Homesickness - Reformulating a practice, driven by resistance
Jo Van Den Berghe talks about what it means being an architect.
Jo Van Den Berghe graduated from Sint-Lucas School of Architecture (1984). Intern and collaborator of Juliaan Lampens Architect (1984-2019). Practice based PhD (RMIT University Melbourne (2012). An architect with a critical reflective practice since 1986. Teaching experimental architectural design at KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture: ADO Studio Anatomy and ADO The Architectural Detail. He founded the Research Group The Drawing and the Space (together with Thierry Lagrange), where he researches the tension field between Techné and Poiesis in making architecture (the poetics of making). In this research, he develops innovative versions of the architectural drawing as the indispensable locus between Techné and Poiesis. He has been the Program director of KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture (2017-2022), directing the curriculum reforms of respectively the bachelor and master of architecture. He is a visiting professor at Politecnico di Milano, EPFL Lausanne, Queen’s University Belfast, RMIT University Barcelona and VirginiaTech University.