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…
In the frame of Rehabilitation of Urban Heritage in the Cities of Iraq Project funded by the DAAD, part of the joint activities between the Middle East Cooperation…
Solidary Mobile Housing INNOVIRIS Co-Creation Project Supervisors: Burak Pak & Yves Schoonjans Researcher: Aurelie de Smet Joint project between the two KU Leuven research groups ‘ALT_Shift*’ and…
Emerging Ecologies & Urban Design Exploring the potential role of alternative relationships between nature and culture in the design of socio-ecological coastal landscapes in the littoral zone of…
WEBINAR – Transformaciones Territoriales The research group ‘Urban Projects, collective spaces & local identities’ has joined the project ‘Transformaciones Territoriales en El Frente Fluvial de Asunción y Area…
URBAN CULTURES LUNCH SEMINAR #3: Click here! Karachi From a Distance. A New Perspective Case of Karachi – A Hyper Transforming Mega City Click here for the Zoom…
Workers’ villages played an important role in the identity building of the first decades of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). During the first and second Five-Year Plan…
Rethinking the dispersed city paradigm by exploring the strategic nodes of its (physical) networks. Design strategies at the intermediate scale for the next urban constellation. In the binary…
Multilayered public spaces as productive assets towards more sustainable informal settlements: the case study of Lahore, Pakistan Informal settlements are one of the critical challenges of urbanism…
The research group Urban Projects, Collective Spaces and local identities invites you to the webinar “Co-producing inclusive public spaces in barrios populares” (sessions 1,2 and 4 to be…
IMPORTANT DATES – Dates SummerSchool: 03-13 September 2021 (to be confirmed, under current COVID19 circumstances) – Info-sessions (online): June (dates to be announced) – Deadline for application: …
UPCOMING RESEARCH SEMINAR: “DISPERSED TERRITORIES: RESEARCH AND TEACHING POSITIONS” Seminar All City/All Land Friday, 4th October 2019 Hoogstraat 51, 9000 Ghent Start: 09h30 AM TIMING: 9:30 …
Two lectures by Prof. dr. João Rafael Santos, Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon: 15/05/2019: Lecture “The Ground and Networks of Lisbon Waterfronts” 9h30 – 10h30, DESIGN STUDIO, 4th…
Date: 2 – 10 September 2019 Location: Coney Island, New York City Organization: Drs. Arch. Gitte Schreurs; Prof. Dr. Kris Scheerlinck Department of Architecture, KU Leuven Hosted by…
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 –…
Insights on the reconfiguration of vulnerable industrial waterfronts facing shocks and stresses. Coney Island Creek, New York City, USA. Doctoral Dissertation by Gitte Schreurs Defended on February 25,…
(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 Spanish Central Pyrenees….