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Knowledge transfer and tacit knowledge in collaborative historic building projects: the case study of the Ghent University building campaign in the 1930s

par Bulckaen, Laurens ;Devos, Rika
Editeur scientifique Holzer, Stefan M.;Langenberg, Silke;Knobling, Clemens;Kasap, Orkun
Référence 8th International Congress on Construction History(8: 24-28/06/2024: Zurich), Construction Matters, Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Construction History, vdf Hochschulverlag AG, Vol. 1, Ed. 1, page (331-338)
Publication Publié, 2024-06-28

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During the 1930s, Ghent University undertook a building campaign to meet the needs of the university to accommodate the increasing number of students, as well as the propelling progress in scientific research. For this paper, a selection of three complex buildings was made: the technical laboratories (or Technicum), the Central Library and the Academic Hospital. Each of these buildings was designed by largely the same team, in which engineer-architect Jean-Norbert Cloquet and civil engineer Gustave Magnel played significant roles. This paper scrutinized the types of knowledge and knowledge transfer which made interdisciplinary collaboration between the professional building actors possible. By looking at a long-term and manifold building campaign, aspects of recurring collaboration and similarities within the building processes of different buildings become noticeable. This research was based on both archival material as well as secondary literature. Using a micro-history approach, significant details in the processes of knowledge transfer for making design decisions were identified. This paper focused both on the actors and their roles within the project, but also on the knowledge transfer within the design process in which certain actors took on new or ambiguous roles.