© Tatjana Huong Henderieckx

Rethinking habits from the studio to the auditorium and back

Collective Care in Design Education is part of a series of travelling conversations organised by PAF in collaboration with architecture and design schools across Flanders and Brussels. Together, we explore how a feminist and intersectional perspective can contribute to more inclusive, diverse and caring forms of design education.

This first conversation focuses on methods of collective care in design education. Starting from the experiences of students and teachers, this conversation explores how we can foster a culture of care from the studio to the auditorium and back. Which habits can we rethink, and what new methods can we try? Together, we reflect on how small shifts in everyday educational practices can contribute to transforming design education.

Programme

18:00 – 19:00 Walk- in with drinks & free visit installation Chronografictie by Helen Van de Vloet
19:00 – 20:15 Start conversation with speakers
20:00 – 20:45 Small group conversations
20:45 – 21:00 Reflections and collective closing
21:00 Aftertalk

Moderator

Irene Feria Prados

is an architectural worker, teacher and researcher based in Brussels. Her work explores how spatial design can contribute to more just, inclusive, and situated ways of living by addressing realities often overlooked in architectural discourse—particularly those shaped by gender, race, and class.

Speakers

Virginia Sonko Fati 

(2002) is studying architecture at the University of Antwerp and is currently completing her degree. Her interests lie in culture, renovation and diversity, with the ambition to contribute to greater visibility and space for women architects of colour within the profession in the future.

Liesbeth Huybrechts 

is Professor in the areas of participatory design, design anthropology and socio-environmental transformation processes in the research group Civic and Policy Design,  Arck, University of Hasselt, Belgium. She has developed a research interest in the design for/with participatory exchanges between human and the material/natural environment and the “politics” of designing these relations in just ways.

Jan Bleyen

is an anthropological historian and a lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture at KU Leuven (Sint-Lucas Campus Ghent and Brussels). Both in his teaching (Human and Society and Anthropology of Architecture) and in his writing practice (including Stillborn and One Day I Will Be Someone), listening is central to his work, as he explores how people make meaning, particularly in vulnerable situations.

Soumaya Baidaoui & Yasmine Amrani (3CA)

3CA is a student collective inviting a rethink of architectural education, composed of six members (including Yasmine Amrani and Soumaya Baidaoui). Inspired by the concept of third culture kids (Ruth H. Useem), 3CA views the city as a dynamic hub where diverse cultures intertwine, allowing new identities to form. Breaking away from an educational culture driven by exhaustion and exclusion, the collective works toward an open, critical, and inclusive learning environment that transcends boundaries of gender, resources, and ethnicity.

Sam De Vocht 

(°1981) is an architect, urban ecologist and researcher. He teaches at UAntwerpen, TU Delft and EKA Tallinn. Sam is co-founder of The Green Corridor Brussels (Saint-Gilles, 2022) and Huis Marie-José Van Hee (Ghent, 2026), where he brings the architect’s work into dialogue with other architectural and artistic practices.

Sotiria Kornaropoulou

completed her studies in architecture (NTUA) and music (Athens Conservatory) in 2002. After studying Contextual Design and completing an internship in the Netherlands, she moved to Brussels. She has been part of the architecture practice 51N4E since 2006 and became a partner in 2019, gaining experience in practice and coaching through a range of built and strategic projects. Her focus is on spatial design that integrates social and ecological perspectives. She also works as a studio tutor, jury member for architecture students and is responsible for the first-year design studio at Ghent University.

Luc van Basten Batenburg 

is an architecture masterstudent at KU Leuven and has been a student representative for more than 5 years. He took part in the restructuring of the student council, which he based on embodied kwoledge from (the organization of) social movements.

Nadia Casabella

is an architect (UPC, 1997), and urban planner (LSE, 2004). She is a professor at the Faculty of Architecture La Cambre-Horta (ULB) and co-founder with Bert Gellynck of 1010au, an interdisciplinary practice based in Brussels. Her work bridges teaching, research, and professional practice, with a particular focus on the socio-technical dimensions of infrastructures and ecologies.

Julien Jacob

(°1999) is an architectural worker educated at ENSA Nantes and KU Leuven. He collaborates with CRIT. architects and has worked with ACCATTONE.

At KU Leuven, together with Marie Scheidmann, he initiated Not an Elective in 2024, a student-led course focused on shaping and discussing the learning environment. Both have backgrounds in student initiatives, including Horizonte, Écoles Troubles, EASA and student boards.

Tickets

5€ student / 10€ regular / 15€ support ticket/ 0€ free ticket (pay what you can).
If these prices do not fit your situation, you can choose a free ticket. Pre-registration is required via the button below.

Everyone is welcome to join this conversation. No prior knowledge is needed. We create a warm, open space where every voice is welcome.

Installation Chronografictie by Helen Van de Vloet

The evening accompanies the installation Chronografictie by Helen Van de Vloet. Chronografictie is a speculative exploration of future scenarios for practice-based education, initiated by the Faculty of Architecture at KU Leuven. The project consists of a collection of observations, questions and visualisations designed to encourage reflection and action. The project concludes with two mirrored table settings on the Brussels and Ghent campuses, where midday conversations between students, teachers, educational staff and alumni will be organized over the course of 20 consecutive days.

Accessibility

• The event will be held in English, but you are welcome to join the conversation in Dutch or French. We will do our best to offer ad hoc (whisper) translations if needed.

• The space where the conversation will take place (ground floor), as well as the toilets, are accessible. More information about the building can be found here.

• After the evening, both an audio recording and a written article of the conversation will be made available on our website for those who were unable to attend or could not fully participate.

• If you have any other specific accessibility needs or requests, please let us know. We are happy to discuss how we can support your participation. You can reach us at mail@paf.community.