Johan Lagae

Domaine de recherche

l'Afrique

Pays de résidence

La Belgique

Titre

Research Assistant

Affiliation

Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Adresse électronique

johan.lagae@rug.ac.be

Adresse

Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
Ghent University, Belgium
J. Plateaustraat 22
9000
Gent
Belgium

Téléphone/Télécopie

phone: 0032/9/264.39.11 or 37.42
fax: 0032/9/264.41.85

Pays de spécialisation

Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi.

Recherche

Interests:

* "20th century colonial architecture in the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi."
(Ph.D., February 2002)

* architecture at 20th century colonial exhibitions

Publications

Recent publications:

* Johan Lagae, 'Displaying authenticity and Progress. Architectural
Representation of the Belgian Congo at International Exhibitions in the
1930s', in Third Text, nr. 50, spring 2000, pp. 21-32

* Johan Lagae, 'In search of a "comme chez soi". The ideal colonial
house in the Belgian Congo (1885-1960)', in Jean-Luc Vellut (ed.),
Itinéraires croisés de la modernité. Congo belge
1920-1950, Cahiers africains, nr. 43-44, CEDAF/L'Harmattan,
Tervuren/Paris, 2001, pp. 239-282

* Johan Lagae & Denise Laurens, Claude Laurens. Architecture. Projets
et réalisations 1934-1971, Vlees en Beton nr. 53-54, Vakgroep
Architectuur en stedenbouw, Universiteit Gent, 2001. (A catalogue d'oeuvre
of an architect who worked in Belgium and the Belgian Congo during the
1950s.)

Mots-clés

architecture ; colonial exhibitions ; world fairs.