Team

Florian Hertweck

Professor of Architecture at the University of Luxembourg. His work as a practitioner, researcher and teacher is concerned with the socioecological condition of architecture and urbanism.

Markus Miessen

Professor of Urban Regeneration at the University of Luxembourg. His work revolves around questions of critical spatial practice, institution building, and spatial politics.

David Peleman

Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Luxembourg, involved in the project for IBA Alzette-Belval. He works on theory and history of urbanism and urbanization in Europe.

Marija Maric

Post-doctoral research associate at the University of Luxembourg. Her work focuses on the production of built environment in the intersection with property, real estate and media.

Postdoctoral researcher in the field of Urban Regeneration at the University of Luxembourg. His work explores urban social dynamics and degrowth strategies to critically update the notion of sustainable development.

Carole Schmit

Guest Professor of Architecture at the University of Luxembourg. Her design and research projects reflect an architectural syntax based on the influences related to street culture, conceptual art and anthropological studies.

Peter Swinnen

Guest Professor of Architecture at the University of Luxembourg. As an architect, writer and lecturer he tests and deepens the convergence of space production and political policy.

Sara Volterrani

Study Programme Coordinator, responsible for supporting the faculty and the student community in all aspects of the Programme

Ivonne Weichold

PhD candidate at University of Luxembourg. Her research explores the intersection between urban and rural areas, agricultural production and distribution from a city-region perspective.

Marielle Ferreira Silva

PhD candidate at the University of Luxembourg focusing on recycling and reuse in architecture.

Céline Zimmer

PhD candidate at University of Luxembourg. Her work includes working on the IBA-Atelier, established with the aim to develop a transboundary IBA in the region of Esch-Belval.

Francelle Cane

PhD candidate at University of Luxembourg. Her research focuses on the question of the ruin, through the study of the man-altered landscape in the face of globalised societal paradigm shift.

Dragos Ghioca

As architect, he is part in the research and design team of the PETITE MAISON, a construction that thematizes circularity and resilient architecture within the framework of the European Capital of Culture Esch2022.