As lecturer, I am responsible for the development and carrying out of lectures for bachelor’s and master’s students, organising, commenting and monitoring presentation sessions, reaching out to external experts for guest lectures and tutor sessions, and grading and providing feedback to the work of bachelor’s and master’s students for the courses I am involved in (see below). The Chair of Urbanism and Urban Architecture aims to understand the multi-scalar nature of urban form in which building typologies, block- and neighbourhood morphologies as well as urban and regional configurations determine each other reciprocally in a co-evolutionary process. The city and its architecture are studied by combining theories and methodologies from the fields of morphogenesis, urban studies as well as innovation and transition studies.- Graduation studio Density and Other Matters (7W45M0, Master Urbanism 2, 4 students)- Urban Trends and Strategies (7XX9M0, Master Urbanism 1, ca. 40 students)- Urban Planet (7QW3M0, Master Urbanism 1, ca. 40 students)- Urban Form (7QX8M0, Master Urbanism 1, ca. 25 students)- Circularity Research a/o Design Project - guest tutor (7XC2M0, Master Architecture/Urbanism 1)- Design for a Sustainable Future - Exploratory (7XEUA0, Bachelor 2 & 3, ca. 180 students)- Design for a Sustainable Future - Society (7XSUB0, Bachelor 2 & 3, ca. 60 students)- Design for a Sustainable Future - Project (7XAUA0, Bachelor 2 & 3, ca. 12 per project)- Urbanism and Architecture in Context (7XWX0, Bachelor 2, ca. 220 students)- BAU Studio 2 (7N3X0, Bachelor 2, ca. 80 students)- Architecture and Technology (7T8X0, Bachelor 2 & 3, ca. 24 students)- Project 4 Urbanism (7OO4X0, Bachelor 2, ca. 10 students)

What should be designed in order to build a sustainable future for our society? And who should decide the direction of that innovation? Questions that have never been more relevant under the pressure of the simultaneous transformational challenges we face, like: Growing a thriving biosphere, adapting to increasing weather extremes, shaping a just housing market, stabilising increasing polarising politics, and creating a healthy food system, to name a few. Design for a Sustainable Future operates under this backdrop of challenges whose sheer scale could paralyse any dedicated action. The course, under the adagium ‘Think Globally, Act Locally’ teaches students how to approach these challenges and break them down into manageable, decisive action; how to do the right thing, and how to pick your battle. Thereby teaching them the basics of critical thinking, systems thinking, design thinking and transition science as necessary mental tools to deal with complex (or wicked) challenges.

As a junior designer, I was responsible for carrying out design related work on the ongoing projects, conducting historical and/or location and building analyses, setting up and carrying out design presentations, and PR activities related to the firm’s website (design, photos, news). I have worked on 70 to 100 projects. Architectenbureau Beckers is an architectural firm specialised in (Limburg’s) cultural heritage; municipal and national listed buildings (half-timbered farms, castle farms, castles, etc.).

As editor, I was responsible for determining the magazine’s main theme and corresponding articles, researching topics and writing articles, contacting and bringing in guest editors (students/professionals), reviewing and redacting external articles, and planning and carrying out release events. The viaVIA is the magazine of VIA Urbanism, the urbanism study association at the Eindhoven University of Technology. The magazine is printed biannually, and covers relevant and actual topics in the education and practice of architecture, urban design, and landscape, with each edition centred around a certain theme. It does so with articles written by students, professionals, lecturers, and professors, about recent trends, student and real-life projects, and academic research.