Lived Interiors: Narratives and Memories - PhD Seminar
The Lived Interiors symposium explores the unique relationship between historical interiors and their evolving, lived experiences. While traditional views of “historical interiors” often focus on preserving a single moment in time, this discussion highlights the dynamic interaction between past and present, where each layer of history informs and enriches contemporary spaces.
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Day 1: PhD seminar and poster session | 29 April, 2025
The Lived Interiors symposium explores the unique relationship between historical interiors and their evolving, lived experiences. While traditional views of “historical interiors” often focus on preserving a single moment in time, this discussion highlights the dynamic interaction between past and present, where each layer of history informs and enriches contemporary spaces. Focusing on the thematic track of "Narratives," we explore how memories—both personal and collective—are embedded in interiors and how these memories shape the historical and cultural value of spaces. Through discussions on reading, representing, and activating memory in design, the symposium will examine the role of material traces, social rituals, and design practices in preserving and creating meaningful connections between past and present.
Programme
- 10.00 - 10.10 - Welcome
- 10.10 - 10.30 - The Şile House: Reading and Translating Memory, Heritage, and Space | Zeynep Selvi, Hasselt University
- 10.30 - 10.50 - Nested Memories | Vincenza Elisabetta Tafaro, Northumbria University
- 10.50 - 11.10 - Coffee Break
- 11.10 - 11.30 - Architectures of caretaking: Reinventing migrants’ spaces in Caracas | Stefan Gzyl, TU Delft
- 11.30 - 11.50 - Post-war church interiors: on the duality between materialization and representation | Chiara Kuijpers & Femke Van der Meulen, KU Leuven
- 11.50 - 12.10 - Valuing Narrative Through the Painting | Malinde Valee, Hasselt University
- 12.10 - 13.30 - Lunch
- 13.30 - 15.00 - Roundtable poster discussion
- 15.30 - 17.00 - Z33 guided tour
Date and location:
- Tuesday April 29th & Wednesday 30th April 2025
- Oude Gevangenis, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt
Registration
- You can register via this Google Form
More information
Additional activities
- Adaptive reuse projects in Belgium mentioned in the 'The Architecture of Reuse in Brussels' publication by BMA
- Online maps for unguided architectural walking tours of Brussels
Book of abstracts
Practical information
The Lived Interiors Symposium takes place in Hasselt, Belgium.
- The event location: UHasselt, Campus Old Prison, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt (city center)
- How to get to the city by train, car or bike? Check this website.
- Airports in the region: Brussels Airport, Brussels South Charleroi Airport, Eindhoven Airport, Maastricht Aachen Airport.
- In need of an overnight accomodation? Check this website.
- Searching for a place to eat in the city? Let this site be you guide.