Contact info
Research team and university: Centre de Recherches en Archéologie et Patrimoine (CReA-Patrimoine) de l’Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Position: Archeologist, post-doctoral fellowship
Address: 50 avenue Franklin Roosevelt 1050 Brussels, CP133-01
E-mail: philippe.sosnowska@ulb.ac.be
Research interest
Medieval and post-medieval archaeology, building archaeology, northern and southern netherlands, architectural and urban history, building materials, building materials supply, building materials production, reuse, construction techniques, structure and finishing works, masonry implementation, urban regulations in the field of construction
Current and past research projects in the field of Construction History
2017- : Research on Brussels cellars (13th-19th centuries). Convention Brussels Regional Public Service – Université libre de Bruxelles, Archaeological excavations and heritage studies in the Brussels region
2015-: Dynamiques urbaines et construction dans l’Occident médiévale (Université Paris I, Universidad de Braga and Université libre de Bruxelles)
2014-: Research on construction materials (13th-19th centuries) in the Brussels Capital Region. (Convention between the Monument and Sites Directorate/Brussels Regional Public Service and the Université libre de Bruxelles)
2013-: Typological and dendrochronological inventory of ancient wooden frameworks in the Brussels capital region (Monument and Sites Directorate/Brussels Regional Public Service, University of Liège, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Université libre de Bruxelles)
2013-2014: Research integrated in the Pôles d’attraction interuniversitaires (PAI VII) : City and Society in the Low Countries (ca. 1200-ca. 1850). The condition urbaine: between resilience and vulnerability – Work package 1 : Environmental challenges of city life, resilience and vulnerability
2009-2013: doctoral researcher at the Centre de Recherches en Archéologie et Patrimoine of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
"De briques et de bois. Contribution à l’histoire de l’architecture à Bruxelles. Étude archéologique, technique et historique des matériaux de construction (XIIIe-XVIIIe s.)"
Representative publications in the field of Construction History
P. Sosnowska, P. Fraiture, S. Crémer, « Contribution to the history of Brussels floorings (16th-19th centuries): Initial results of an archaeological and dendrochronological investigation », in Charruadas P., Fraiture P., Gautier P., Piavaux M., et Sosnowska P. (eds), From Carpentry to joinery : floors and ceilings, shutters and frames, doors and panelling in medieval and modern architecture (Scientia Artis, 10), Bruxelles, 2016.
P. Sosnowska, E. Goemaere, « The reconstruction of Brussels after the bombardment of 1695. Analysis of the mechanisms of recovery of the city through a historical and archaeological study of the use of brick », in Construction History Journal, International Journal of the Construction History Society, vol. 31, no.2, 2016, p.59-80.
P. Sosnowska, C’est au pied du mur qu’on voit le maçon… Savoir-faire et mise en œuvre des maçonneries à Bruxelles du XVe au XVIIIe siècle au travers d’une approche des formats de briques, des épaisseurs de murs et de l’appareillage », in: F. Fleury, L. Baridon, A. Mastrorilli, R. Mouterde, N. Reveyron, (dir.), Les temps de la construction - Processus, acteurs, matériaux, actes du Deuxième Congrès francophone d’Histoire de la Construction, Paris : Picard, 2016, pp. 803-814.
P. Sosnowska, ‘Approach on brick and its use in Brussels from the 14th to the 18th century’, in: T. Ratilainen, R. Bernotas, C. Herrmann (eds) Fresh Approaches to the Brick Production and Use in the Middle Ages, Proceedings of the session (and more) “Utilization of Brick in the medieval period – Production, Construction, Destruction, Held in the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) Meeting 29.8.–1.9.2012 in Helsinki, Finland, British Archaeological Report, International series, 2014, pp. 27-36.
P. Sosnowska, ‘La brique en Brabant aux XIIIe-XVe siècles. État de la recherche et comparaison avec le Hainaut de Michel de Waha’, in:F. Chantinne, P. Charruadas, P. Sosnowska (eds) Trulla et cartæ. Culture matérielle, patrimoine et sources écrites. Liber discipulorum et amicorum in honorem Michel de Waha, Bruxelles : Le Livre Timperman, 2014, pp. 387-432.
P. Charruadas, P. Sosnowska, ‘Petrification’ of Brussels architecture. An attempted explanation between construction methods, supply of building materials and social changes (13th-17th centuries)’, in: W. Börner, S. Uhlirz (eds) 17th Vienna Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies: Urban archaeology and Excavations (Vienne, 5-7 nov. 2012), Vienne, Museen der Stadt Wien – Stadtarchäologie, 2013, Publication online: http://www.stadtarchaeologie.at/?page_id=5326
P. Charruadas, P. Sosnowska, ‘Petit béguinage et architecture vernaculaire. Étude archéologique d’un pan-de-bois du xve siècle conservé dans l’actuel musée du Béguinage à Anderlecht’, Revue belge d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'Art, 82, 2013, pp. 5-44.
