17-21 January 2016, MAS Antwerp An international student workshop is organised as one of the events of the finissage of the ‘Port City Talks. Istanbul. Antwerp.’ (Europalia Turkey). The finissage of the exhibition “Port City Talks. İstanbul. Antwerp.” wishes to present the content and reflections of the exhibition to a broader audience of architects, urban […]

Lecture by Architect Arif Hasan, architect and urban planner, on Wednesday, Decemeber 16, 2015 in the auditorium A2, Alexianenplein (former Zwartezusstraat), Campus sint-Lucas Ghent from 18.00 to 21.00. ‘The Changing Nature of Low Income Settlements in the South: The Case of Karachi.’ The rapid spatial growth of the city, rising land values and the concept […]

Resilient Collective Spaces: the case of Barcelona. January 28th – February 1st 2015, Barcelona Workshop, KU Leuven, Department of Architecture, Belgium, Streetscape Territories Research Project and Research Group “Urban Projects, Collective Spaces and Local Identities” Resilient Collective spaces: Rethinking urban spaces defined by commercial programs. Today, the impact of a growing secularization, the substantial increase […]

The LEARNING workshop for students of International Master of Architecture was curated by Lilet Breddels (http://www.archis.org) on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, (Nov. 2~5, 2015). Guest lecturer Lilet Bredels has been working with students of the International Master of Architecture of the Faculty of Architecture of the KU Leuven during one week on the theme […]

 The cuesta of the rupel region. New challenges for its cultural heritage. November 2015. Publication of the master thesis projects by students of the International Master of Architecture (Resilient and sustainable strategies), guided by Gisèle Gantois. Gisèle Gantois / Floor Clinckemalie / Matthijs Sioen / Stefanie Gruyaert / Lisa Lu May Lynn Doll / Felix […]

Raf De Saeger, professor at the Faculty of Architecture, received an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (Romania) on 9 November 2015 and is awarded the academic degree of Doctor Honoris Causa. “The Senate of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, gathered in the extraordinary meeting, on the 30th of September 2015, Prof. dr. […]

The elective ‘Interiors, This is Belgium’ has some places available for a visit to the ‘Vanwassenhove house’ by the Belgian brutalist architect Juliaan Lampens on Tuesday afternoon, Oct.13th 2015. If interested, please contact Klaas.Vanslembrouck@kuleuven.be

New challenges for its cultural heritage. Exhibition master thesis projects conducted by Gisèle Gantois. International Master of Architecture/ Resilient and sustainable strategies Machinehal Peeters-Van Mechelen. Noeveren 261, 2850 Boom. 16-18/10/2015 Friday : 19-21u : opening Saturday-Sunday: 14-18u Gisèle Gantois / Floor Clinckemalie / Matthijs Sioen / Stefanie Gruyaert / Lisa Lu May Lynn Doll / […]

The elective ‘Interiors, This is Belgium’ has 8 places available for a visit to the expo “Arrangements” by the Belgian architect / artist Koen Deprez, guided by Koen himself. The expo closes on Sunday, 27th of September so this is one of the last opportunities to see it. You can check Koen Deprez’s work on http://www.koendeprez.com […]

About Life and Works of an Important Architect Workshop Campus Sint-Lucas Ghent KU Leuven Faculteit Architectuur 02. – 06. November 2015 Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Alexander Bartscher The workshop is limited to students of the 1st Master INT MA Ghent  (and 2nd Master students who are not doing a dissertation project this academic year). More info

OFFICE WINHOV LECTURE JAN PETER WINGENDER 28.10.15 International Master of Architecture KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture, Campus Sint-Lucas Ghent Jan Peter Wingender (1965) studied at Eindhoven University of Technology and the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam. He worked for Rudy Uytenhaak and then set up his own firm, Wingender Hovenier Architecten, together with Joost Hovenier. In […]

“Denied access to the specific culture of the iconography of the buildings we respond, at a more visceral level, to the more general culture of their construction.” ‘Towards an onthology of construction, Caruso Adam, The feeling of things, p. 26-31 Tutors Bram Aerts Job Floris Dieter De Vos Patrick Moyersoen http://www.spacesforeconomyinthecity.org/

Campus Sint-Lucas Ghent, Wednesday Sept 23, Sint-Niklaasstraat (new building – probably larger room 1st floor) – 9h practical introduction by Martine and Kris for 1MA students – 10h general introduction by Martine and Kris for 1MA ànd 2MA students – 10h30 lecture by Ola-Dele Kuku ‘Conflict Culture’ – all students and tutors – 14h introduction […]

Campus Sint-Lucas Brussels, Tuesday Sept 22, auditorium – 10h practical introduction by Martine and Kris for 1MA students – 11h general introduction by Martine and Kris for 1MA ànd 2MA students – 11h30 lecture by Anuschka Kutz ‘Ageing Societies, parallel worlds. The experiential realm of the used city of older people.’ – all students and tutors […]

Marie-José Van Hee and David Kohn will discuss design approaches that foreground human life and the passage of time in architecture, illustrated by their own projects. From conversations with clients to the tracing of a line in a sketch, from gauging the pitch of a facade to the framing of late afternoon light, they will explore […]