Workshop Construction History
Interuniversity research seminar on Construction History in Belgium
17 September 2019
Aula K1.3 - Campus Mutsaard - UAntwerpen
Mutsaardstraat 31 - 2000 Antwerpen
* Language: English
| Program | |
| 9.00 | Coffee (foyer Dieperik) |
| 9.15 | Introduction |
| Prof. Dr. Inge Bertels (UAntwerpen) and Prof. Dr. Ir. Arch. Ine Wouters (VUB) | |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | International perspective |
| Lecture Dr. Philippe Sosnowska (ULB): Brussels floorings between the 16th and 19th centuries. Contribution of archaeological and historical studies |
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| Lecture Dr. Arch. Paula Fuentes Gonzalez (VUB): Brick Vaults and Beyond. The Transformation of a Historical Structural System (1830-1930) |
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| Lecture Dr. Mario Rinke (UAntwerpen): Institutions within a new material - early reinforced concrete in Switzerland |
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| 10.30-10.45 | Break |
| 10.45- 12.30 | In depth investigations |
| Referees Prof. Ir. Mario Rinke (UAntwerpen) and Dr. Jelena Dobbels (VUB) | |
| Presentations by: | |
| Matthijs Degraeve (VUB): Urban industrial districts on the move. Locational patterns of builders in Brussels (1830-1970) |
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| Katarina Chalvatzi (ETHZürich): Beyond the action: Theatre construction in 18th century France |
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| Laurens Bulckaen (ULB): Collaboration and exchange between architects, engineers and contractors in building in Belgium (1890-2010): lessons from the past and emerging collaborative practices |
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| 12.30- 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30-15.30 | Outline and contextualization |
| Referees Dr. Philippe Sosnowska (ULB) and Arch. Paula Fuentes Gonzalez (VUB) | |
| Presentations by: | |
| Frederik Vandyck (VUB-UAntwerpen): Built to construct: understanding the architecture of construction workspaces in the Brussels-Capital Region (1880-2020) |
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| Linsy Raaffels (VUB): Architects' houses in Brussels. Strategies for valorization |
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| Romain Wibaut (VUB – KU Leuven): Hidden innovation. Building church roofs in Belgium (1830-1940): construction technologies and architectural-historical contextualization in international perspective |
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| Pieter De Raedt (VUB): History and Heritage of the power industry in the Belgian provinces Antwerp and Brabant 1900-1960 |
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| 15.30-15.45 | Break |
| 15.45-16.15 | Lecture Prof. Dr. Ir. Bernard Espion (ULB): Construction History and preservation of engineering heritage: three case studies with prestressed concrete structures |
| 16.15-17.00 | Further cooperation |
| Discussion/Presentation of new research initiatives and projects | |
| 17.00-17.30 | Closing drink |