Profile
Kersten Geers
Kersten Geers is an architect and cofounder, with David Van Severen, of the Brussels firm OFFICE. The studio approaches architecture as a cultural undertaking, producing work across scales—from furniture and installations to urban design and large public commissions—while bringing research and teaching into close conversation with practice. The firm’s recent projects include the Swiss Radio and Television building in Lausanne, Aerospacelab Megafactory in Charleroi, and the VRT Headquarters in Brussels.
Kersten has also collaborated with Maxwan Architects and Urbanists and with Neutelings Riedijk Architects in Rotterdam. His work as an educator has led him to Harvard University, the Berlage Institute, Columbia University, Yale University, and EPFL Lausanne. He holds a professorship at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio in Switzerland. He is also a founding member of the architecture magazine San Rocco.
David Van Severen
Since 1995, David Van Severen has designed and made objects, installations, and furniture, alongside architectural work. His firm OFFICE, cofounded in 2002 with Kersten Geers, approaches architecture as a cultural undertaking, producing work across scales—from furniture and installations to urban design and large public commissions—while bringing research and teaching into close conversation with practice. The firm’s recent projects include the Swiss Radio and Television building in Lausanne, Aerospacelab Megafactory in Charleroi, and the VRT Headquarters in Brussels. David has also collaborated with Stéphane Beel Architects, Xaveer De Geyter Architects, and Atelier Maarten Van Severen.
Also an educator, David has taught and held guest critic appointments at institutions including Harvard University, the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, the Berlage Institute, and the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Versailles.