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Ben Clark is a PhD candidate in architecture at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), supported by an FNRS-FRESH fellowship (Belgian Research Council, 2021-2025). He is affiliated with the Hortence lab for architectural history, theory, and criticism, as well as the Habiter Center for critical research in Architecture, colonial Heritage, and development. He holds a master’s degree in architecture (2017) and in sociology-anthropology (2021).
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His doctoral research, supervised by Axel Fisher, investigates the history of postcolonial architecture through the lens of foreign-aid programs and technical expertise in Morocco, with a particular focus on the activities of the Centre d’Expérimentation, de Recherche et de Formation (CERF, a research center active in Morocco between 1967 and 1972).
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He is also the co-founder of RHAM (Réseau de recherche sur l’Histoire de l’Architecture au Maroc, https://rham.hypotheses.org/ ), an international research network dedicated to the study of Moroccan architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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His recent publications include issue 25 of the ABE Journal (Architecture Beyond Europe), under the title ‘Moroccanization: Architecture and (In)dependence,’ which he co-edited.