In the Implement Studio the various insights and attitudes acquired in multiple previous design studios are implemented and synthesized. The acquired knowledge, skills and inventiveness of the student will be deepened and explored through a specific assignment with a defined current context of an existing site, location, building, function, innovative program and time setting … […]

The course Interiors, This is Belgium introduces international exchange students to both contemporary and historical Belgian interior architecture. Guided by a tutor, or working on their own initiative, students visit a selection of interiors and architectural projects across Belgium. Through sketching, observation, and design research, they explore the specific qualities, histories, and contexts of each […]

Architecture, Theory, Criticism situates its matters of concern amid what has come to be called the Anthropocene, a contested geological epoch that describes the planetary effects of human industrial activity. The course introduces interdisciplinary theories from the mid 20th century to the early 21st century as we enter the polycrisis and the sixth mass extinction event. […]

In this intensive 4 day-workshop, we conduct research design on the importance of classroom interiors, starting both from a personal experience & research design perspective – the design of a classroom is more than a functional issue. The focus is on the classroom and its (frictional/harmonious) relation between ‘software’ (immaterial, performative aspects such as use, […]

Positioning is the program of study in which students reflect on their role as designers within a broader societal and disciplinary context. Design assignments depart from societal urgencies, technological developments, and personal fascinations. Students learn to formulate and visualize positions, making them tangible through spatial interventions. Positioneren creates a space for collective reflection and stimulates […]

Elective ‘Architecture and Art’ Reverse Perspective Architect Wim Goes and philosopher Dr. Volkmar Muhleis As research output from the ADO “Reverse Perspective” (2018-2020), Wim Goes and Volkmar Mühleis published the book Reverse Perspective (Ghent: Grafische Cel, 2020). It reflects on the art historical background of this notion from Byzantine art via cubism until contemporary art […]

The Explicit Studio aims explicate the different approaches in architectural design of interiors. The studio comes at the end of Bachelor term and is a precursor to the Master environment with a specific research design approach. Each year the theme of the Explicit Studio changes and is replaced by a new topic depending on the […]

This course focusses public and private social constructs that conceptualise different domains of everyday life – from the interiority and privacy of our bodies and homes to the publicness of city streets and public space. Public and private spaces operate at a variety of scales that overlap and intersect, creating a mosaic of spaces and […]

Keywords: Exhibit / Interdisciplinary / Communiation / Study visits Context: Exhibit/s is about (the creation of) exhibitions, in a broad theoretical and practice-related framework. An exhibition informs and seduces, amazes, creates involvement and evokes experiences. We will visit and study inspiring examples: spaces that lead the audience into a narrative. Another keyword of the course […]

Lab(o) aims to reflect on space and design in an autonomous way.  This studio aims to collect site-specific data in order to analyze and map a chosen location. Students will reply with an intervention: an installation, made-to-measure.

This workshop is organized within Lab-O, part of the academic bachelor’s program in Architecture and Interior Architecture at KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture. LAB-O is an experimental learning environment in which working at full scale, evaluating critically, and acting reflectively are central. It focuses on fundamental aspects of the design process, encouraging students to communicate […]