research

Bernd Steinacher Fellowship

This fellowship is situated within the context of my doctorate at the University of Antwerp. My doctorate’s hypothesis is that since the 2008 financial and economic crises, alternative ways of urban development took place, which resulted in several shifts in the development of housing projects.

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FAAU: Research and critical thinking

Research and critical thinking are key skills to better understand a given design question or assignment or get new insights or inspiration. A hands-on course exploring both research and critical thinking was set up for the students architecture and urban design of the Fontys Academy of Architecture & Urbanism.

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RAvB: Design lab Project Rotterdam

To be a player in the field of city development, a spatial strategist needs to understand the rules of the game. The design lab Project Rotterdam focuses on giving the students of the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design a basic understanding of: “Who owns what?” “Who pays and what are each responsibilities, powers and ambitions?”

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TimeLine_ Rotterdam

A historic and spatial research, which makes the components behind the urban dynamic of Rotterdam comprehensible.

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Metro in Progress

The publication Metro in Progress offers the initial outcomes of the first series of interviews and meetings with a range of stakeholders, addressing metropolitan challenges and dilemmas.

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It is not about how big you are, but about how you grew

Defining the Metropolis researches the influence of global top urban facilities in the development of urban agglomerations in the world. This is an update of primarily results of the project.

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Between Space and Place

A research on the influence of art and culture on the identity of a specific place.

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Atlas of the vital city

In co-operation with Willemijn Lofvers, David Dooghe wrote an article in Huig (6#11, feb 2oo9) about TimeLine_Rotterdam.

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Moving East

The research Moving East and the project Keep it, green it, live in it was presented at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design.

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Crisis and urban development

My doctorate at the University of Antwerp starts from the hypothesis that since the 2008 financial and economic crises, alternative ways of urban development took place, which resulted in several shifts in the development of housing projects.

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Future Urban Regions

Since 2018, David Dooghe is a researcher at the Future Urban Regions lectorship.

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Ownership and urban development @ Antwerp

In order to connect the research of ownership to practice, Kristiaan Borret, the City Architect of Antwerp, was interviewed. What is the relation between ownership and urban development in Antwerp?

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The middling brother of a rich family

During the Ruimteconferentie 2o11 organised by the Planbureau, David Dooghe presented the first results of the research ‘Defining the Metropolis, Randstad’.

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Defining the Metropolis

A quickscan that compares the development aspects in metropolitan areas.

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The top is within reach

An analysis with recommendations on how Rotterdam can become an attractive, young and creative city.

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Festivals and the City

What if festival organisators and the spatial planning department would co-operate? Festivalcity_Rotterdam was presented to cultural and spatial planning experts from Rotterdam

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Loft For Rent

A 24 hours performance in the exhibition space, researching the correlation between body and space.

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