Publications
Myths and realities of the belgian medical model colony : a genealogy : PhD thesis in Architectural Sciences and Engineering, under the supervision of Prof. Johan Lagae, Luce Beeckmans, and Koenraad Stroeken (UGent), Ghent University, November 2021 Ghent University
This research was part of a broader research project on medical infrastructure in the DR Congo titled "Urban Landscapes of Colonial / Postcolonial Health Care. Towards a Spatial Mapping of the Performance of Hospital Infrastructure in Kinshasa, Mbandaka and Kisangani (DR Congo), from Past to Present (1920-2014).
History matters : authenticity and cultural guardianship Ghent University
Epilogue : Buildings and people : interdisciplinarity, juxtaposition and experimentation Ghent University
Developing the European Metropolis van het 20th Century : Amelinckx and Etrimo in Post-War Belgium Ghent University
Colonial policing and urban space in the notorious Commune Rouge of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo Ghent University
Zooming in on the urban history of the Kenya neighbourhood in Lubumbashi, this article deals with the relation between urban space, colonial policing and African unrest. Colonial policy-makers feared the populous neighbourhood and its African masses, and deployed urban planning to materialize an ambiguous agenda of ‘welfare colonialism’ and discipline. The implementation of these planning projects was incomplete, and a spatial analysis of ...