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ACCESS LINK TO THE CATALOGUE CURATORS: Hans Leinfelder Maarten Gheysen Ignacio Galán During the 600 years of its existence KU Leuven, internationally better known as Leuven University,…
ACCESS LINK TO THE PUBLICATION This publication collects the results of the work developed with students in the MARG14 Design Studio: “Architecture & Territory”, from the International Master of Architecture, Engagement…
The PhD research by Ignacio Galán receives a special mention in the Manuel de Solà-Morales European Prize 2025 for doctoral theses in urbanism. Every two years, the Manuel…
“The Role of Community Heritage in the Process of Post-Conflict Recovery,” with cases in Kosovo supervised by Professor Gisèle Gantois (Research Group ‘Urban Projects, Collective Spaces and Local…
Sustainable and inclusive urban redevelopment in the Asunción Port Area, Paraguay. Promoters: prof. Yves Schoonjans (KU Leuven) & prof. Juan Cristaldo (CIDi, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Arte…
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Xavier Mendez Abad “(Re) Making Collective Spaces. A socio-spatial exploration of the appropriation of collective spaces in Guayaquil’s barrios populares”. Date: 13 December 2024 Location: Auditorium C14,…
Meet the Research Cell and ADO Restoring Broken Journeys! The Research Cell and Academic Design Office (ADO) ‘Restoring Broken Journeys’ has as its central theme the re-establishment of a previous (social)…
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Sophie Leemans “Rewiring the lifelines. Investigating the role of infrastructures to address collective challenges in the dispersed territory. The case of the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai”. Date:…
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Muhammad Mashhood Arif “Insights into the (Re)production of Public Spaces through Socio-Spatial Appropriation in Informal Settlements: Case Studies from Lahore, Pakistan.” Date: 16 August 2024…
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Ignacio Galán “(Re)occupy the ruin. Unveiling the capacity of vernacular heritage for the regeneration of depopulated settlements in mountain territories under transformation. A study case of the…
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Yiping Zhang “Collective Spaces in Workers’ Villages in Northeast China: A Critical Socio- spatial Analysis of the Village of Powers in Harbin.” Date: 3 July…
ACCESS LINK TO THE PUBLICATION This publication collects the results of the work developed with students in the MARG14 Design Studio: “Architecture & Territory”, from the International Master of Architecture, Engagement…
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…
Large parts of the (West-) European territory have a dispersed character. The research cell all city/all land (AC/AL) explores the potentials and characteristics of dispersed configurations where…
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 –…