![Research[x]Design](https://rxd.architectuur.kuleuven.be/wp-content/uploads/rxd_logo_vertical_b.png){kind=logo}
News
This is the latest news.
-
![]()
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 by childhood stroke, in both informal (i.e. home, neighbourhood, school) and formal (i.e. a hospital, rehabilitation or outpatient clinic) care environments. As part…
-
![]()
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, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven. The symposium will be in English. Video recordings of the presentations will be made available on the L-C&Y website.…
-
![Piet's PhD]()
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 the defence, you are invited to the receptionin the Salons of the Arenberg Castle (under reserve). The defence will also be streamed live…
-
![picture of Elise Tackx]()
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 in a student accommodation”, which was guided by Research[x]Designers Ann Heylighen and Phuong Lan Nguyen. Going to college is a critical transitional phase…
-
![mosaic of pictures from different living environments of autistic people]()
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 appropriate to ask how independent living on the autism spectrum is related to the design of the residential environment. The seminar will bring…
-
![]()
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 and passcode to access the livestream via Natalia Pérez Liebergesell. Interpreting services can be arranged upon request (please inform Natalia before Nov 20).…
-
![]()
New project about enabling the building sector to design enabling spaces
On March 1st, Research[x]Design starts a new research project/knowledge transfer project entitled enable² – enabling the building sector to create enabling spaces. The 3-year project is supported by the KU Leuven Industrial Research (IOF). The project team includes Koen Coomans, Pleuntje Jellema and Peter-Willem Vermeersch, supervised by Ann Heylighen in collaboration with Anja Van den…
-
![]()
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 receptionin the Salons of the Arenberg Castle. Please confirm your attendance before the 7th of February via this link. You can park at parking Arenberg – De Molen (code: 6591#)or get…
-
![]()
‘Meet the jury’ seminar – Building support for cancer care: Learning from Maggie’s Centres
With her PhD research, Research[x]Designer Pleuntje Jellema seeks to foreground the built environment in the experiences of cancer care. At the occasion of her PhD defense, we organize a ‘meet the jury’ seminar about the Maggie’s Centres, a network of 21 centres across the UK, Barcelona, Hong-Kong and Tokyo which offer free practical, emotional and…
-
![]()
New postdoc project explores alternative briefing techniques
On Oct 1st, Valerie Van der Linden starts a new research project that will explore alternative briefing techniques for architectural practice. The 1-year project is supported by a postdoctoral fellowship of the KU Leuven Research Fund (BOF), and will be supervised by Ann Heylighen. In closing the growing distance between design(ers) and use(rs) in architectural…
