Office KGDVS
Office KGDVS
Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen was founded in 2002 by Kersten Geers and David Van Severen. Office KGDVS is renowned for its idiosyncratic architecture, in which utopian and unrealized projects are frequent. The architect studio reduces architecture to its very essence and most original form: a limited set of basic geometric rules is used to create a framework within, which life unfold out in all its complexity. Since its establishment in Brussels Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen has earned a reputation as one of Belgium’s most successful and renowned practices as well as one of the world’s truly original voices in present-day architecture. Office KGDVS engages in all architectural and urbanist design, creating projects of all scales ranging from furniture to masterplanning in Belgium as well as internationally. The firm is also involved in academic research and teaching. These two aspects of Office KGDVS’s work are each other’s mirror, creating unexpected parallels between academic and practical work.
Kersten Geers
Born in 1975 in Ghent (Belgium). Lives and works in Brussels (Belgium).
Kersten Geers graduated from the University of Ghent in Architecture and Urbanism and at the Esquela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid, Spain. He worked with Maxwan Architects and Urbanists and with Neutelings Riedijk Architects in Rotterdam. He was a professor at the University of Ghent, and a visiting professor at Columbia University, NYC, and the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio (CH), and is currently teaching at the EPFL, Lausanne (CH). He is a founding member of the architecture magazine San Rocco.
David Van Severen
Born in 1978 in Ghent (Belgium). Lives and works in Brussels (Belgium).
David Van Severen graduated from the University og Ghent in Architecture and Urbanism and at the Esquela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid, Spain. He worked with Stéphane Beel Architects, Xaveer De Geyter Architects and for Atelier Maarten Van Severen. He was a teacher and guest critic at the Academy of Amsterdam, the TU Delft, and the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, and he’s currently guest tutor at Architecture School of Versailles.