The architect duo Gijs Van Vaerenbergh (Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh) was awarded with the Flemish Culture Prize ULTIMA in the category Architecture / Design! The jury praises Gijs Van Vaerenbergh as they ‘understand the art of translating conceptual power in a restrained but grand manner into a timeless aesthetic experience that captivates young […]

  ‘Atlas of Unexpected Spaces for Collectivity’ Tomasz Bulczak, student International Master of Architecture: Resilient & Sustainable Strategies (KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture, campus Sint-Lucas Ghent) has his project from the first semester 2018 published on KooZA/rch – A visionary Platform of Architecture The project: Atlas of unexpected spaces for collectivity inspire – verb [ T […]

Peer reviewed journal article now published. Visiting Prof. Anuschka Kutz Our peer reviewed article “Tactics, Spaces, and Networks of Older People in the City: A Spatial-Ethnographic Study” in The Journal of Aging and Social Change has been published and is available either in printed format or as PDF download at Common Ground Publishing, Illinois, USA. […]

  PRIMARY TALKS is a series of lectures organized as part of the master class PRIMARY STRUCTURE. The lectures take place at the WTC building, Koning Albert II-laan 30, Brussels, free entrance. 1. Manor Grunewald, 12.03.2018 13:00 2. Michiel De Cleene, 19.03.2018 13:00 3. UTIL, 23.04.2018 13:00 www.primarystructure.net

Everybody is welcome to the lecture series organised by the International Master of Architecture Campus Sint-Lucas Brussels: 21.02.2018 12H-13H30 City-Mined + Alive Architecture (Petra Pferdmenges) 28.02.2018 12H-13H30 NDVR + Architectural Workroom (Roeland Dudal) 14.03.2018 12H-13H30 Hanne van Reusel + Maria Cecilia Chiappini 21.03.2018 12H-13H30 Caroline Sohie + Jonathan Robert Maj Location: WTC1 – 24th floor […]

  Summer school Ethiopia Merkato Addis Abeba Simen Lambrecht Siddharth Thyagarajan Rasya Kumar For Summer Schools: Intensive Foreign Programmes Elective By KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture Campus Sint-Lucas Ghent Promoted by Kris Scheerlinck, Omar Essam Elkousy & Vincent Chukwuemeka Read here the provisional version of the booklet

The Drawing & The Space research group presents its first doctoral seminar on 16.02.18 PhD students: Koen Broucke, Louise De Brabander, Eva Beke, Ritsart Gobyn, Ana Krec, Petra Marguc. Tutors: Laurent Devisme (Laboratoire AAU Nantes), Fredie Floré, Thierry Lagrange, Bruno Notteboom, Mira Sanders, Jo Van Den Berghe & Dimitri Vangrunderbeek. Program: 10 am – 1 […]

Researching and building our first ‘Post-School’ in Nepal with the students of the international Master of Architecture and Master of Interior Architecture. This research is embedded in the Academic Design Office ‘On Continuity & Identity’, with a focus on contemporary & sustainable building techniques and anchored in the local heritage. Design, concept & coordination: Ignaas Back, Klaas […]

The results of the European Architectural Medals competition are published. One project of our Faculty was shortlisted: ‘A New Creative Community in Poblenou. Coworking: catalyst of social cohesion‘, by Francesco Ogliengo (Laureate 2017 Ghent, promoter Kris Scheerlinck). More info on Francesco’s project here .

Design Studio Cecilia Chiappini Collective Spaces and Infrastructures and Design Studio Livia de Bethune Health City (maib14-Bruno Peeters) Open Lecture by External Jury Members: January 10th, 2018. 12-13h, Campus Sint-Lucas Brussels, Auditorium. LUKAS PAUER: Staging Facts on the Ground: On Growing Islands Growing Nations. Chotima Ag-ukrikul: From Eatscape to Landscape Notes on Livable City Making […]

Laura Raggini Master Degree in Architecture Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna 20 December 2017 KU Leuven >Pdf with text

Iwo Borkowicz, laureate Master of Architecture campus Sint-Lucas Ghent 2016, presented his graduation project on combining social housing and tourism in Havana during the Antenna Conference of the Design Indaba Festival which brings together graduate designers from around the world to tackle social issues by using creativity. Enjoy and share! Let this encourage you to […]

Pier Vittorio Aureli (w Martino Tattara in DOGMA) The Room of One’s Own. A Short History of the ‘Private Room’ The room is perhaps the most obvious form of architecture, and yet it is the least investigated. It seems that the room has always been there, and that as dwellers, and then as architects, we […]

  Every year the IRO gets the opportunity to provide a number of afternoon meetings at Metaforum. These talks are focused on a current development issue. On Thursday, December 7, 2017 IRO member Prof. Kris Scheerlinck enters into dialogue with Anteneh Tesfaye (EiABC / TU Delft) on the following topic: Streetscape Territories – immigration and […]

On 22 November 2017 the Van Hove Prize was awarded. The jury, consisting of Belgians and foreigners, nominated 17 designs, including the Van Hove Prize (worth € 3,000) and also gave honorable mentions worth € 2,000. 5 graduates from the Faculty of Architecture were nominated and 3 of them ended up in the top 5 […]