Sarah Martens (1978) is a Phd student in architecture at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Hasselt University, Belgium. She graduated as an architect and continued her studies at with advanced studies Architectural Sciences and a Bachelor Philosophy. At Hasselt University she is member of the research cluster ‘spatial capacity building’. Working on a PhD questioning the role of public space in villages. She experiments with different forms of interaction (i.e. walking, scenario thinking, envisioning, playing, prototyping, etc.) to stage a public debate.