The Maison Autrique received a donation of original drawings by François Schuiten. All the drawings made over nearly twenty years that pertain to the house thus constitute the first works of art that belong specifically to the non-profit association Maison Autrique asbl. Several of these drawings have been exhibited at various parts of the house since it opened and are changed to chime with temporary exhibitions.

To ensure the survival of the collection of François Schuiten’s drawings, the non-profit association has framed those which had not been framed yet. A second step will consist of creating a storage facility that meets the hygrometric standards for paper conservation.

In 2015, the Maison Autrique received four chairs and two vases from the private residence of Augustin Goovaerts, an architect and contemporary of Horta, born in Schaerbeek, who worked in Colombia in the interbellum. Our collection is naturally geared to our desire to become the “house of houses”.

The arrival of the Goovaerts Collection has turned us into a forum of engagement with the stories of the various architects at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century: their travels, respective influences, way of designing the private residence in a booming city, furniture design, etc. The Maison Autrique wishes to develop its scholarly research into these architects who devoted their life and work to improving daily life in Brussels houses.