{"id":6814,"date":"2025-11-03T11:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/?p=6814"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:03:27","slug":"uitreiking-lezing-honorary-professorship-kate-orff-17-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog-archkuleuven.be\/architecture\/2025\/11\/03\/uitreiking-lezing-honorary-professorship-kate-orff-17-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Award ceremony + lecture Honorary Professorship Kate Orff 17\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">To commemorate KU Leuven&#8217;s 600th anniversary, the Faculty of Architecture is awarding the first Honorary Professorship. With this distinction, our faculty wishes to recognize individuals who make significant contributions to research, innovation, and practice, and who serve as role models for our students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\"><strong>Kate Orff<\/strong> was chosen for this inaugural award. With her firm <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scapestudio.com\/people\/kate-orff\/\">SCAPE<\/a><span lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">, she focuses on the ecological and cultural potential of the built environment. She designs and advocates for ecological restoration and socially engaged landscapes, urban environments, and the natural infrastructure of the future. She does this through various forms of design\u2014built landscapes, planning, visioning, and research\u2014with the ultimate goal of connecting people with their surroundings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Kate Orff is faculty director of the Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes, Associate Professor in Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and director of the MSc Urban Design Program at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in New York.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Her Honorary Professorship is of great significance to the Faculty of Architecture. The way she teaches complex, interdisciplinary studios with a focus on the urban systems of the future is an example to us. Her design-driven work underscores the importance of transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">The Honorary Professorship will be awarded to Kate Orff on Monday 17November 2025, at the Sint-Lucas Ghent Campus, followed by a lecture and reception.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">November 17, 2025, 6:00 PM <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Room 122, Hoogstraat 51, 9000 Ghent<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Admission is free, but registration is required. <a href=\"https:\/\/arch.kuleuven.be\/events\/award-ceremony-lecture-honorary-professorship-kate-orff\">Please register here<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To commemorate KU Leuven&#8217;s 600th anniversary, the Faculty of Architecture is awarding the first Honorary Professorship. With this distinction, our faculty wishes to recognize individuals who make significant contributions to research, innovation, and practice, and who serve as role models for our students.\u00a0 Kate Orff was chosen for this inaugural award. 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