2024-11-27T00:18:14-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150320442/lucien-kroll-paragon-of-progressive-architecture-passes-away-aged-95 Josh Niland 2022-08-15T17:43:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f5/f52ddb9ca7b3ef6bcafd46d8fbecbec4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>An influential figure in the realm of ecological design is being mourned after <em>Le Monde </em><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2022/08/04/la-mort-de-lucien-kroll-architecte-ecologiste-et-libertaire_6137184_3382.html" target="_blank">reported the death</a> of Belgian architect Lucien Kroll in Brussels on August 2nd at the age of 95.</p> <p>The Atelier Kroll co-founder will be remembered for his foundational work in the arenas of green building and participatory architecture. Kroll is best known for his highly-collaborative 1976 La M&eacute;m&eacute; design on the campus of Belgium&rsquo;s Catholic University of Louvain in addition to over 100 other projects he and his wife Simone Pelosse completed through the studio after its inception in 1958.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/20/20b2b77eeb8962eaf65213306d7660db.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/20/20b2b77eeb8962eaf65213306d7660db.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>A 1966 residential project in Embourg, Belgium. Image: GAR-Archives d'architecture</figcaption></figure><p>A 1951 graduate of <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/4972880/ensav-la-cambre" target="_blank">La Cambre</a> (where he preceded Maurice Culot by a decade), Kroll&rsquo;s early commitment to designing spaces &ldquo;with&rdquo; rather than &ldquo;for&rdquo; their users continued throughout his long career, eventually leading to them being named the Brussels Architecture Prize Lifetime Achievement Award winners just last year. His early-career d...</p>