Frederik Vandyck

Architectuur
Bouw en constructie
Stedenbouw en ruimtelijke ordening

Frederik Vandyck conducts postdoctoral research into the relationship between the economic fabric and the anatomy of cities. His doctoral dissertation 'Built to construct: learning from the architecture of construction workplaces in the Brussels-Capital Region' (2020) resulted from a joint PhD trajectory between the VUB Architectural Engineering department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the faculty of Design Sciences at the University of Antwerp. He obtained his degree as Master of Science in Architectural Engineering in 2016 and researches the thematics of the productive city, with a particular interest in the construction sector in the Brussels-Capital Region. Frederik takes part in the Interdisciplinary Research Project Building Brussels in which he examines the historical and contemporary spatiality of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Brussels construction industry.
Frederik is now employed at the Design Sciences Hub, a design and innovation hub at UAntwerpen on wicked urban problems. He is project manager of innovation projects on generative urban design, research by design and cultural brokerage.

Huidige functieomschrijving

Vervangend docent 'architectuurgeschiedenis en de cultuur van het bouwen na 1750' aan opleiding architectuur, UAntwerpen
Projecttrekker voor Design Sciences Hub, UAntwerpen

Over de expert

About

Vakgebieden en specialisaties

Architectuur

Bouw en constructie

Stedenbouw en ruimtelijke ordening

Talen

Nederlands

Moedertaal

Studie(s) en diploma's

PhD Engineering studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
PhD Design Sciences, UAntwerpen
MsC Architectural Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Université Libre de Bruxelles
BsC Ingenieurswetenschappen: architectuur, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Relevante onderzoeken

Building Brussels (2016-2020): Interdisciplinary Research Project (IRP) on Brussels city builders and the production of space (1794-2015). Role: PhD researcher in a research context with urban planners, economic geographers, business historians, architectural engineers and heritage managers. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
RETROFIT (2021-2022): The Design Sciences Hub develops a parametric tool that enables the automated generation of different spatial scenarios. Based on energy scans at district level and state-of-the-art innovative systems, like neighbourhood batteries or smart meters, the tool will yield optimal configurations of infrastructures and buildings.
Role: project manager. For: consortium of real estate developers: Quares, Immogra, Vooruitzicht and Bopro.
CULTURAL BROKERAGE (2020-2021): The Design Sciences Hub supports the contracting authority with a catalogue of international best practices deploying culture as a broker in places in transition. The inventory is strategic and targeted to the context of a long-term site in view of defusing potential conflicts between building and urban life, of sustainably appropriating transforming urban landscapes and of initiating novel cultural identities. Role: project manager. For: Lantis.