lecture series on Construction History

This spring, for the fifth consecutive year, highly esteemed experts in the field of Construction History will share their knowledge with us in an online lecture series. If you would like to attend one or more lectures, please register here (at least two days before each lecture to receive the link in time). Overview of the five lectures:

• Simon Barker – Recycling Buildings: Roman and Late Antique Approaches to Architectural Reuse
  📅 Thursday, February 13
• Maxime L'Héritier – Building a Gothic Cathedral: Materials and Techniques – Insights from the Restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris
  📅 Thursday, February 20
• Vincent Debonne – Man-Made Stone: Brick Building in Medieval Flanders
  📅 Thursday, February 27
• Clemens Knobling – The Art of Building Timber Bridges: Tracing the Evolution Through Five Centuries in Switzerland
  📅 Thursday, March 6
• Werner Lorenz – Narratives of the Origins of Building with Iron and Steel: On the Construction of Reality in the History of Construction
  📅 Thursday, March 13

All lectures take place on Thursdays at 4:00 PM (CET), online. For more information on each lecture, please click on the thumbnail on the left or here. This lecture series is organized as part of the course Architectural and Construction History, taught by Stephanie Van de Voorde to 3rd-year Bachelor students in Architectural Engineering and Master students in Urban Studies at VUB and ULB. For inquiries, contact stephanie.van.de.voorde@vub.be or visit vub.be/arch.