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The shift in perspective: From designer to researcher – PhD seminar by Berit Ann Roos
What role does intuition play and how does this shift affect motivation and convictions? As an architect, Berit Ann Roos, designed a very intensive care (VIC) residential facility for intellectually impaired individuals…
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RxD wins Golden Henry van de Velde Award in category “Craft”
The ongoing research on the robotic fabrication of undesignable material expressions was able to win a Henry van de Velde Award in category “Craft”. The Henry van de Velde Award is the…
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Sara Willems defends PhD “Reducing the gap between predicted and experienced indoor environmental comfort”
Research[x]Designer Sara Willems is delighted to invite you to her public PhD defenceon Thursday 22 September 2022 at 1:30 PMin Aula Jozef Heuts, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium. The defence will also be streamed…
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Phuong Lan Nguyen defends PhD “Home Tailoring. The Built Environment in Experiences of Independent Living on the Spectrum”
Research[x]Designer Phuong Lan Nguyen is delighted to invite you to her public PhD defenceOn Friday 13 May 2022 at 9:00 AM CETin Aula van de Tweede Hoofdwet in the Thermotechnisch Instituut,Kasteelpark Arenberg…
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Exploring Children’s Everyday (Design) Practices: Athens Course Rethinks Indeterminacy in Design
Compared to most adults, children seemingly care less about designed intentions and spaces/objects offer them possibilities for action that are hard to anticipate – their world appears to be less or undetermined, even in…
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Children’s contexts of living and playing: Interdisciplinary perspectives
KU Leuven Child and Youth Institute (L-C&Y) and Research[x]Design (RxD) are delighted to invite you to a symposium on Thursday 30 September 2021 from 09h30 to 13h00 CEST in the Justus Lipsiuszaal,…
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Piet Tutenel defends his PhD ‘Room for vulnerability: Children’s everyday practices and the design of cancer care environments’
Research[x]Designer Piet Tutenel is delighted to invite you to his public PhD defenceon Friday October 1st, 2021 at 08:30 AM CEST in Aula De Molen, Kasteelpark Arenberg 50, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium. After…
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What is essential in residential design for independent living on the autism spectrum? – PhD seminar by Phuong Lan Nguyen
Autistic people’s well-being can be profoundly affected by their residential environment. Autistic adults tend to live with their parents rather than independently. Given the importance of residential settings to everyone. It is…
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Natalia Pérez Liebergesell defends her PhD entitled ‘The difference disability makes: Learning about interactions with architectural design from four architects experiencing disability’
Natalia Pérez Liebergesell cordially invites you to her public PhD defense on Monday, December 14th 2020, at 17:00h CET. The defense will be streamed live through zoom. You can obtain the link…
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Pleuntje Jellema defends her PhD entitled ‘Foregrounding the built environment in experiences of (cancer) care: Learning lessons for human-centred design’
Pleuntje Jellema is delighted to invite you to her public PhD defenceon Friday 21 February 2020 at 1:30 PMin Aula De Molen, Kasteelpark Arenberg 50, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium. After the defence, you are invited to the…
