Category: Publications
Trauma Studies, the scholarship analysing representations of disruptive experiences and their effect on identity and memory, is a field largely marked by language-based discourses. In examining the psychological…
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Jacob Msengui Lutta “Transformation of Collective Spaces in an Interstitial Informal Settlement. The case of Mlalakuwa, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.” Date: 29 September 2023…
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 …
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
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…
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….
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,…
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Ahmad Adeel “Insights into the impact of mega transport infrastructure projects on the transformation of the urban fabric of Lahore” Date: 7 March 2022…
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Gitte Schreurs “Insights on the reconfiguration of vulnerable industrial waterfronts facing shocks and stresses” Coney Island Creek, New York City, USA Date: 25 February 2022…
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Chukwuemeka Vincent Chukwuemeka “Emergent Spatialities in Urban Africa: Case Study of Onitsha Markets in Nigeria” Date: 12 January 2022 Location: Due to covid measures, the…
Xavier Méndez-Abad, Hans Leinfelder & Yves Schoonjans (2021), Notes on Urban Informality: transformations, places and practices. In Garcia Ferrari S., Offerdal H., Kania M. (eds), Why Latin America…
Date: Monday 4th March 2019 Location: Escuela Superior Técnica de Arquitectura de Barcelona, Universidad Politécnica de Barcelona, ETSAB-UPC, Barcelona, Spain Laboratory of Urbanism of Barcelona – DUOT –…
RESEARCH PROJECT: STREETSCAPE TERRITORIES AS CINEMATIC SUPPORT Prof. Dr. Kris Scheerlinck (movie still from “Billy Elliot”, BBC films, director Stephen Daldry, 2000) Exciting news! A couple of…
Field trip and Hackató maib14 “BARCELONAs ROUNDS. Infrastructures as a Tool to Explore the City”, Design Studio by Cecilia Chiappini From 17th to 23rd October students from the…
SEMINAR: Forms of Adaptations within Urban Markets in Emerging Cities (For official call, see below) Location: Faculty of Architecture, Campus Sint-Lucas Brussels 65-67, Paleizenstraat – 1030 Brussels |…
(RE)LEARNING FROM NEW JERSEY Exploring and reading elsewheres. Dr. Erik Van Daele Designing in a non-binary land/ city context demands a specific vocabulary to value the complex…
This summer school Productive Sidewalks in New York aims to achieve new critical insights about multiple and temporary productive uses of space and changing policies. The summer school…