Department of Architecture and Urban Planning

Research Projects Architecture Culture and the Contemporary (ACC)

Research projects by the ACC research group (UGent): architecture exhibitions, museum architecture, quality mediation, AI in design and contemporary architectural culture in Belgium.

Integration of Contemporary Architecture in Historical Cities in Belgium (1970-1989)
Revisionist history of postmodern architecture in Liège and Bruges (1970-1989), mapping debates on integrating new buildings in historic cities.
Integratie van hedendaagse architectuur in historische steden in België (1970-1989). Een historische herziening van het postmodernisme in Luik en Brugge door een mapping van posities en debatten
What design documents (can) do
PhD research on how design documents shape power, knowledge, and decisions in building projects, studied through three Flemish case studies.
Wat Ontwerpdocumenten kunnen doen
MONOS. Artist Museums: Shrines and Reflections
Exhibition comparing the architecture of 12 artist museums in Belgium and neighbouring countries, curated by Maarten Liefooghe for Roger Raveel Museum.
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Exhibition 'bOb Van Reeth, first Flemish Government Architect' (2026)
Memorial exhibition on bOb Van Reeth as first Flemish Government Architect, his founding of the bouwmeesterschap and the Open Call procedure.
Photos: Useful Art Services
OASE 120: Quality Settings / Kwaliteitskamers
OASE 120 examines how architectural quality is negotiated through city architects, quality commissions and design competitions
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Touring Belgium
Book exploring how printed travel media — guides, postcards, albums — shaped Belgium's national architectural heritage between 1830 and 1920.
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More Than Chat: Wat does AI mean for architectural design?
Exhibition exploring AI's potential in architectural design through three summer school experiments on authorship, reference, and authenticity.
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Contemporary image constructions
PhD on how contemporary architectural images operate, analysing their construction and institutional performances through three European practices.
Hedendaagse beeldconstructies
Structural pocket guide for architecture students
This page is dedicated to the structural pocket guide we provide for students in the program ‘Engineering Sciences: Architecture’ at Ghent University. Its goal is to be used during design assignments, in a context where structural underpinning is not necessarily a primary focus.
Tijd voor een traagheidsmoment
Architecture Exhibitions in 'Flanders', 1983-2010
Project mapping architecture exhibitions in Flanders (1983–2010), analysing how platforms and display spaces shaped public debate and contributed to emerging architectural policy.
'Homeward, Contemporary Architecture in Flanders', Antwerp, deSingel, 1999-2000
Exhibition 'Open Call. 20 Years of Public Architecture'
Travelling exhibition (2019) on 20 years of the Flemish Government Architect's Open Call: how the procedure promotes architectural quality through client support, selection and design.
Vakgroep maakt tentoonstelling over de Open Oproep
Curating Architecture in the Expanded Field of Historic Preservation: 1:1 Models and In Situ Interventions
FWO postdoctoral research into architecture exhibitions as inspiration for heritage preservation: life-size models, displaced fragments and site-specific interventions.
Curating Architecture in the Expanded Field of Historic Preservation: Learning from Belgian Experiments with 1:1 Models and In Situ Inverventions
Expolab: Exhibition & Lecture Series
Expolab (2014–2015): public research project on exhibiting architecture, featuring a masterclass, lecture series and exhibition, co-organised by the department and Archipel vzw.
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