium@medsworkshop.com
TUTOR CALL WILL OPEN ON Feb 16!
Hi everyone interested in tutoring at MEDS Workshop 2026,
This year, we decided to have the participant call go live before the tutor call, but you will not have to wait for long anymore! If you plan on submitting a project proposal for this summer, please stay tuned and check here and on Instagram @meds_workshop.
All the best, Your MEDS Belgium Team
For any questions concerning the upcoming tutor call, please feel free to contact us at:
medsbelgium@medsworkshop.com
LOCAL ORGANIZING TEAM OF MEDS WORKSHOP ’26
Jo Tubex Marie Geudens Ranka Terpstra Tinne Beirinckx
LOCAL ORGANIZING TEAM OF MEDS WORKSHOP ’26
Jo Tubex Marie Geudens Ranka Terpstra Tinne Beirinckx
