Title Promoter Affiliations Abstract "'Prototyping Residential Subdivisions'" "Oswald DEVISCH" ArcK "In Flanders, the 80% of the total housing stock consists of one-family houses, of which 42% is a detached house (SVR, 2010). Characterized by low density, absence of services, car dependency, and by an ageing population, the typical Flemish residential subdivision is facing major challenges: ecological, economic and social. The research starts from the hypothesis that durable transformations in residential subdivisions require processes of capacity building through which residents, local authorities and organisations can learn from each other and develop the collective capabilities able to foster more sustainable future alternatives. ""Prototyping Residential Subdivisions"" aims at developing an operational framework for initiating processes of Capacity Building in the context of residential subdivisions starting from the existing everyday patterns of dwelling of residential subdivisions to empower their actors to reflect about how they dwell and collectively envision more sustainable alternatives while developing the capacities to sustain this transition. To achieve this goal the research advances participatory design methods such as experiential learning and in particular ""collective prototyping"" to involve the actors of existing residential subdivisions to map, unveil and get inspired by their everyday patterns of dwelling and in this way disclosing and debating possible alternatives for residential subdivisions." "Development of Housing from Tourism perspectives in Bagamoyo Tanzania - Integration of Local and Foreign Design Considerations Revisted" "Jo BERBEN" "ArcK, Ardhi University" "The Research Council of Hasselt University approved the stay of dr. Livin Henry Mosha (School of Architecture Construction Economics and Management, Ardhi University, Tanzania). During this stay, dr. Livin Henry Mosha will perform research in cooperation with your research group ARCK." "Lifelong living in South Limburg villages" "Ann PETERMANS" ArcK "Many municipalities implement a policy on lifelong living, and are increasingly trying to take into account the influence of the greying of the population, that also characterizes the Leader area. In 2020, in each Leader municipality, at least 25% of the inhabitants will be 60 years of age or older; in 2030 this percentage will increase to +/- 33% (Steunpunt sociale planning, 2013). The goal of this project is to learn from how a number of residents at this very moment are already practicing 'lifelong living' in smaller villages in three rural communities in the South of Limburg: Gingelom, Nieuwerkerken and Borgloon. We will collaborate with children (3rd grade of primary education) of the aforementioned rural communities who will set up a discussion with older residents themselves, in order to map out their living practices. Together with these actors, we want to learn about the role of their home in their village, learn about mobility, a social network, facilities, the link with the municipality, ... Ultimately, this project aims to provide insight into these living practices for a broader audience, so that people get inspired to work together on lifelong living. In order to trigger inspiration, we will work with an innovative type of output that appeals to large groups of people: stop-motion films. These films will document existing housing practices in a user-friendly way and will be distributed via an exhibition, publications, websites and social media." "Adaptive Reuse of Heritage: towards an integrated evaluation framework" "Koenraad VAN CLEEMPOEL" ArcK "The adaptive reuse of heritage – altering existing buildings for new or continuous use – is an important conservational, architectural, and urban strategy today. It is a complex task which, besides practical and technical aspects, includes a process of re-evaluation in which a new balance must be found between different sorts of values, moving from historical and conservational values towards architectural, societal, and economical values. As the existing evaluation frameworks for adaptive reuse are mainly directed towards historic values, this project aims to develop a more holistic and integrated evaluation framework. Rather than freezing a building's historic fabric, this project proposes the ambitious idea that the heyday of a monument or site may also lie in the future. This project focuses on immovable heritage policy in Flanders and Wallonia as to adaptive reuse of heritage buildings and sites. It includes an analysis of current policy and adaptive reuse practice in both regions through literature study, interviews, and case study research. Moreover, the developed evaluation framework will be tested through research-by-design. The project is a collaboration between Hasselt University and the University of Liège." "An architectural research of the conversion of traditional craft villages into co-villages in peri-urban areas in Vietnam: sustainable development in urbanization" "Koenraad VAN CLEEMPOEL" "ArcK, Ton Duc Thang University" "In recent year, due to Vietnam's urbanization and industrialization processes, traditional craft villages in periurban areas face a loss of cultural identity. Traditional craftsmanship as living heritage includes traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants. Unesco emphasized that living heritage is an important factor in maintaining cultural diversity in the face of growing globalization. Besides that, a new model of a sustainable community, so called eco-villages, is explored in this research. The research will focus on craft villages to become self-sufficient and self-reliant as eco-village and how they can contribute to awareness of craftsmanship as intangible heritage. The objective of the research is to i) identify characteristics of traditional craft villages as local features, atmosphere, economic, product conditions, needs of the community ii) find out and compare potential targets of traditional craft villages: products, tourism, shopping and agriculture in Vietnam; iii) clarify the specific conditions/variables for suitable eco-village model for sustainable development in Vietnam and iv) develop concepts and a set of design parameters for an ecovillage. An empirical study of two villages located in Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh city in the south of Vietnam. Strategic method that adopt economy, ecology and human values will be the input of a designerly research, based on theoretical concepts." "Lost in Representation: Investigating the Material Agency of Media in the Architectural Design Process." "Lara Schrijver" "Henry van de Velde" "The research project departs from the observation that the invention of new types of media for architectural representation in history coincides with developments in architectural paradigms and styles at the time. The project proposes to examine this apparent relationship by (1) developing an original contribution to architectural history through the analysis of six case studies and (2) by building a conceptual framework within which to understand the active role these media have in the formation of ideas, designs, and knowledge, focused