PhD Vacancies KU Leuven: History of Architecture URBAN-DELTA

The Department of Architecture (Faculty of Engineering, Heverlee Campus KU Leuven) is looking for two full-time PhD students (48 months) for the ERC-funded project: URBAN-DELTA: Metropolises in the Mud. Innovation in Delta Building Technology in Europe and China before 1800 directed by Merlijn Hurx (PI).

PhD Student 1: Delta Building Techniques in the Low Countries 1300-1750

PhD Student 2: Delta Building Techniques in Venice and the Po delta 1300-1750

The Department of Architecture is an international centre of expertise in architecture, urbanism & spatial planning, architectural theory and history. The PhD student will be part of the research group PADP (Perspectives on the Distant Past https://architectuur.kuleuven.be/perspectives-architecture-distant-past). This group consists of leading researchers studying architecture from the late Middle Ages to the Interwar period from different perspectives. One of the group’s focuses is developing digital research methods for studying architecture between 1300 and 1750.

You can find the full vacancy via this link and more information about the project here.