Maarten Van Acker
Maarten Van Acker is fascinated by cities and what shapes them.
He is professor of urbanism at the Faculty of Design Sciences at the University of Antwerp.
His research focuses on infrastructure and urban design.
Maarten is spokesman of the new Research Group for Urban Development and member of the Urban Studies Institute.
He coaches several city planning departments and architecture offices with the realisation of urban development projects, the integration of infrastructure projects and the coordination of design competitions. He serves to the editorial board of RUIMTE and ONTO cahier.
He holds a PhD for his research on the impact of infrastructure design on the urbanization of Belgium since the 19th century. He is the author of several publications such as From Flux to Frame, Highway x City, In Via Veritas, KempenAtlas, Spoorboek, Groene Singel, Zaaien op Beton, Turnhout 2012,...
In New York, Maarten continued at The New School for Design his post-doctoral research on urban (infra)structures. He is currently working on a publication that compares urban design in New York with spatial policy in Belgium.
He is professor of urbanism at the Faculty of Design Sciences at the University of Antwerp.
His research focuses on infrastructure and urban design.
Maarten is spokesman of the new Research Group for Urban Development and member of the Urban Studies Institute.
He coaches several city planning departments and architecture offices with the realisation of urban development projects, the integration of infrastructure projects and the coordination of design competitions. He serves to the editorial board of RUIMTE and ONTO cahier.
He holds a PhD for his research on the impact of infrastructure design on the urbanization of Belgium since the 19th century. He is the author of several publications such as From Flux to Frame, Highway x City, In Via Veritas, KempenAtlas, Spoorboek, Groene Singel, Zaaien op Beton, Turnhout 2012,...
In New York, Maarten continued at The New School for Design his post-doctoral research on urban (infra)structures. He is currently working on a publication that compares urban design in New York with spatial policy in Belgium.
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