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…
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…
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…
(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…
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…
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….
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) –…
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
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…
ETH Zürich Department of Architecture: 15-17 November 2021, This conference is organised jointly with the TU Delft Department of Architecture. Lessons from the Galette: Public Space and the…
RETHINKING THE POTENTIAL OF DEPOPULATED PLACES. A STUDY OF THE RAVINE OF OLIVÁN. REFLECTIONS FROM THE SUMMER-SCHOOL “HERITAGE, LANDSCAPE & MEMORY”. Introduction The phenomenon of depopulation has…
WEBINAR Territorial Transformations in Waterfronts, international case studies Coney Island Creek, New York City, USA (lecture by Drs. Arch. Gitte Schreurs) Guayaquil, Ecuador (lecture by Drs. Arch. Maria Fernanda…
From 30 August – 8 September 2021, the summer school Eurometropolis 2.1: a blue space in transition (led by Erik Van Daele, Maarten Gheysen and Sophie Leemans) will take…
Two of the members of our research group, Gisèle Gantois and Sophie Leemans will participate in the workshop Correctionville01, which focuses in different aspects concerning mapping. The seminar…