ArcK

ArcK is the research group for the domains of architecture and interior architecture of Hasselt University. Domains which imply a spatial synthesis of material, cultural, aesthetic, social, urban, and societal aspects within a given situation or context. We believe that research within these domains should reflect this complexity.
As a multidisciplinary team (including designers, urbanists, art historians, engineers, psychologists, and philosophers), we address theoretical and empirical research questions in their proper context. We use a wide range of research methods and emphasize the possibilities afforded by designing as a research method. Our approach is centered on the human aspect, embodied by both the spatial designer and the user, with particular attention to an inclusive and sustainable design process and design result.
The main topics of ArcK center around five clusters, which partly overlap but also share the same ambition of generating knowledge that is useful for designers in order to create innovative visions of the future that will ultimately benefit society as a whole:
Adaptive reuse deals with theoretical and designerly questions relating to aspects of reuse, transformation, or conservation of historical, abandoned, or underused buildings or sites. Capacity building (collaborative design processes) deals with how to actively include and engage users, future users, and other stakeholders in different stages of the complex process of design practice. Designing for More (user-space interaction) centers around the following questions: How are spatial environments experienced by their users? How do they affect people on a perceptual, cognitive, and emotional level? How do they interact with diverse groups of people, and how can they increase their well-being ? Sustainability (in design product and process) deals with the question how different aspects of sustainability can be incorporated in both the design process and the resulting product, and in the way we can support designers and architects to effectively deal with these issues. FRAME, the research line in collaboration with MAD-research, focuses on artistic research methods. FRAME wants to explore unconventional forms of knowledge in order to develop new ways of thinking in/about space and image.

Adaptive reuse, Capicity building, Design for Experience, Participation, Research by design, Retail Design, Scenography, sustainability, Universal Design

Liesbeth HUYBRECHTS

• Syed Hamid AKBAR
• Anna ANDREJEW
• Nadin AUGUSTINIOK
• Sanne BALENDONCK
• Bárbara BANUELOS OJEDA
• Charlotte BECKERS
• Imraan BEGG
• Alphonce BEHITSA
• Jo BERBEN
• Constant BERKHOUT
• Richard BESHA
• Chris BESSEMANS
• Iris BEULS
• Christiane BLATTMANN
• Quentin BOURGUIGNON
• Jo BROEKX
• Asli CICEK
• Laura CLAES
• Colleen COCOTOS
• Laura CORMIO
• Rob CUYVERS
• Alice DAMINET
• Michiel DE CLEENE
• Steffie DE GAETANO
• Ellen DE MUL
• Tatiana DE OLIVEIRA CHILETTO
• Aarnoud DE RYCKER
• Nijs DE VRIES
• Oswald DEVISCH
• Stefan DEVOLDERE
• Silvia DI MAURO
• Natassa DOURIDA
• Maretha DREYER
• Luca ESPOSITO
• Chioma FEARS
• Hubert FROYEN
• Bieke GEPTS
• Maria GIL ULLDEMOLINS
• Nisa GOKSEL
• Oliva GONDA
• Nicoletta GRILLO
• Nonku GROOTBOOM
• Els HANNES
• Jasmien HERSSENS
• Saidja HEYNICKX
• Emmeline HOOGLAND
• Liesbeth HUYBRECHTS
• Elke IELEGEMS
• Liene JAKOBSONE
• Gasper KABENDELA
• Beatrice KAIJAGE
• Nikolaos KANAVARIS
• Joshua KEMPEN
• Janepher KIMARO
• Johannes KLAPS
• Elke KNAPEN
• Asli KOLBAS
• Weronika KOZAK
• Sander LAMBRIX
• Inge LENS
• Yuemei MA
• Colm MAC AOIDH
• Manyama MAJOGORO
• Quinten MALFAIT
• Deogratius MARENGE
• Sarah MARTENS
• Louise MASCIARELLI
• Guy MASUDI MWANA MULENDA
• Louise MAZET
• Dorothea MBOSHA
• Liese MERTENS
• Jenna MIKUS
• Marie MOORS
• Irene Gebra MSUYA
• Gabriel NDIBAZOKIZE
• Saul NKINI
• Rafael NOVAIS PASSARELLI
• Noella NTULA
• Sara OMID SHAFIEI
• Ayca OZMEN
• Goda PALEKAITE
• Erik PELICAEN
• Ann PETERMANS
• Julie PFLEIDERER
• Micheline PHLIX
• Sarah PHOYA
• Kris PINT
• Bie PLEVOETS
• Katelijn QUARTIER
• Lien REEKMANS
• Nusrat RITU
• Josymar RODRIGUEZ ALFONZO
• Remco ROES
• Barbara ROOSEN
• Richa SAINI
• Maria SCANDROGLIO ANELLI
• Gwendoline SCHAFF
• Cis SCHRAEYEN
• Zeynep SELVI
• Godfrey SEVERE
• Eva SEVERENS
• John SILVERTAND
• Ankit SINGH
• Ruth STEVENS
• Ezgi TEZCAN KÜÇÜKKURU
• Violeta TSENOVA
• Malinde VALEE
• Aaron VAN ACKER
• Koenraad VAN CLEEMPOEL
• Dolores VAN DEN EYNDE
• Nick VAN LOY
• Ariane VANBELLINGHEN
• Charlotte VANHOUBROECK
• Jan VANRIE
• Leen VANSTEENKISTE
• Rweyemamu VEDASTO
• Griet VERBEECK
• Yves VERSPREET
• Xinquan WEN
• Lieve WEYTJENS
• Petra ZIST

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