Building Beyond Borders is hosted by its UHasselt team and supported by a network of universities, organisations, guest lecturers and skilled craftsmen from all over the world

Nicolas Coeckelberghs

PG Hands-on atelier coordinatorArchitect -  founder BC Materials

Steffie de Gaetano

BBB PhD researcher ir. Architect

Nijs de Vries

BBB PhD researcher ir. Architect

Tatiana De Oliveira Chiletto

BBB PhD researcherArchitect

Els Hannes

Coordinator internationalisationprof. dr. Arch

Liesbeth Huybrechts

PG social research track & Spatial Capacity Building Research Teamprof. dr. 

Elke Knapen

PG academic coordinator & Sustainability Research Teamprof. dr. Ir. 

Marlon Knuts

PG administrator

Rafael Passarelli

PG wood research track & Sustainability Research TeamProf. dr. Architect

Erik Pelicaen

BBB PhD researcher ir. Architect

Fréderic Pieck

Printshop coordinator Interior Architect

Ludo Schouterden

Global Perspectives design studio coordinatorArchitect

John Silvertand

Earth Block Living Lab researcherArchitect

Jasper Van der Linden

PG Design & Build & Hands-on workshopsArchitect

Stefan Vanstraelen

Workshop coordinator Furniture maker-designer

Griet Verbeeck

PG Rethink sessions coordinator  & Sustainability Research Teamprof. dr. Ir. Arch.

Peggy Winkels

PG & Global Perspectives design studio coordinatorArchitect 

former team members

Jo Berben

Master Design studio - parallel design studio Vietnam

Stefanie Commeene

Postgraduate Certificate administration

Rob Cuyvers

Former Dean Faculty of Architecture and arts,  Prof. EmeritusInitiator of  BBB

Ken De Cooman

Master Design studio - parallel studio Mwenge and Ho Chi Minh-Brussels

Bart Janssens

Postgraduate Certificate Sustainabillity supervision &building site management

Maria Leus

Master Design studio coordinator - parallel studio Vietnam

PARTNER UNIVERSITIES

Africa

Tanzania

ARDHI University, Dar es Salaam

South Africa

  CPUT, Kaapstad

Uganda

Makerere University College, KampalaMartyrs University, Kampala

Asia

China

Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hong KongHKDI, Hong Kong

Vietnam

Ton Duc Thang University, Hochiminh City

Europe

Belgium

Université de Liège, Liège

France

ENSASE, Saint-EtienneENSAPL, Lille

Germany

RWTH, AachenUniversity of Applied Sciences Trier, TrierUniversity of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern

Italy

Politecnico di Milano, Milan

Poland

Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdansk

Portugal

ISCTE-IUL, LisbonEscola Superior De Artes e Design Matosinhos, Porto

Spain

Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, ValenciaUniversidad de Seville, SevilleUniversidad de Coruna, Coruna

The Netherlands

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven

Turkey

Istanbul Kultur University, IstanbulAsia

UK

Queens University of Belfast, Belfast

North America

Canada

Université de Montréal, Montréal

South America

Brazil

MacKenzie Presbyterian University

Oceania

Australia

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

Central America

Trinidad and Tobago

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

Middle east 

Oman

GUTech Department of Urban Planning and Architecture, Muscat

NETWORK OF ORGANISATIONS, LECTURERS AND  GUESTSPEAKERS 


unfortunately incomplete lists

organisations

C-RE-AID  

Non-profit organisation with focus on sustainable building 

BC architects & studies - BC materials 

Architects with a focus on other ways of building

UCOS

University centre for development cooperation

to be completed

guest speakers

Han Verschure  

prof. emeritus Human Settlements KULeuven 

Antoni Folkers

Architect-Urbanist-researcher, co-founder Archi-Africa and African Architecture Matters

Ronald Rovers

Director SBS Centre /RiBuilT  &  more 

Sven Mouton

Cru! architects - research in Bamboo as a building material 

Jurriaan van Stigt  

Levs architects

Berend Van der Lans

Architect, co-founder Archi-Africa and African Architecture Matters

Jonas Knapen

Ir.Architect - Urbanist

Olivier de Schaetzen

Architect - MSc in Environmental Sciences and Economics 

Bram Rumbaut

architect

Kria Djoyoadhiningrat  

Studio Rosa, co-founder Slumfighters 

to be completed

friends

Jo Turner

Firefly lodges, Bagamoyo (TZ)

Kigamboni Community Center

Dar es Salaam (TZ)

Rotary Club Hasselt Herkenrode & Rotary Foundation

Hasselt (BE)

Tusaidiye Uganda

Kagulu (UG)

Peter Bongaerts

professor emeritus (BE)