Projects
From sociobiology to urban metabolism: landscape design, ecology and engineering in Belgium (1900-2016). University of Antwerp
Real options for real urban projects. University of Antwerp
How (do) we live together? Everyday Acts of Citizenships & Critical Urban Practice/s in post-migratory Berlin and Johannesburg KU Leuven
This thesis explores the everyday agency of migrants in contemporary Berlin, Germany, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Rooted in more than ten years of practice on the topic, the research scrutinises the roles, responsibilities and possible futures of critical urban practitioners in the context of increasingly super-diverse societies and urban settings. The exploration begins in 2005 at the practice’s inception and considers 2015 as a ...
Transformative practices of inhabitation as an implicit urban project: moving from ethnography to projective scenarios in three large-scale social housing estates in Brussels. KU Leuven
AirTech'byDesign: Injecting Technology into Urban Design in the battle against Street Canyon Pollution. University of Antwerp
RESEARCH BY DESIGN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Exploring a more equitable and livable urbanism in the face of the 21st century urban crises KU Leuven
Urban Academy: a collaboratorium for sustainability issues in Ghent Ghent University
The Urban Academy focuses on socio-ecological problems in the city of Ghent and at Ghent University. Academic staff, students, policy makers, civil society actors, etc. work in inter- and transdisciplinary research processes on problem definitions and possible solutions, (living lab) experiments and upscaling initiatives, (policy) reports and scientific articles. Our theoretical and analytical framework integrates socio-spatial, ...
Strangers in Paradise (StIP).Understanding the polarisation between natives and migrants in the urban periphery. KU Leuven
Spontaneity in Space: An Urban Design Approach to the (Re)production of Social Space Ghent University
The motives, forms and processes of appropriation and (re)production of living spaces by the individuals and small groups in everyday life are the main interest of this research. The socio-spatial patterns undergirding the concept of spontaneity will be explored. In our research, these patterns will be used to analyse spaces created by people in order to answer certain needs or preferences that are not taken up by any legal plan document.