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Steeds meer mensen gaan in de steden wonen. Dat is een trend die we niet alleen in Vlaanderen, maar internationaal terugzien. Wat wil dat zeggen? Dat we denser zullen moeten gaan bouwen en dus ook meer hoogbouw realiseren. Hoe de weg ernaartoe verloopt zoekt Reynaers uit in de Architectura-podcast ‘Stadsverdichting: de weg naar meer hoogbouw’.

The Department of Architecture in the Faculty of Design Sciences has the following full-time vacancy: tenured senior academic staff in the field of Sustainable construction in architecture

Sta jij soms te dromen over de mogelijkheden van luchtbruggen tussen de hoogbouw en ondergrondse paradijzen als extra ruimtelijke dimensie? Over het potentieel van alle daken en gevels? Schrijf je dan hier in voor Summer School The Loop: Erop of Eronder

To foster energy-neutral districts, the University of Antwerp is developing Retrofit – a tool that enables scenario recommendations based on data collection and machine learning. During this session, Sven Verbruggen, Professor Architecture at UAntwerp, and Joris De Lamper, Manager Innovation Acceleration Services – Digital Innovation at Verhaert, will discuss how digital technologies can provide real estate developers, policymakers and other stakeholder within with insights on the impact-neutral design of districts.

Uitnodiging Gratis webinar 'Circulaire verpakking' op 1 juli 2022 van 9u30 tot 11u30. ‘Welke verpakkingen horen wel en niet thuis in de circulaire economie?’ De relatie wordt gelegd tussen het concept van circulaire economie en de ecodesign aanpak. Aan de hand van tal van voorbeelden wordt een roadmap gepresenteerd om de principes van de circulaire economie te integreren bij het ontwerpen van verpakkingssystemen.

This summer school (4 - 8 July, 2022) organised by the University of Antwerp in collaboration with Stadsform and the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) aims to connect the two through social design and Product-Service System design. Interested? Register before monday 6/6 and join a team and receive professional coaching to work on one of the 6 challenges formulated by the Innovation Network of the Flemish Government (INO)!

Nina de Jonghe joined the Design Sciences Hub to lead the Mobicap Linkeroever project

Let's start rethinking the design of our cities and buildings now. Join the inspiration session of Sven from UAntwerpen Valorisation Office and Joris from Verhaert on how digital technologies provide crucial insights for energy-neutral construction and district design.

Subscribe for our 'optimizing energy-performance of real estate developments' workshop at the Beacon, on May 18th 2022.

Designing and building with reclaimed structural components. From 20th June - 1st July, by Mario Rinke at Aalborg University.

An integrated perspective on sustainability from a profoundly interdisciplinary perspective. From 22-29 august 2022, by the Brussels Studies Institute.

Creating healthy cities: an integrated approach. From 4-8 July 2022 at the Urban Studies Institute (UAntwerpen)

Denk jij mee over de impact van innovatieve drie-dimensionele uitdagingen op onze leefomgeving? Schrijf je in voor de workshop '3D omgevingsplanning' via deze link.

Naast een theoretische introductie door Tom Coppens (UAntwerpen) zal Joost Venken (Stad Genk) ons meenemen in de praktijk en het Suds & Soda project voorstellen. Tine Compernolle (UAntwerpen) zal het gesprek modereren.

Click here to follow the seminar by Lukar Thornton, a tenure track Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing at the University of Antwerp. The seminar will present and discuss Lukar’s research on food choices in urban environments.

Today, Jana Deforche (Design Sciences Hub ) and Els Du Bois (ReuseLab) will sign the 'Green Deal Anders Verpakt' for the Universiteit Antwerpen, in search of solutions to prevent and re-use packaging in the distribution sector.

From February onwards, Stefanie will join the Design Sciences Hub

Cecilia Furlan is invited to pitch her proposal at the 'Data-enabled Solutions for Circular Economy challenge'

We are looking for a full time project manager to join our young and dynamic team

Discover Maarten Van Acker's new book on Antwerp

Els Du bois is nominated for the AHA! awards in the category 'promising'B

Discover our new project 'retrofit' under the 'projects' header!

The Blue Sky Studio on future urban health was named at YUFE conference in Bremen.

Jana Deforche speaks at IST dialogue session 'Managing through crises in urban transdisciplinary research settings'. Find out more here.

Design Sciences Hub warmly invites you to the 'Hack the City' event by Stadsform and EU Climathon. Subscribe here.

Research project 'ATLANTES', for the Province of Antwerp, was kicked-off. Learn more about the project here.

Research report ‘cultural brokerage'was successfully submitted to Lantis. Learn more about the project here.

Report on our research by design project for the City of Mechelen was successfully submitted. Learn more about the project soon.

The virtual exhibition on Future Urban Health in now online. Discover the first Blue Sky Studio work here.

Revisit the Future Urban Health debate at Stadsform here.