Vlad Ionescu

Vlad Ionescu is associate professor in the theory of architecture at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts (Hasselt University)/ PXL MAD School of Arts. Currently he is working adaptive reuse and on the relationship between art and architecture.

During the last four years, he has researched the cultural implications of the adaptive reuse of the built environment. He previously studied philosophy of art at the University of Leuven where he defended his thesis on modern art historiography, focusing on the work of Aloïs Riegl, Heinrich Wölfflin and Wilhelm Worringer. Besides architecture, he co-translated and co-edited the series Jean-François Lyotard. Writings on Contemporary Arts and Artists (Leuven University Press, 2009-2013). His research has been published in various edited volumes, like the Journal of Art Historiography, ARS, Art History Supplement, Deleuze Studies, Architectural Histories, A+ and Cultural Politics.

Between 2006-2012, he was junior research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy (KU Leuven). Between 2012-2014 he worked as a lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture (KU Leuven) and between 2014-2015 as lecturer in philosophy of culture at the Institute of Philosophy (Leiden University) and as researcher of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning (UGent). In 2016 he was visiting lecturer at P.A.R.T.S Brussels (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios).

Vlad Ionescu has been a member of various advisory boards of the Flemish Government (Architecture and Design, Heritage, Music) and a member of the board of Docomomo Belgium (the DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the MOdern MOvement).

In 2017 Vlad Ionescu was Laureate of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts, Class of Arts/ Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten/ Klasse Kunsten.

For a complete list of teaching and research experience, please see the attached CV.