Discipline codes:
Heritage conservation management (06040704), Historical sites and landscape heritage (06040705), Architectural heritage and conservation (06040201), Architectural history and theory (06040301), History of art (06040306)
Supervised PhDs
Safeguarding architectural heritage through memory and craftsmanship.
Alphonce Behitsa for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
In search for a tactile methodology to (re)present intangible layers in adaptive reuse
Malinde Valee for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Advancing Built Cultural Heritage Education in East Africa: State of the Art, Needs Analysis, and Curriculum Design
Rweyemamu Vedasto for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
The ethical nature of architectural interventions in built heritage.
Chris Bessemans for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Reading Domestic Vernacular Interiors: from Cultural Memory to Social and Ecological Values
Zeynep Selvi for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
A Critical Study of Gerard Mercator's newly discovered 1550 Manuscript: A Treatise in Spherical Astronomy and Renaissance Instrument Making
Yves Charles Verspreet for the title Doctor of Architecture (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Making-with, Making-do: Constellations of Concepts and Practices around Adaptive Reuse
Colm mac Aoidh for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2025
Supervised as Promotor
Tracing the British-Era Architectural Legacy in Karachi: Investigating the Saddar Bazaar Quarter to develop guidelines for Conservation Management Plan.
Hamid Syed for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2024
Supervised as Promotor
The Ensemble Unveiled - Research by Design in Adaptive Reuse
Marie Moors for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2024
Supervised as Promotor
Industrial Legacy of Pakistan and its Identification, Potential, and Recognition.
Naveed Iqbal for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2023
Supervised as Promotor
Value assessment in adaptive reuse: Towards an integrated framework. Flanders - Wallonia.
Nadin Augustiniok for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2023
Supervised as Promotor
Wayfinding between the Historical Landscape and the Design Space: Uses of the past in participatory design in the context of heritage-development
Mela Zuljevic for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2022
Supervised as Copromotor
Nexus Between Indigenous Dwellings and Eco-tourism: Case of Pastoral Communities Along National Parks
Godfrey Severe for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2022
Supervised as Promotor
Adaptive reuse of monastic heritage – Cloth maker's moulage as alternative thread to architectural master plan
Karen Lens for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2022
Supervised as Promotor
Collapse: A Warburgian Autotheory of Impacted Interiorities and Folding Bodies.
Maria Gil Ulldemolins for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2021
Supervised as Copromotor
A Proposal for a Methodology for the Adaptive Reuse of Traditional Buildings in the Buffer Zone of Erbil Citadel
Ahmed Abbas for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2019
Supervised as Promotor
Olfactory marketing: the role of ambient scents in a shopping experience
Lieve Doucé for the title Doctor of Business Economics in 2015
Supervised as Copromotor
Retail-Reuse: an interior view on adaptive reuse of buildings
Bie Plevoets for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2014
Supervised as Promotor
Een evaluatie van de Vlaamse, naoorlogse vrijstaande woning en diens rol in de hedendaagse ruimtelijke ordening en architectuur
Marinus Van De Weijer for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2014
Supervised as Promotor
Retail Design in the Experience Economy: Conceptualizing and 'Measuring' Customer Experiences in Retail Environments
Ann Petermans for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2012
Supervised as Promotor
Retail Design: Lighting as a tool for the retail environment
Katelijn Quartier for the title Doctor of Architecture in 2011
READ.ADAPT.REUSE. Reading and transforming the As Found. (Research)
01/01/2024 - 31/12/2028
Reading Heritage Interiors as a Design Strategy for Adaptive Reuse. (Research)
16/09/2024 - 15/09/2028
The ethical nature of architectural interventions in built heritage (Research)
01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027
Deliberating the demise of cultural heritage in small towns and
villages in South Africa and Belgium (Research)
01/03/2023 - 28/02/2026
Writing a journal article on heritage & adaptive reuse with Prof. Koenrrad Van Cleempoel on "The Impact of Regulatory Barriers on the Adaptive Reuse of Historic Sites in Pakistan, Comparing Accessible and Inaccessible Historic Sites." (Research)
14/06/2024 - 31/12/2024
BELGIAN MOMO HERITAGE ON THE RADAR - Re-reading modernist housing estates: an inquiry into the value of threatened heritage sites and the possibilities of adaptive reuse as a method for re-evaluation (Research)
01/11/2022 - 31/10/2024
REUSING THE RUIN: Building upon the fragmentary fabric (Research)
01/10/2020 - 30/09/2024
As Found (Research)
01/01/2023 - 30/04/2024
PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS AND DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR URBAN
REGENERATION
International Laboratory for Architecture & Urban Design (1976-
2015) (Research)
01/10/2021 - 01/12/2023
Meaning and Translation: Towards a conceptual toolkit for adaptive reuse. (Research)
01/11/2021 - 31/10/2023
Adaptive Reuse of Heritage: towards an integrated evaluation framework (Research)
01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022
BELGIAN MOMO HERITAGE ON THE RADAR - Re-reading
modernist housing estates: an inquiry into the value of threatened
heritage sites and the possibilities of adaptive reuse as a method for
re-evaluation (Research)
01/11/2020 - 31/10/2022
The Influence of Indigenous Dwelling Practices on Eco-tourism: The Case of Pastoral-Maasai Communities Along National Parks. (Research)
01/02/2017 - 31/08/2022
Prototyping Heritage (Research)
24/02/2020 - 23/02/2021
The Aspects of Community-Based Approach towards Adaptive Reuse of Heritage Buildings, as a catalyst for Urban Regeneration: A Case Study of Heritage Buildings in the Historic Town of Bagamoyo. (Research)
01/07/2019 - 04/12/2020
An architectural research of the conversion of traditional craft villages into co-villages in peri-urban areas in Vietnam: sustainable development in urbanization (Research)
01/01/2019 - 04/12/2020
Rethinking and reinterpreting identity of the place: adaptive reuse of built heritage (Research)
01/08/2017 - 31/08/2017
Confronting wicked problems : Adapting Architectural Education to the new situation in Europe. (Education)
01/09/2014 - 31/08/2017
Materialised Knowlegde in Renaissance Art and Science: Flemish Scientific Instruments in context (Research)
15/01/2017 - 15/06/2017
Reallocation of monasteries, a designing and typological research (Research)
01/10/2012 - 30/09/2016
Workshop on Adaptive reuse for the Agency for Immovable Heritage (Research)
17/07/2015 - 16/12/2015
Research on the field of tension between heritage and retail in historic cities in Europe. Valorisation for retail and heritage sector through case study research. (Research)
01/01/2012 - 31/08/2014
FWO research project: Large dwellings in Flanders. Development of architectural and users strategies in view of demographic trends and ecological constraints. (Research)
01/01/2010 - 31/12/2013
BOF NI project: Large dwellings in Flanders. Development of architectural and users strategies in view of demographic trends and ecological constraints. (Research)
01/01/2010 - 31/12/2011
The relationship between retail design and heritage property: a theoretical approach form a selection of case studies in historical European cities. (Research)
01/10/2008 - 30/09/2010
Retail design and Experience Economy: a theoretical approach (Research)