prof.dr.ir. P.H. Meurs

Architecture (A) | Modification, Intervention and Transformation
Chair of Restoration

Paul Meurs (born in 1963) has been a full professor of Restoration at the faculty since 2006. He concentrates on the transformation of existing cities, in particular how the past can be accommodated in the future. What is the quality of a given building? How do you maintain the soul of a city? And what does the future hold in store for Monumentenzorg (organisation for the care for listed buildings)? The main theme running through his work is the idea that you should not preserve quality – the result of that would be museum cities – but to include it in the development of cities. Meurs researches how you can depict existing values at different levels of scale (from city to building). He teaches Master’s students and supervises students in their graduation phase and also PhD students.

Meurs has his own company, SteenhuisMeurs BV., that focuses on research and advice for urban and architectural transformations. In 2000 he gained his doctorate from the VU University Amsterdam for his research into inner city transformations in the Netherlands between 1883 and 1940. He has also published extensively on Brazilian architecture and urban architecture. Meurs is supervisor of the project aiming to double the size of Oosterpark, and a member of the supervisory team for Strijp R (Eindhoven).