Department of Architecture and Urban Planning

Ongoing PhDs

4th Generation Watertightness
Up to now, three strategies have already been used to manage rain penetration through the building envelope: mass buffering, face-sealed or perfect barrier principle and rainscreen or drained principle.
4e generatie waterdichtheid
Architecture Exhibitions in 'Flanders', 1983-2010
Belgium has never had a national architecture museum or architecture center. At least since the mid-1980s, however, a diffuse landscape emerged of small and mid-sized platforms - organizations as well as gallery spaces - that put architecture on display.
'Homeward, Contemporary Architecture in Flanders', Antwerp, deSingel, 1999-2000
Circular building solutions: a quantification of their environmental and financial impact
With the building sector being a substantial contributor in the European energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, there is a growing awareness of the need to renovate the existing building stock.
Circulaire bouwoplossingen: een kwantificering van de milieu- en financiële impact
conSolid: a web-based ecosystem for managing distributed building data
Up to now, three strategies have already been used to manage rain penetration through the building envelope: mass buffering, face-sealed or perfect barrier principle and rainscreen or drained principle.
conSolid: een webgebaseerd ecosysteem voor verspreide gebouwdata
Contemporary image constructions
Contemporary image constructions: a rhetorical analysis of architectural images and their institutional performances, through the practices Caruso St John, OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen and architecten de vylder vinck taillieu.
Holistic performance assessment of demand controlled ventilation concerning VOCs in the indoor environment
The new generation of residential ventilation systems, Demand Controlled Ventilation (DCV) systems, are systems that do not supply the nominal airflow continuously but are controlled by CO2 or humidity sensors in order to save energy.
Holistische bepaling van de performantie van vraaggestuurde ventilatiesystemen met betrekking tot VOCs in de binnenlucht.
Three pathways towards carbon neutrality of existing single-family dwellings: what are the tipping points?
With the building sector being a substantial contributor in the European energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, there is a growing awareness of the need to renovate the existing building stock.
Drie routes naar de CO2 neutraliteit van bestaande eengezinswoningen: wat zijn de kantelpunten?
Transition to Sustainable Building Stock & Transport System for Achieving Energy Efficiency in Growing Cities: A Case Study of Lahore Pakistan
The study is intended to gain insight on approaches towards making building stock energy efficient and along with making the adjacent transport system sustainable in relation the buildings.
Overgang naar een duurzaam voorraad- en transportsysteem voor het bereiken van energie-efficiëntie in groeiende steden: een casestudy van Lahore, Pakistan