A design-oriented research group at @KU_Leuven Dept. of Architecture. We investigate how to design spaces that are #smarter, more #inclusive and #engaging.
Leuven, Belgium
Joined November 2011
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Research[x]Designer Natalia Pérez Liebergesell kruipt in 'De Pen' voor @bouwenaanvlaand & inspireert eindredacteur Tim Janssens om voortaan anders naar de wereld kijken @KU_Leuven @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc @FWOVlaanderen @leuventoegank bouwenaanvlaanderen.be/magaz…
Help us understand how the built work environment supports or hinders employees on the autism spectrum: apply for our vacant PhD position by Aug 10 & join us in the Porter's Lodge kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsit… @leuvenresearch @LAuRes_tweet @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc @BrainOnDesign
![Bird's eye view of the Arenbergcastle in Heverlee (near Leuven), with in the back the Porter's Lodge, workplace of Research[x]Designers](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0sWC4sWAAESXPo.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Bird's eye view of the Arenbergcastle in Heverlee (near Leuven), with in the back the Porter's Lodge, workplace of Research[x]Designers
Sad times for the design research community:
Second Elsevier journal board threatens mass resignations timeshighereducation.com/new… by @benwupton in @timeshighered
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Today @UIA2023CPH > Design for Inclusivity > Ability Research[x]Designer Peter-Willem Vermeersch presents how architects experience collaborating w/ user/experts @leuventoegank @stadleuven e.g. to redesign @STUKLeuven @leuvenresearch @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc Photos: @sammichiels
ALT The platform lift at the entrance was replaced by a generous slope with integrated bench.
ALT In the café part of the counter was lowered.
ALT The handrail of the existing staircase was extended.
Tomorrow at @UIA2023CPH > Design for Inclusivity > Neurodiversity, Research[x]Designer @PhuongN57488573
presents how architects' strategies to design housing for people w/ autism relate to residents' experiences @KU_Leuven @leuvenresearch @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc @LAuRes_tweet
ALT Room illustrating architects' strategy to minimize visual stimuli
ALT A resident's private unit full of posters
Congratulations to Research[x]Designer @PhuongN57488573 with her postdoc fellowship! Looking forward to learning from experiences on the spectrum about the role of space in (un)supportive working conditions @leuvenresearch @LAuRes_tweet @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc @BrainOnDesign
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How to engage D/deaf students in arch. education, research & design? Looking forward to discussing experiences at @researchxdesign with no one less than @RichieDougherty, Nina Vollenbröker & Stelios Giamarelos
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Collaboration between architecture students and D/deaf people is crucial if we're to re-think the present + future of design to promote equity and accessibility for all.
Register for our online #InclusiveSpaces discussion on Deafening Architecture here 👇 deafeningarchitecture.eventb…
Upcoming seminar by two Research[x]Designers about our adventures in the BUILD CARE project 👇🏻
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Join us next week for our upcoming Research Seminar by @PleuntjeJellema and Piet Tutenel from the @researchxdesign group: ghum.kuleuven.be/LCHH/calend…
How can architects design in ways that support children as everyday designers? Thank you, #CWUAAT23, for the opportunity to present our work on indeterminacy in design & for the warm welcome (back)! @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc @KULeuvenLCY @LCHH_KULeuven link.springer.com/chapter/10…
ALT left: young man skating in outdoor space, right: boy with iv-stand playing football in corridor of hospital ward
To enable Cirkant vzw to create an enabling youth care building, Research[x]Designers @PleuntjeJellema & Piet Tutenel developed a set of personas & scenarios. Read more in Tussendoor 👇🏻
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ALT Front page of the newsletter 'Tussendoor'
For her PhD, Research[x]Designer @celineramioul took part in an eye-opening immersion in the prison of Dendermonde. She spent 2 days & 1 night locked up in a closed regime. @KU_Leuven @leuvenresearch @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc @LINCriminology @FWOVlaanderen
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ALT Outside view of the prison of Dendermonde
Thank you, @KarlavanLeeuwen, for inviting us to contribute to the @KULeuvenLCY winter school seminar on 'Participatory research: engaging children & their contexts in research' ❄Great exchange w/ Ellen Claes, @StefaanPleysier & @DeAmbrassade. @KU_Leuven @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc
For children w/ cancer the hospital becomes an everyday place next to their home, street, school. Designers seek to normalize hospitals by designing a home-like atmosphere. But what's normalizing if it's already a normal place? @LeuvenC&Y @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc @komop_tgkanker
New month, new blog post! Ontdek alles over hoe je kinderen met kanker kan betrekken in het ontwerpen van hun zorgomgeving. Go check it out! Bedankt Piet Tutenel, Ann Heylighen & Stefan Ramaekers 👏 @researchxdesign @smalwida
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Research on #Autism & housing #design should be conducted with autistic people in diverse settings, about their needs & those of people around them. New article by @PhuongN57488573 in OHI. @KU_Leuven @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc @LAuRes_tweets @EmeraldGlobal
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what a wonderful way to start the new year: @sketchnotesara visualized a study by Research[x]Designer @PhuongN57488573 on #housingdesign & #independentliving with #Autism - thank you, Sara!
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Getting in to visualizing more research this year, I started out with this article by Phuong Nguyen, Viviana d’Auria and Ann Heylighen from @researchxdesign at @KU_Leuven from 2020:
#Autism #Sketchnote #Research
How to imagine a more inclusive world? Worth reading on #IDPWD2022: Notes on difference, disability, & space in @RealGDT's 'The Shape of Water' @IDPwD @KU_Leuven @uhmanoa @leuvenresearch @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc (image: TSOW, del Toro 2017) journal.idea-edu.com/index.p…
ALT Inside Elisa’s dream, floating in her apartment surrounded by water & furniture, opening scene, from The Shape of Water
“De beste manier om te weten of een gebouw inclusief is, is het te vragen aan de ervaringsdeskundigen.” @EvaChristiaens in @BRUZZbe | @KU_Leuven @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc @leuventoegank
'De idee leeft nog vaak dat toegankelijk ontwerpen meer kost, complex is of ten koste gaat van esthetiek. Maar, in die zin is het net een appel aan de creativiteit van de ontwerper.’ @researchxdesign bruzz.be/samenleving/als-rol…
How do children want to be involved in research on buildings & (public) spaces? Participants of the #Kinderuniversiteit explored this question w/ RxD-ers @celineramioul, Piet Tutenel & Alana Nysten @KU_Leuven @KULeuvenLCY
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What happens when an architect conducts PhD research about a self-designed building? Join us for a seminar by @Berit_Ann tomorrow, Oct 26, 12 noon-1:30 pm CEST, online & on campus @KU_Leuven @leuvenresearch @SET_KULeuven @FirWEngSc @hanze
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ALT private room in a very intensive care facility designed by Berit Ann Roos
Ever wondered about the minimum size of a prison cell? Research[x]Designer @celineramioul made it crystal clear at yesterday's LAunch exhibition
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