The programme is aimed to share insights and reflections on mapping. Organised by AHO Oslo, KULeuven, Universidade do Minho and ETSABarcelona-UPC.
Slum Upgrading Projects and Sustainable Reconversion of Riverbank Infrastructures in Asunción, Paraguay. Joint project: KU Leuven – Universidad Nacional de Asunción
Streams in the Urbanization Process. Categorization, socio-environmental historical conflicts and contributions to public policy in Cuenca-Ecuador. Joint project KU Leuven – Universidad de Cuenca
Speaker: prof. Daniel Orellana* Date: June 20th. Time: 9:30 – 12:30 Location: Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven. Sint-Niklaastraat 27, Room 2.11. Gent. * Daniel is a Principal…
Exhibition of Masters’ Dissertation projects Date: 25 June 2023. 14-18h. Location: Fortress 7, Legerstraat 40, 2610 Wilrijk. (Free entrance). Promotor: Gisèle Gantois Co-Promotor: Ignacio Galán …
In urban reconstruction planning after a disaster, the pressure on the recovery of space, discourse and organisations brings forward a monomaniac strategy often based on the four-staged recovery…
LOS POZOS – MARKETSECTOR IN SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA, BOLIVIA, KU LEUVEN-UPSA, 2022 Link BOOKLET
UNDERSTANDING THE EMERGING COLLECTIVE SPACES IN MLALAKUWA INFORMAL SETTLEMENT, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA (KU Leuven- Ardhi University) Link BOOKLET
STUDY OF MICROFILLING, URBAN FABRIC AND USE OF SPACE IN THE CATEURA LAGOON AND DUMP SITE, ASUNCIÒN, PARAGUAY (KU Leuven- Universidad de Asunsiòn) Link BOOKLET
Travelling concepts: learning from the dispersed territory of Flanders Fri 27 January 2023, 13:00-15:00 CET online Diana Gouveia Amaral, KU Leuven & University of Minho Sophie Leemans, KU…
A lunchtime lecture by Sophie Leemans, Architect, PhD researcher at KU Leuven (supervisor: Maarten Gheysen, co-supervisor: Erik Van Daele), and Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Center for Resilient Cities…
Sustainability and well being as the basic argument of any urban intervention is the pretext that encourages the return of dialogue between Architecture and Urbanism, as intrinsically related…
The publication of a funded South Initiative VLIR-UOS SURLAB-Project (main coordinator of our faculty: Yves Schoonjans, Hans Leinfelder & Xavier Mendez) were selected on the Pan-American Architecture Biennale…
Wednesday 16 November. 3pm. Campus Gent, Sint-Niklaasstraat, Room 2.11 Lecture by Dipl.-Ing. Arch. Alissa Diesch (Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft | Leibniz Universität Hannover). Research presentations by PhD candidates / post-doctoral…
(20-21 October 2022) Prof. Dr. Gisèle Gantois participates as discussant in the online conference “Contested heritage in the 21st century: Eastern Europe and beyond”. It is an initiative…
By Drs. Arch. Lucas Bizzotto In light of the maib34 Design Studio by Dr. Cecilia Chiappini
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Johan Nielsen “Remote Practices. Insights on Architectural Design Processes” Date: 11 October 2022 Location: Campus Brussels/LUCA, Paleizenstraat Timing: 4 p.m. CET Image: Man with…
Prof. Dr. Margarita Greene (Faculty of Architecture, PUC, Chile)
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Patricia Tamayo “From Industrial Compounds to Public Facilities” Insights on reconversion projects and their effects on the relationship with the urban surroundings through architectural strategies….
The Case of Mlalakuwa- Dar es Salaam-Tanzania This project focuses on the transformation of collective spaces into sustainable community spaces in informal settlements that are defined by…
NEWS FROM “SOUTH URBAN RESEARCH LAB (SURLAB)” Free Download of books of the project on Guayaquil and Cuenca (Ecuador): 1. Xavier Méndez Abad, Daniel Orellana, Félix Chunga,…
SEMINAR Coproducción de Espacios Públicos Inclusivos en Barrios Populares BOOKLANCH SURLAB Prof. Dr. Yves Schoonjans and Drs. Xavier Méndez Abad will participate in the event in Guayaquil,…
Master of Conservation of Monuments and Sites /RLICC Final presentations of the first year students on the “Integrated Project Work” 30/06/2022 – Auditorium De Molen (MOLE 00.07) –…
Productive Venice Streetscape Territories: Architectural Interventions for the Lido Waterfront, Venice, Italy Master Dissertation Studio, Prof. Dr. Arch. Kris Scheerlinck Engagement: Urban Cultures Campus Brussels/Ghent Streetscape Territories Streetscape…
Image: The Church of Santa Maria del Mar and its relation with the Born Paseo, Barcelona, 2015. Gothic Church used as (cooled) event space (picture by Scheerlinck Kris (2015)…
INAUGURAL LECTURES May 13th 2022 Lecture “Restauring Broken Journeys” by Prof. Gisèle Gantois 10h30, Arenberg Castle auditorium + Salons in Leuven Registration is required
INAUGURAL LECTURES April 29th 2022 Lecture “Tools for Togetherness” by Prof. Maarten Gheysen 10h30, Campus Hoogstraat Ghent Registration is required
STRATEGIES FOR LAND-TENURE, HOUSING AND NEIGHBOURHOODBUILDING IN FILADELFIA, THE CHACO-AREA, PARAGUAY By Yves Schoonjans KEYWORDS: Immigration, Informal Settlements, Urban growth, Public Spaces, Sustainable Growth Public spaces are vital for…