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OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen KGDVS

While every attempt of making architecture seems to drift off in rhetorics of programmatic organization and ironic provocation, form and space as such have become a rare good. In our projects we try to counter this by making direct and precise spatial proposals, formal compositions without rhetoric. This literal architecture aims for a phenomenological experience, perhaps despite of its program.

Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen was founded in 2002 by David Van Severen and Kersten Geers.

David Van Severen (°Ghent, 1978) Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Ghent, Belgium and at the Esquela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid, Spain. Since 1995 he designed and made several objects, installations and furniture. Until 2004 he worked for Stéphane Beel Architects in Ghent, Xaveer De Geyter Architects in Brussels and for Atelier Maarten Van Severen. Since 2004 he’s a teacher and guest critic at the Academy of Amsterdam, the TU Delft, The Academy of Arnhem, the University of Ghent and the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam.

Kersten Geers (°Ghent, 1975) Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Ghent, Belgium and at the Esquela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid, Spain. He was a project leader for Maxwan Architects and Urbanists in Rotterdam and for Neutelings Riedijk Architects in Rotterdam.(2001-2005). He is currently visiting professor at TU Delft, the University of Leiden and Ghent University, and visiting critic at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam.

Current permanent collaborators (august 2008)
David Van Severen, ir. Architect
Kersten Geers, ir. Architect
Steven Bosmans, ir. Architect
Jan Lenaerts, Architect
Bert Rogiers, ir. Architect
Andrew Power, Architect
Saskia Lorenz, Architect

Projects (selection)

2008 Office 51  '25 Rooms', Villa in Ordos, China, invited project, curated by Ai Weiwei
2008 Office 50  'After the Party', Project for the Venice Biennale 2008, competition, 1st prize
2007 Office 45  Kortrijk Xpo, Masterplan, Kortrijk, Belgium, i.c.w. Goddeeris
2007 Office 44  3 Villa's, Ibiza
2007 Office 41  Lake Side Villa, Keerbergen, Belgium
2007 Office 40  Silo's, Leuven, invited competition, 2nd prize, i.c.w. Stéphane Beel Architects
2007 Office 39  Villa in Buggenhout, Belgium, under preparation
2007 Office 37  ‘A Green Archipelago’, invited international competition
2007 Office 35  Cité de Refuge, Biennial Rotterdam, Special Mention
2007 Office 33  Exhibition Architecture, Bozar, Brussels
2006 Office 30  First Town, South Korea, invited international competition, honorable mention, i.c.w. Dogma and H&A Architects
2006 Office 29  Observation Tower, Hoge Kempen, Belgium, competition, i.c.w. Util/Rolf Vansteenwegen
2006 Office 28  Asplund Library, Stockholm, Sweden, International Competition, i.c.w. Richard Venlet
2006 Office 27  ‘Housing and Cemetery’, for the Venice Biennial, i.c.w. Dogma Architects and Elia Zenghelis
2006 Office 26  ‘Dessian Housing’, study for a housing complex, South Korea, ic.w. Dogma and H&A Architects
2006 Office 24  ‘Oostende Werft’, exhibition design
2006 Office 23  Bridge and Public Space for Handelsbeurs concert hall, Ghent, under construction
2006 Office 21  Public Floor for Wiels Art Centre Brussel, invited competition, 1st prize, under construction
2006 Office 22  ‘A garden and a block’, project for Prix de Rome, longlist
2005 Office 20  Art Academy, Tienen, Belgium, invited competition
2005 Office 19  ‘A Grammar for the City’, Masterplan for a new Administrative Capital, South Korea, international competition, 1st prize, i.c.w. Dogma Architects
2005 Office 18  ‘Housing Wall’, housing complex, Milan, Italy, International Competition, i.c.w. Baukuh Architects
2005 Office 17  ‘18 Rooms’, modern mansion in Ghent, under construction
2005 Office 16  ‘35m3’, exhibition design, Antwerp, Belgium
2005 Office 15  ‘Border Garden’, USA-Mexico, International Competition, 1st prize, i.c.w. Wonne Ickx
2004 Office 12  ‘Museum In Motion’, museum for contemporary art, i.c.w. Dries Vandevelde and Richard Venlet
2004 Office 10  University Library, Berlijn, International Competition i.c.w. Dan Budik
2004 Office 9  ‘Fear and the City’, research project with Bas Princen and Milica Topalovic
2004 Office 7  ‘Summerhouse’, house extension, Ghent, Belgium
2003 Office 6  Belgian Pavilion Architecture Bienniale Venice, Competition, 2e prize, i.c.w. Dries Vandevelde, Richard Venlet and Laurent Ney
2003 Office 5  Showroom and studio, Venice, Los Angeles
2003 Office 4  ‘Non Stop’, object in minibricks, for Beople Magazine
2003 Office 2  ‘Entrance’, Notary's Office, Antwerp, Belgium
   
Solo exhibitions
   
2005 ‘35m3’, deSingel international art center, Young Architects, VAI, Antwerp, Belgium
   
Group exhibitions (selection)
   
2007 Office 35 in ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Researcher’, Vienna
2007 Office 35 in Biennial van Rotterdam, with theme “Power”
2006 Office 27 in Biennial van Venetie
2006 Office 17 in ‘Gent Morgen’, Ghent  
2006 ‘New trends in Europe and  South East’, traveling exhibition, Tokyo, Patras, Sydney, Luxemburg, ...
2005 ‘Wonderland’, Young European Architects, traveling exhibition, Amsterdam, Paris, Venice, Zagreb, Ljubljana, ...
2004 ‘Groepsportretten’, Witte de With Art Gallery, Rotterdam
   
Articles and publications (selection)
   
2008 Office 7 in De Architect, feb ‘08, Nolland
2008 Office 7 in A+ 210, feb ‘08
2007 Office 7 in De Standaard Magazine
2007 Office 35 in Mark Magazine, okt. 07
2007 Office 15 in ‘Memosphere. Rethinking Monuments’, 2007.
2007 Office 35 in ‘Visionary Power’, NAi Uitgevers, Rotterdam
2006 Office 19 in ’AAfiles’, nr 54, London
2006 Office 19 in ‘A+ 200’, Belgium
2006 Office 22 in boek ‘Prix-de-Rome 2006’, 010 uitgevers
2006 Recent projects, in ‘XXI’, nr 41, Turkey
2005 Office 19 in Architecture and Culture, December 2005, Z. Korea
2005 Recent projects, in: ‘de Architect’, nr. 6, Netherlands
2005 Border Garden - Jardin Frontera, in ‘Arquine’, nr. 32, Mexico
2005 Recent projects, in Wonderland NL, Austria
2005 ‘tower and square’, in: ‘de Architect’ nr. 1 / 2, Netherlands
2005 ‘tower and square’, in: ‘Fear and Space, the view of young designers in the Netherlands’, Nai publishers, Netherlands
2004 Entrance, in: ‘XXI’, nr. 29, Turkey
2004 Notary Entrance, in: Architektur, 3/04, Austria
2004 Recente projecten, in ‘DAMn magazine’, nr.0, Belgium
2003 Notary Entrance, in: ‘A+ 185’, Belgium
2003 Notary Entrance, in: ‘Frame magazine’, Netherlands
2003 Notary Entrance, in: ‘A+U 184 driving through Belgium II’,Japan
2003

Non Stop, in: ‘Beople magazine’, Belgium

OFFICE KERSTEN GEERS DAVID VAN SEVEREN
OFFICE KERSTEN GEERS DAVID VAN SEVEREN
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