The consortium Sven Sterken, Endeavour (Jonas De Maeyer) and REST Architecten (Dimitri Minten) has been awarded a 150K research contract by the agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed of the Flemish Government with a view to designing a ‘Reuse Profile’ (‘Herbestemmingsprofiel’) for all 1800 Flemish parish churches. The aim is to devise a tool that can be used by local stakeholders to… Continue reading Sven Sterken part of consortium awarded with a research contract to develop a ‘Reuse Profile’ for Flemish parish churches
New project: ‘Meaning and Material. Towards a Multidisciplinary Assessment of Post-War Church Roofs in a Context of Adaptive Reuse’
Sven Sterken (Faculty of Architecture), together with Stéphanie Van de Voorde (VUB), managed to secure funding from the FWO for their research project ‘Meaning and Material. Towards a Multidisciplinary Assessment of Post-War Church Roofs in a Context of Adaptive Reuse’. The project is designed to be carried out by two junior PhD researchers between January 2023 – December… Continue reading New project: ‘Meaning and Material. Towards a Multidisciplinary Assessment of Post-War Church Roofs in a Context of Adaptive Reuse’
Call for papers | The Architectural Laboratory: amulet or shibboleth?
Following a first successful workshop centred around the theme of the laboratory in 20th-century architecture in 2022, KU Leuven is now organising a follow-up to this event dedicated to the same theme on 30 and 31 March 2023. In order to arrive at a broad historical and cultural understanding of this phenomenon, the workshop will… Continue reading Call for papers | The Architectural Laboratory: amulet or shibboleth?
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ARP has updated its website! We have redesigned the entire look as well as updated all of its content. Check out our updated projects and people pages, read the latest as well as previous announcements on the posts page, or have a look at our brand new publications page.
Symposium: the Practice of Architectural Research
From Thursday 8 till Friday 9th, a symposium on the Practice of Architectural Research will take place at KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture, Campus Sint – Lucas Ghent. Part of the symposium will be organized at Roosenberg Abbey by Dom Hans van der Laan. Key note lectures will be delivered by Wilfried Wang (University of… Continue reading Symposium: the Practice of Architectural Research
New educational website on the work of dom Hans van der Laan
Instead of a new book, Van der Laan expert Caroline Voet created a website, a digital study room of the Dutch Benedictine monk and architect Dom Hans van der Laan (1904-1991). It guides you through his theory on the three architectonic scales and his own proportional series of the plastic number. It equally shows several… Continue reading New educational website on the work of dom Hans van der Laan
Research seminar: Beyond the Text of Theory. Disclosing some perspectives
The research groups A2I and ARP will host an open seminar entitled: “Beyond the text of theory. Disclosing some perspectives”. Speakers: prof. Philipp Felsch (Humboldt-Universität, Berlin) and three PhD students from the Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven: Sebastiaan Loosen, Samuel O’Connor Perks and Janno Martens. The seminar takes place in the context of the FWO funded Scientific Research Network ‘Texts… Continue reading Research seminar: Beyond the Text of Theory. Disclosing some perspectives
Workshop (in dutch): De kerk buiten (de stad)
WORKSHOP (in Dutch) – 22.02.2019 The future of many churches in Flanders is uncertain. Especially in the periphery of city and in the countryside, where many churches have been built in the post-war period. What is the future of these church buildings? On Friday, February 22, 2019, AR-TUR and KU Leuven wil be looking for… Continue reading Workshop (in dutch): De kerk buiten (de stad)
‘Dom Hans Van Der Laan. A house for the mind’ written by Caroline Voet wins architectural book award 2018
Dom Hans van der Laan: A House for the MindThe book Dom Hans van der Laan: A House for the Mind is being published by the Flanders Architecture Institute on the occasion of the exhibition Dom Hans van der Laan. A House for the Mind which took place in 2017 at deSingel in Antwerp. Author Caroline Voet (KU Lueven) worked… Continue reading ‘Dom Hans Van Der Laan. A house for the mind’ written by Caroline Voet wins architectural book award 2018
Research seminar: The Agency of Display: Architecture exhibitions and the construction of postmodern architecture
OPEN RESEARCH SEMINAR – 11 DECEMBER 2018 The research groups A2I and ARP (Department of Architectuur) will host an open seminar entitled: “The Agency of Display: Architecture Exhibitions and the Construction of Postmodern Architecture” on December 11th 2018. Speakers: prof. Véronique Patteeuw and prof. Léa-Catherine Szacka. The seminar takes place in the context of the… Continue reading Research seminar: The Agency of Display: Architecture exhibitions and the construction of postmodern architecture