23/09/2024 Arenberg Castle Leuven – free access award ceremonies, lecture, exhibition and book launch

Which themes and projects do the architectural engineers of KU Leuven/Department of Architecture deal with and research? An exhibition gives an overview of their work of the past year. And the ‘LAunch2024′ yearbook will be launched with lots of images providing a retrospective of the studies.

Award ceremonies

The ‘sustainable architecture Maarten Bouwen Prize’ will be awarded for the ninth time to master’s theses that focus on sustainability in the built environment. In addition, the first ‘POLO Prize’ is presented. The focus here is on the use of design disciplines including architecture, engineering, urban planning and heritage conservation to address the contemporary challenges of our time.

23/09 at 5:30pm Auditorium 200L 00.07, Celestijnenlaan 200, 3001 Heverlee

International lecture by CJ Lim, professor of Architecture & Urbanism – The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (in het Engels)
‘Dreams + Disillusions’ (of cities and urbanism)

23/09 at 6:30pm Auditorium 200L 00.07, Celestijnenlaan 200, 3001 Heverlee and live streaming in additional auditorium 200L 00.06

Exhibition and networking reception

The exhibition provides a good overview of the design studios and master theses that examine both simple and complex structures, attractive residential environments in a relatively high density with attention to sustainability, the role of buildings and spaces with a public function in the transformation of our cities, … The winning projects of the Alumni Engineer Prize and the sustainable architecture Maarten Bouwen Prize are on display. A networking reception gives the opportunity to meet students and researchers.

23/09 at 7:30pm Salons and Proclamation room Arenberg Castle, Arenberg Castle Park 1, Heverlee-Leuven

Yearbook ‘LAunch2024’

This yearbook will be presented during the exhibition with reception and is partly in Dutch and partly in English with the unique work of the architecture year 2024 in Leuven. Bachelor & master student work, projects from the three advanced master programmes: Conservation of Monuments and Sites (MCMS), Human Settlements (MaHS) and Urbanism, Landscape & Planning (MaULP) and research projects. The book will be available free of charge in print and online from 24 September.

23/09 at 7:30pm Salons and Proclamation room’ Arenberg Castle, Arenberg Castle Park 1, Heverlee-Leuven

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Programme 23/09

• 5:30pm: Presentation sustainable architecture Maarten Bouwen Prize and POLO Prize
  Auditorium 200L 00.07, Celestijnenlaan 200, 3001 Heverlee
• 6:30pm: International lecture by CJ Lim, professor of Architecture & Urbanism – The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL=> ‘Dreams + Disillusions’ (of cities and urbanism)
  Auditorium 200L 00.07, Celestijnenlaan 200, 3001 Heverlee and live streaming in additional auditorium 200L 00.06
• 7:30pm: Exhibition + presentation LAunch yearbook + reception
  The Salons and Proclamatiezaal’ Arenbergkasteel, Kasteelpark Arenberg 1, 3001 Heverlee