on the material qualities of these media. The research will study (1) the transformation of military cartography into architectural drawings in 17th century France, in relation with the advent of geometrical landscape design; (2) the commercialisation of tracing paper in 18th century Central-Europe, in relation with the rise of eclecticism in architecture, (3) the adoption of casts and moulds as a means of studying architecture in 19th century Western Europe, in relation with an accelerated development of architectural eclecticism, (4) the commercialisation of photography at the turn of the century, in relation with the modernist avant-garde, (5) the use of collage in architectural practice of the midtwentieth century, coinciding with a visionary, speculative architecture, (6) the implementation of Computer Aided Drawing in architectural practice by the end of 20th century, in relation to parametric design." KalkHennep_VL "Elke KNAPEN" "Construction engineering, ArcK" "Research shows the ecological and hygrothermal potential of lime hemp as a building material. However, despite a growing interest and the wide application of the material in neighboring countries such as France and the UK, lime hemp is rarely used in Flanders until now. Architects and contractors are not familiar with the potential and specific behavior of lime hemp, which differs from conventional building materials, and they do not know how to apply it in practice. Furthermore, scientific evidence of the real hygrothermal performance of lime hemp applications is lacking. In this 2-year VLAIO-TETRA-project, the hygrothermal behavior of several lime hemp elements is investigated and the performance of real-life lime hemp projects is monitored and analyzed. To support the design and execution of lime hemp applications in practice, validated guidelines and constructional details are developed." "15th Participatory Design Conference. PARTICIPATORY DESIGN, DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS" "Liesbeth HUYBRECHTS" ArcK "PDC has a long history in PD research that contributes to societal issues and democratic processes. Considering our whole surroundings are designed, PDC has a democratic aim for design researchers to involve people who are non-designers in forming their environment. PDC 2018 has three objectives: First, PDC 2018 aims to foreground democracy and politics as historically and contemporary important topics in the PD community. This specific thematic focus is timely and relevant because of the changing local and European political landscape. These changes raise attention to give form to tools, spaces and displays that allow citizens to take part in the political landscape and democratic processes in relation to their environment. Considering the societal relevance of the PDC 2018 theme, we want to raise the attention of the research community, politicians and news media for the conference. Second, the local organisers of the conference aim to increase network opportunities for Flemish universities and by extension the Low Countries. The researchers that are part of the organising committee can strengthen local collaboration in areas related to PD and increase their visibility on an international level. The geographical situation also creates an opportunity for the broader PDC community to reach new local communities in the Benelux. Third, by bringing PDC to Belgium, the local academic institutes aim to establish their research position within the PDC community. Scandinavia, UK and USA were core contexts for the previous PDC editions since they have a long history and reputation in foregrounding design as research addressing societal themes. The Belgian research groups have been building on their academic reputation in the PD fiêld in the past ten years. PDC 2018 will set a different tone than the previous editions, highlighting the particularity of the local PD community within the international established PDC community." "To Be Seen: Nubian Displacement and en-gendered Resistance in 'Public' Space." "Els De Vos" "Henry van de Velde" "This project investigates how gender relations become manifest in the design, uses and representations of the built environment of displaced Nubians, an African population that was displaced and resettled in 1964, under a development-induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) scheme. It does so in order to develop a toolkit for designers who want to work with marginalized communities.Gender aspects of disposition and post-displacement architecture are both under-theorized themes in DIDR literature in general. Nevertheless, resettled societies are often averse to their built environment as it does not satisfy their cultural and socio-economic needs. Women in particular, often suffer great losses in their status and the quality of their spaces. The case of Nubians in particular is understudied in most of its aspects, as it was unavailable for independent research since 1960's. This research intends to fill this gap as it scrutinises from a gender perspective the spaces of displacement used by Nubians in Egypt. A single case-study approach is employed, as the research sheds light on the Nubian settlement of Qustul, a medium-sized settlement which is also the home town of the researcher. The research approach is largely informed by feminist literature and post positive epistemology. The project uses ethnographic methods for collecting and processing data, and especially auto-ethnographic tools that position the researcher as a displaced person, a Nubian, and a woman; all of which are factors influencing data acquisition and processing. The research has explored a toolkit with participatory observations, experiential drawings, and innovative mapping techniques in order to characterize other space dynamics, more concerned on the gendered experience. This research argues that spaces of forced resettlement act as a tool of spatial violence that disenfranchises displaced people, especially women. So far, the research has produced maps of spaces and spatial tactics that offer resistance against spatial violence. These maps will form the point of departure to extract ontological lessons about the gendered spatial production and the concepts of public and private space. Eventually, it will result in a moral and tactical toolkit for architects, urbanist, and planners." "Research into bottlenecks and potentials of new Flemish spatial policy for the region of the 'Fruitspoor' within the framework of BRV-pilot projects" "Oswald DEVISCH" ArcK "The White Paper Spatial Policy Plan Flanders formulates spatial development principles to build a 'strong and liveable Flanders'. The Province of Limburg wants to research how these principles can be tailored to the specificity of the province. This study is part of this research; it focuses specifically on the Fruittrack, located within the municipalities of Sint-Truiden, Borgloon and Tongeren. It will provide a series of future images that make tangible the spatial impact of the development principles; a series of events to co-create, show or question these future images; and a series of commitments between local and regional actors to start to continue working with these images."