Willem Bekers
Willem Bekers (b. 1979) is an architect and post-doctoral assistant at Ghent University, where he teaches mainly within the curriculum of digital design techniques.
In 2024, he obtained his PhD with the dissertation Architecture (De)Mobilised: (Digital) Explorations of the Belgian (Post)Military Construction Site (supervisors: Johan Lagae and Ronny De Meyer).
His research is situated at the intersection of construction history and digital humanities, with a particular focus on architecture, heritage, and building practices in the context of armed conflict. His main interest lies in the critical use of digital methods and models to enhance the depth and scope of analysis in these fields, and to develop and visualise more layered historical narratives of building processes.
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