Architecture, Urban Planning and Gender

Dear colleagues and friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the third and final event of our series on Architecture, Urbanism and Gender, taking place on Thursday, 2 April, from 17:30 to 19:00 at Site Usquare (ULB), OPENLAB, room A.1.23.a, Boulevard Général Jacques 210A, 1050 Brussels. The event is open to everyone, free of charge. If you plan on coming, please let us know: La ville et ses services sous l'angles du genre – Remplir le formulaire (for logistics-related reasons > the space allows 60 people maximums, and a drink will be also organized afterwards)

Programme:

Three presentations:
"Gender mainstreaming dans la planification bruxelloise" - Léone Drapeaud (perspective.brussels) + Romina Cornejo Escudero (Karbon’ Architecture & Urbanisme)
"Violence et espace public" - Laura Chaumont & Ophélie Nemayer (ASBL Garance)
"Mobilité et genre" - Claire Pelgrims (FNRS / ULB)

Roundtable discussion with all speakers (in alphabetical order) & the public: Laura Chaumont & Ophélie Nemayer (ASBL Garance) Romina Cornejo Escudero (Karbon’) Léone Drapeaud (perspective.brussels, tbc) Elisabeth Gérard (L’architecture qui dégenre) Claire Pelgrims (FNRS / ULB) Jeanne Thiteux (ULB) Giulia Caterina Verga (ULB)

We are pleased to invite you to the second event of our series on Inclusivity in Architectural Projects Related to Housing and the Right to Dignified Living Conditions, taking place next Tuesday, 17 March, from 17:00 to 18:30 at Site Lombard (ULB), Auditoire Lombard, Rue de Lombard 42, 1000 Brussels.

The event is open to everyone, free of charge, and requires no registration.

We would be very grateful if you could also help us spread the word by sharing the poster and the event information within your networks, teams, and institutions. Your support really helps us reach a wider and more diverse audience.

Programme:

With the participation of:

Oana Bogdan (&bogdan),
Elsa Marchal / Lydie Pirson (BMA),
Chloé Salembier (Angela.D / UCLouvain),
Jeanne Thiteux (ULB),
Giulia Caterina Verga (Karbon’ / ULB),
Els De Vos (University of Antwerp),
Margaux Walter (Karbon’).

A drink will follow the session.

A presentation by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto will introduce the work around Satoyama Landscapes, followed by a round‑table on how these approaches may support more resource‑conscious teaching in architecture and urbanism.
The seminar will open a collective discussion on approaches that work with what is already there, drawing inspiration from site‑specific readings, fieldwork, and the spatial observation methods developed by Atelier Bow‑Wow. We will explore how such practices can inform architectural and urban pedagogy at different scales, from territorial interpretation to material reuse.
https://iitse.ulb.be/en/agenda/designing-in-a-finite-world-urbanism-architecture-and-resource-consciousness

Location: Site USquare (ULB–VUB), OpenLab.brussels
Room A.1.23.a – Blvd Général Jacques 210A, 1050 Ixelles

Online participation will also be possible using this link: Research seminar on teaching practices n.2 - with Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow-Wow) | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams
To confirm your attendance (in person or online), please send a short email to: giulia.caterina.verga@ulb.be

Program Overview
13:30–14:00 – Coffee & informal networking
14:00–14:15 – Introduction (Geoffrey Grulois & Hera Van Sande)
14:15–14:45 – Presentation of Satoyama Forest — Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow‑Wow)
14:45–16:00 – Round‑table discussion
16:00–16:30 – Wrap‑up & drinks

Invited contributors
Geoffrey Grulois (ULB)
Hera Van Sande (Archipel)
Tiphaine Abenia (ULB)
Laurens Bekemans (BC architects & materials & studies / RWTH)
Andrea Bortolotti (Politecnico di Milano)

This seminar is organised and supported as part of the iiTSE (Interfaculty Institute for Socio‑Ecological Transformations) series of events, in collaboration with: AIA + SUFI research laboratories of BATir (EPB, ULB) LOUISE, Faculty of Architecture, ULB OpenLab.brussels Politecnico di Milano Archipel RWTH BC architects & materials & studies Organised by
Giulia Caterina Verga (SUFI, École Polytechnique, ULB / iiTSE)
Hera Van Sande (Archipel/ VUB)
Laurens Bekemans (BC architects & materials & studies / RWTH)
Geoffrey Grulois (La Cambre Horta, ULB / iiTSE)
Samia Ben Rajeb (École Polytechnique, ULB / iiTSE, OpenLab.brussels)
Andrea Bortolotti (Politecnico di Milano)
Ahmed Zaib Khan (École Polytechnique, ULB / iiTSE)
Camilo Paez (École Polytechnique, ULB / iiTSE)