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Berit Ann Roos gives seminar about conducting PhD research on a self-designed building
An architect’s research on a self-designed building: residential care facility for residents showing challenging behaviour. A seminar by Research[x]Designer Berit Ann Roos As an architect Berit Ann Roos has designed a very…
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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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PhD position at Research[x]Design
Childhood stroke permanently alters the life of children and their families as care continues for many years after stroke onset. Through ethnographic and participatory research, the BUILD CARE project investigates the role of the built environment in the experiences of those affected…
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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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Elise Tackx wins 8th Passwerk prize
Elise Tackx has been awarded the eighth Passwerk prize for 2020 for her master’s thesis “Student life on the autism spectrum: How the built and social environment affect the experience of living…
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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…
