Synthetic approaches for responsive practices: Designing for complex urban challenges

Studio Monographs and Published Volumes:
d’Auria, V., Daher, R., & Van Daele, E. (Eds.). (2019). Côté nord 2.0: North side stories Brussels. Leuven: KU Leuven.
d’Auria, V., Daher, R., & De Meulder, B. (Eds.). (2017). Côté nord: North side stories Brussels. Leuven: KU Leuven.
Daher, R., Dens, S., & De Meulder, B. (Eds.). (2017). Reviving territories of hydraulic civilization: Design explorations in the Jiangnan transect of the Yangtze River Delta. Leuven: KU Leuven.
Daher, R., De Meulder, B. (Eds.). (2016). Cyclic urbanism: Linking cycles, rethinking territories, and imagining futures. Leuven: KU Leuven.
De Meulder, B., Daher, R., & Van Daele, E. (Eds.). (2016). Brusselnord: Rethinking open space systems in Brussels North. Leuven: KU Leuven.
Plunz, R., Kurtak, K., & Daher, R. (Eds.). (2013). Urban development in Accra, Ghana: An implementation toolkit. Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, Columbia University.
Guided Thesis Projects:
Kesselouri, E., & Georgakaki, G. (2016). Re-configuring the productive territory of Megalopolis, Greece: design explorations for the post-mining era [Master’s thesis]. KU Leuven.
Fu, W., & Zouroudi, M. (2016). Synergies of energy – waste – mobility: Towards a more resilient 20th century belt of Antwerp [Master’s thesis]. KU Leuven.
Huang, Y.-H. (2017). Wéi Tián as water marks of the Yangtze River Delta (China) [Master’s thesis]. KU Leuven.
Mertens, S., Stas, M., & Vanbrabant, B. (2016). Exploring le pays noir: Design investigations for a productive landscape in the Charleroi region [Master’s thesis]. KU Leuven.
Yan, J., & Li, M. (2016). Edible Antwerp: diversifying local food strategies in 20th century belt of Antwerp [Master’s thesis]. KU Leuven.
Ketema Elefenh, I., & Somers, G. (2016). From passage to destination: a resilient mobility system for the twentieth century belt of Antwerp [Master’s thesis]. KU Leuven.
Thesis Reader and Jury:
Fischer, K. (2019). Planning for coexistence in vulnerable territories: Strengthening ecosystems, building socioterritorial resilience in Paranaguá Bay, Brazil [Master’s thesis]. Università IUAV di Venezia.
Simoens, S. (2018). Living Inside a Notunterkunft: A Spatial Analysis of the Life inside an Emergency Shelter for Refugees [Master’s thesis]. KU Leuven.
Legrand, A. (2017). Significant Borgerhout – Circular Economy strengthening the urban fabric of Antwerp’s fringe [Master’s thesis]. KU Leuven.
Diez Martínez, E., González Costas, E., & Pittalis, G. (2017). In Anneessens: Cartographic Design Explorations [Master’s thesis]. KU Leuven.
van den Bosch, G., Fabri, H., Lombahe, J., Stevens, B., Vanden Eynde, L., & Vermeylen, B. (2016). Cape Town F(r)ictions. Landscape as an ally of urban growth [Masters’ theses]. KU Leuven.
Contribution to Workshops:
Envisioning Coalitions Along the Coal Track – Urban Design Workshop in Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium (January 31 – February 6, 2016). Role: Collaborating Researcher.
Waste of the City/City of Waste– Intensive Design Charrette in de Singel Antwerp, Belgium (April 25–26, 2016). Role: Advisor.
Re-configuring Productive Megalopolis – International Design Workshop in the City of Megalopolis, Greece (July 9–15, 2017).
Role: Advisor.
New modes of learning and teaching: Learning inclusion in action. – DESINC Workshop 1 in Sheffield, UK (November 29 – December 3, 2017). Role: Collaborating Researcher.
New modes of learning and teaching: Learning inclusion in action. – DESINC Workshop 2 in Brussels, Belgium (June 18–22, 2018). Role: Workshop Co-Organizer, Collaborating Researcher.
Constructing a Teaching Tool – Doctoral Workshop component of the Displacement & Domesticity Conference in Brussels, Belgium (March 28–29, 2019). Role: Collaborating Researcher.










