Ever wondered about the minimum size of a prison cell? Research[x]Designer @celineramioul made it crystal clear at yesterday's LAunch exhibition KU Leuven KU Leuven Research SET Group KU Leuven Arenberg Doc School FirW KU Leuven LINC FWO

What happens when an architect conducts PhD research about a self-designed building? Join us for a seminar by Berit Ann Roos tomorrow, Oct 26, 12 noon-1:30 pm CEST, online & on campus KU Leuven KU Leuven Research SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven Hanze rxd.architectuur.kuleuven.be/berit-ann-roos…

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 KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven (photos Geert Van den Wyngaert)

“De beste manier om te weten of een gebouw inclusief is, is het te vragen aan de ervaringsdeskundigen.” @EvaChristiaens in BRUZZ | KU Leuven SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven Leuven toegankelijk

How to imagine a more inclusive world? Worth reading on #IDPWD2022: Notes on difference, disability, & space in Guillermo del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' IDPwD KU Leuven University of Hawaii at Manoa KU Leuven Research SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven (image: TSOW, del Toro 2017) journal.idea-edu.com/index.php/home…

what a wonderful way to start the new year: Sara visualized a study by Research[x]Designer Phuong Nguyen on #housingdesign & #independentliving with #Autism - thank you, Sara! KU Leuven KU Leuven Research LAuRes SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven

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 Phuong Nguyen in OHI. KU Leuven SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven @LAuRes_tweets Emerald Publishing lnkd.in/ecqgUpaM

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 Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven @komop_tgkanker

Thank you, Karla van Leeuwen, for inviting us to contribute to the KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute winter school seminar on 'Participatory research: engaging children & their contexts in research' ❄Great exchange w/ Ellen Claes, Stefaan Pleysier & De Ambrassade. KU Leuven SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven

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 KU Leuven Research SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven LINC FWO linkedin.com/posts/activity…

To enable Cirkant vzw to create an enabling youth care building, Research[x]Designers Pleuntje Jellema & Piet Tutenel developed a set of personas & scenarios. Read more in Tussendoor 👇🏻 cirkant.my.canva.site/tussendoor KU Leuven KU Leuven Research SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute

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 Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute Leuven Centre for Health Humanities link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Upcoming seminar by two Research[x]Designers about our adventures in the BUILD CARE project 👇🏻 @EJPRareDiseases TU Wien MedUni Wien TU Dresden KU Leuven UZ Leuven KU Leuven Research KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven FWO

How to engage D/deaf students in arch. education, research & design? Looking forward to discussing experiences at Research[x]Design with no one less than Richard Dougherty, Nina Vollenbröker & Stelios Giamarelos The Bartlett KU Leuven KU Leuven Engage SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven

Congratulations to Research[x]Designer Phuong Nguyen with her postdoc fellowship! Looking forward to learning from experiences on the spectrum about the role of space in (un)supportive working conditions KU Leuven Research LAuRes SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven Andrea Jelic

Tomorrow at @UIA2023CPH > Design for Inclusivity > Neurodiversity, Research[x]Designer Phuong Nguyen presents how architects' strategies to design housing for people w/ autism relate to residents' experiences KU Leuven KU Leuven Research SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven LAuRes

Today @UIA2023CPH > Design for Inclusivity > Ability Research[x]Designer Peter-Willem Vermeersch presents how architects experience collaborating w/ user/experts Leuven toegankelijk Stad Leuven e.g. to redesign STUK Kunstencentrum KU Leuven Research SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven Photos: sam michiels

Sad times for the design research community: Second Elsevier journal board threatens mass resignations timeshighereducation.com/news/second-el… by Ben Upton in Times Higher Education KU Leuven KU Leuven Research SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven

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/jobs… KU Leuven Research LAuRes SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven Andrea Jelic

Research[x]Designer Natalia Pérez Liebergesell kruipt in 'De Pen' voor BouwenaanVlaanderen & inspireert eindredacteur Tim Janssens om voortaan anders naar de wereld kijken KU Leuven SET Group KU Leuven FirW KU Leuven FWO Leuven toegankelijk bouwenaanvlaanderen.be/magazines/nr-0…