Department of Architecture and Urban Planning

Ongoing PhD research

Overview of ongoing PhD research at the Ghent University Department of Architecture and Urban Planning

Peak Exposure-Based Assessment Method for Sustainable Indoor Air Quality Management
A dynamic model for fine particulate matter exposure in residential buildings to support health-based indoor air quality management.
Piekblootstellingsgerichte Beoordelingsmethode voor Duurzaam Binnenluchtkwaliteitsbeheer
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
Processes of commodification and valuation of architectural fragments
Research on how early-20th-century architectural fragments became trade commodities, tracing their value, circulation, and reuse through case studies.
Architectural fragments owned by W.R. Hearst. Left: "an important [Moorish XIV century] wooden ceiling". Right: "a very rare gothic doorway"
Contemporary image constructions
PhD on how contemporary architectural images operate, analysing their construction and institutional performances through three European practices.
Transition to Sustainable Building Stock & Transport System for Achieving Energy Efficiency in Growing Cities: A Case Study of Lahore Pakistan
Study on how Lahore can achieve energy‑efficient buildings and a sustainable transport system by analysing BRT‑corridor energy use and emissions, offering strategies to reduce GHG impacts.
Overgang naar een duurzaam voorraad- en transportsysteem voor het bereiken van energie-efficiëntie in groeiende steden: een casestudy van Lahore, Pakistan
Circular building solutions: a quantification of their environmental and financial impact
Research developing a probabilistic LCA/LCC method to quantify environmental and financial impacts of circular building solutions, clarifying their real benefits and guiding stakeholders.
Circulaire bouwoplossingen: een kwantificering van de milieu- en financiële impact
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