Department of Architecture and Urban Planning

Research Projects Theory and History of Architecture

European Architecture beyond Europe
EU COST action on European architectural heritage beyond Europe: colonial buildings, migration environments and transnational expertise networks
Europese architectuur buiten Europa
Heritage in the Lower Congo Region
Exhibition on the architectural heritage of the Lower Congo region, featuring historical maps, photographs by Carl De Keyzer and colonial-era documents
Erfgoed in Beneden-Congo - 01
Glorious Temples or babylonic Whores: The Architecture of Churchbuildings in England According to Consecration Sermons, 1602-1736
Doctoral dissertation Anne-Françoise Morel
Doctoraatsproefschrift Anne-Françoise Morel
The monographic factor: theoretical and architectural aspects of single-artist museums
Maarten Liefooghe's dissertation maps the 'monographic factor' in single-artist museums, exploring their hybrid identity through theory and architectural case studies.
De monografische factor
Congo: Urban Landscapes, Intersecting Gazes
Exhibition on colonial architecture and urban planning in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Kisangani: shared heritage critically examined through a historical display and Congolese artists.
Congo. Stedelijke landschappen anders bekeken - 01
Congo belge (en images)
Exhibition 'Congo belge (en images)' (FoMu, 2010): ~100 early colonial photographs from RMCA collections, selected by Carl De Keyzer and Johan Lagae, revealing a complex reality.
Congo belge (en images) - 01
City, Architecture and Colonial Space in Matadi and Lubumbashi, Congo
This research investigates how specific colonial urban spaces in Central Africa developed between 1885 and 1960 not only as the result of top-down planning processes but also via social processes within their ‘cosmopolitan’ communities.
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Claude Laurens. Architect
In the context of his doctoral research, Johan Lagae conducted research on the personal archives of the French architect Claude Laurens ...
Claude Laurens 01
Boma 1880-1920: Colonial Capital City or Cosmopolitan Trading Post?
Multimedia presentation on Boma around 1900: ~100 photographs from RMCA collections reveal the tension between cosmopolitan trading post and colonial capital of the Congo Free State.
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bOb van Reeth – Architect
Retrospective exhibition 'b0b van Reeth – Architect' at BOZAR Brussels (2013): 70+ projects in archival material, scenography by Venlet & Kritis, lectures and a 40-project catalogue.
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Buildings with a social memory: conservation, reuse and reconversion
International workshop (2013) on the social memory of buildings: meaning and adaptive reuse of community venues, using Ghent's Vooruit as a starting point and case study.
Gebouwen met een sociaal geheugen
Collected writings by Geert Bekaert
Since 2007, at the department of architecture & urban planning, the publication of the collected writings (in Dutch) of the Belgian architecture critic Geert Bekaert ...
Verzamelde opstellen van Geert Bekaert