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Project

The Architect and the Law in a Context of Collaborative Design.

The architect of today no longer designs buildings 'in splendid isolation'. He acts and interacts with various other professionals, such as experts in mobility, sociology and engineering. His accountability moreover extends beyond the relationship with his client, and also involves policymakers and planning authorities, as well as the users of the public space (citizens). In a first step, this project is aimed at mapping these developments and relies on close cooperation with researchers in the Faculty of Design Sciences to achieve that aim. Subsequently, it is aimed at confronting this altered professional context within which architects operate with the legal framework that determines architects' legal status in Belgium. The project focusses on urban planning law, construction law and intellectual property law and assesses whether and to what extent, in each of these domains, the law is 'lagging behind'. Finally, in those instances where the law fails to meet the topical challenges identified, how could / should it evolve? In order to identify solutions and best practices, we look at foreign law, using the comparative legal method.
Date:1 Apr 2018 →  31 Mar 2019
Keywords:LEGAL STATUS OF THE ARCHITECT, ROLE OF ARCHITECTS IN PLANNING PROCEDURES, MONOPOLY OF THE ARCHITECT
Disciplines:Architectural engineering, Architecture, Interior architecture, Urban and regional design, development and planning, Law, Architectural design, Art studies and sciences