Name "Architecture, Interior Architecture and Urban" "History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture" "Filip Mattens" "The division ‘Architecture and Society’ stands at the crossroads between engineering and the architectural sciences on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on the other, and uses a broad variety of relevant methodologies from these fields in an interdisciplinary perspective. Its research ranges from theory to practice and experimentation, across all spatial scales from the building element to the territorial, and through time from the past (history) to the future (planning). Its main areas of interest are: architectural history and conservation; architectural theory; planning and development. " "Design and Engineering of Construction and Architecture" "Karen Allacker" "The Architectural Engineering Section aims for innovation in the design of buildings by approaching architecture from an engineering point of view. The emphasis is on the technical aspects of architecture: structure, materials, services, and comfort requirements are considered in a multidisciplinary setting in order quantify, assess, and improve the quality, cost, and sustainability of buildings and the built environment. In order to achieve this goal, fundamental, applied, and policy oriented research is performed, and a continuous effort is made to bridge the gaps between research, education, and practice. " "Department of Architecture" "Bruno De MeulderRajesh Heynickx" "The Department of Architecture consists of 3 sections: Architecture and Society; Architecture and Design; Architectural Engineering.DESIGN TEAM FOR URBAN PROJECTS (M. Smets) Reappropriation of urban voids (industrial fringes, abandoned areas, outworn infrastructures): urban design, mobility studies and project management. Case-studies for Leuven (B) (Railway area - surroundings inner dock- academic hospital, site); Rouen (F) (former harbour site); Genova (I) (former steel plant - surroundings airport); Antwerp (B) (surroundings TGV-Tailwy Station) PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT (L. Albrechts) Interrelation between spatial organisation, societal structure and mobility, research and design related to central and regional planning problems, structure plans (central and provincial level), urban networks, impact analyses, models for enhancing public involvements, roles of planning and planners. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE (K. De Jonge, L. Verpoest) * History of architecture in the Low Countries (1450-1700) within a European context; * 18th century architecture in the Low Countries and its relation with France; * Engineering in Belgium (1750-1830); * The history of the Gothic Revival Movement in Belgium (architecture and society) before 1914; * Conservation of Modern Movement architecture in Belgium, 1918- 1958. ARCHITECTURAL THEORY (A. Loeckx, H. Heynen, J. Schreurs, B. De Meulder) * Modernity, tradition and contemporary urbanity. * Theoretical reflection on the post-industrial condition and its effects on the city and on architecture. * Fieldwork- and project-based approach focussing on urban analysis and morphotypology (housing, nex urban typologies, urban tissues). * Anthropology of urban dwelling practices. * Colonial architecture and planning in Belgian Congo. CAAD  & DESIGN METHODOLOGY (H. Neuckermans) * Software development for CAAD in the early stage of decision: object-oriented modelling; daylight and sunshine design; case-based reasoning; speech-interface for CAAD. * Digital modelling of the built environment a.o. digital historical reconstruction of the city centre of Leuven from 1400 till today. COST MODELLING OF BUILDINGS (F. De troyer) * Cost models for the early design stages; * Life cycle costing; * Investment evaluation; * Quality evaluation and specifications. HEALTH FACILITIES DESIGN (J. Delrue) * Hospitals for the Third World; * Hospitals for China; * The hospital for the next decade; * Pre-engineering in hospitals. ARCHITECTURE FOR AGING (J. Delrue) * Life-time housing; * New housing typology for the aged. RATIONALISATION OF CONSTRUCTION (J. Delrue, F. De Troyer) * Open system building; * Modular dimensional coordination." "Faculty of Architecture" "Dag BoutsenYves Schoonjans" "The specific research profile of the Faculty of Architecture (Architecture, Interior Architecture, Urban Planning and Spatial Design, Interior Design) is fully in line with its educational focus. In all our academic educational master programs the major focus is on design activity and the designerly thinking. Strongly future-driven, it seeks alternatives and employs imaginative power. It examines possibilities, deviating from the known and the ruling, opening up towards renewed research questions. The materiality of the architectural, interior architectural and urban design itself is the instrument with which spatial, but also social and cultural questions are examined.The research at the Faculty of Architecture has a transdisciplinary nature and uses a wide range of appropriate modes, methods and strategies to generate fundamental knowledge, insights and understanding. The limits of the discipline of architecture are explored in a spirit of intellectual openness. Spatial intelligence and critical development of space in relation to the social and the human, are seen as the core subject of the research activities. This results in the fact that research can incorporate values, qualities, standards and judgments. " "Architecture and Design" "The aim of the Division Architecture and Design at the Department of Architecture is to understand and foster design as a way of knowing and means of knowledge production, within the context of scientific research, university education, and the professional practice of architecture and urbanism. Our research comprises a dialectic process of analytical investigation and operational synthesis, with a focus on creativity as a catalyst for innovation and foresight.The division consists of a multidisciplinary team that all study, teach and/or practice design and/or use it as a way to undertake scientific research, with members of different backgrounds who join forces on a variety of design-related topics, such as research by design, research on design (design science), design didactics, design tools (computational design) and people who design (designing). The application domains of this division range from urban design and architectural design, over inclusive design (e.g. architectural design and disability), to interaction design (e.g. human-computer interaction)." "Department of Architecture and urban planning" "Johan Lagae" "At the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning research concerns various fields like Theory and History of Architecture and Urbanism; Construction Technique and Building Physics; Research by Design in Architecture, Urbanism and Urban Design; Computer Aided Design. Research topics reach from fundamental research and theoretical questions to applied and broad societal problems. As well long-term research on doctoral and postdoctoral level as short-term research commissions are involved. A variety of financing resources are applied for from our own university, from local, regional, federal, European and international authorities, form external research institutions, from the corporate world and from private sponsors. Research at our department is organized in different groups and laboratories, often in collaboration with other departments and/or faculties." "Faculty of Engineering and Architecture" "Patrick De Baets" "Academic education cannot exist without scientific research, especially at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. Research topics at this faculty are both numerous and various. They encompass the complete scope from fundamental long-term research to bilateral research in close cooperation with the industry. An important part of the research happens on an international level: international projects or cooperation with universities or companies abroad." "Faculty Library of Engineering and Architecture" "Dirk De Meyer" "Faculty library of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Information ; Library science ; Archivistics" "Architecture and Design" "Thierry Lagrange" "The aim of the Division Architecture and Design at the Department of Architecture is to understand and foster design as a way of knowing and means of knowledge production, within the context of scientific research, university education, and the professional practice of architecture and urbanism. Our research comprises a dialectic process of analytical investigation and operational synthesis, with a focus on creativity as a catalyst for innovation and foresight.The division consists of a multidisciplinary team that all study, teach and/or practice design and/or use it as a way to undertake scientific research, with members of different backgrounds who join forces on a variety of design-related topics, such as research by design, research on design (design science), design didactics, design tools (computational design) and people who design (designing). The application domains of this division range from urban design and architectural design, over inclusive design (e.g. architectural design and disability), to interaction design (e.g. human-computer interaction)."