Andreas Amodio, 1982

architect

principal Andreas Amodio Architect

teaching assistant Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio at the chair of Valerio Olgiati

Andreas Anton Amodio studied at the Academy of architecture of Mendrisio (USI), Switzerland and graduated there in 2007.

After his degree he has been working as an independent architect and, since 2008, as a teaching assistant at the chair of Prof. Arch. Valerio Olgiati at the Academy of architecture in Mendrisio.

Olivier Bourez, 1965

architect

principal Atelier d'Architecture Matador

Olivier Bourez (°1965, Mons - B) is an architect. He is professor at St-Luc Tournai and Lecturer at the UCL. He was co-founder of Atelier Matador with Marc Mawet in 1994. Atelier Matador has a large span of activities. Its realisations cover  different scales, going from individual dwellings to collective housing, including public buildings dedicated to culture or administration. It won different competitions and participates to numerous exhibitions.

Stefan Devoldere, 1973

editor in chief A+ magazine

Stefan Devoldere (°1973, Gent - B) is an engineer-architect (Ghent University) and urban planner (University of Leuven). He is currently working as a critic, teacher and curator of exhibitions on architecture. He has presented various guest lectures on the Flemish urban landscape and the ordinary, and published in AS, World Architecture Review, Il Giornale dell’ Architettura, among others. Since 2004, he is the editor in chief of A+, the Belgian magazine on architecture.

Charlotte Geldof, 1968

architect - spatial planner

principal Magnificent Surroundings

Charlotte Geldof (°1968, Kortrijk - B) is an architect and spatial planner. She worked with Manuel de Solà Morales (Barcelona, S) and Luc Deleu /T.O.P. office (Antwerpen, B). She was a teacher at the Department of Architecture Sint-Lucas, Brussels. Charlotte Geldof was co-founder of FLC extended (B), a free association of designers in architecture, urban planning en visual arts. She worked for the Flemish Government, Department Spatial Planning as an expert in research by design. In 2008 she founded Magnificent Surroundings.org and is currently working on the research by design project  Magnificent Surroundings # Belgian Part of the North Sea and her coastal zone, supported by the Belgian Vocation Foundation. 

Sabine Leribaux, 1963

architect

associate Architectes Associés

Sabine Leribaux (°1963, Ames - Iowa USA) graduated in architecture from St Luc Brussels in 1990 with an UPA prize. She works with Marc Lacour since 1991, and is managing partner of Architectes Associés since its creation in 2000. The office gathers professionals employing their skills and creativity to bring about flexible and sustainable solutions in architecture. It favors collaborations (with fellow architects, engineers, scenographers, artists, etc.) and synergies within the building process, tending to reflect the reality and complexity of present-day society. Major works in Brussels are : Emerald Court (1994-1998), Royale-Brialmont (1997-2005), Maisin Center (2002-2004, prix Horta 2005), Belmont Court (2002-2006, mipim award 2007), National Theatre (2002-2006, Venice biennial 2002), and most recently, Aeropolis II (2006-…) being Europe’s second largest passive energy office building so far.

Freek Persyn, 1974

architect

associate 51N4E

Freek Persyn (°1974, Roeselare - B) is an architect (Sint-Lucas Brussels, Bolton Dublin) and one of three partners of 51N4E - a Brussels based international practice that concerns itself with matters of space production i.e.  architecture, urbanism, design and spatial analysis. 51N4E was founded in 1998 and gained renown through key projects such as Lamot (2005), Groeningemuseum (2002), TID Tower Tirana (2004/11), C-Mine( 2006/10) and Skanderbeg Square Tirana (2008/11). In 2004 51N4E received the prestigious Rotterdam Maaskant Award for Young Architects. In 2007 it established a Balkan office in Tirana. Since 2009, Freek Persyn is a studio professor at the Berlage Institute Rotterdam, NL.