Julien De Smedt

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Julien De Smedt (born December 3, 1975 in Brussels ) is a Belgian-Danish architect . Since 2006 he has been running the architecture firm Julien De Smedt Architects (JDS) with offices in Copenhagen , Brussels and Oslo . JDS is an interdisciplinary office for architecture, urban planning and design.

biography

After studying architecture in Brussels, Paris , Los Angeles and London , De Smedt graduated from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London in 2000. He then worked for OMA and Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam , where he also met Bjarke Ingels .

In 2001 he founded the architecture firm PLOT in Copenhagen with Ingels. Despite the success of their collaboration with Bjarke Ingels, they parted ways in 2006 and De Smedt founded JDS, also based in Copenhagen. In 2007, JDS won the first major competition as an independent office with its contribution to the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo.

Buildings and projects (selection)

VM house in Ørestad, Denmark
  • New Holmenkollen Ski Jump (competition 2009, completion 2011)
  • Mountain Dwellings, Ørestad, Copenhagen (completion 2008)
  • VM Houses, Ørestad, Denmark (Completion 2005)
  • Maritime Youth House, Amager , Denmark (Completion 2004)
  • Islands Brygge Harbor Bath, 2,500 m² (completion 2003)

Awards

  • 2009 ULI Award for Excellence for ( Mountain Dwellings )
  • MIPIM Award 2009 for Housing Construction (for Mountain Dwellings )
  • 2008 World Architecture Festival Award for Best Residential Building (for Mountain Dwellings )
  • 2008 Forum AID Award "Best Building in Scandinavia in 2008" (for Mountain Dwellings )
  • 2007 Contract World Award for Best Interior (for Sjakket Headquarters )
  • 2007 IOC Honorable Mention - Islands Brygge Harbor Bath
  • 2007 Mies van der Rohe Award Traveling Exhibition - VM Houses
  • 2006 Forum AID Award "Best Building in Scandinavia in 2006" (for VM Houses )
  • 2005 Mies van der Rohe Award - Special Mention (for the Maritime Youth House)
  • 2005 Eckersberg Medal
  • 2004 ar + d award for the Maritime Youth House
  • Golden Lion 2004 , Venice Biennale (for the Stavanger Concert Hall)
  • 2003 Scanorama Design Award
  • 2003 Henning Larsen Prize
  • 2002 Nykredits Architecture Prize
  • 2001 Henning Larsen Prize

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JDS / Julien De Smedt Architects (PDF; 114 kB) Archinet. Accessed in 2009-05-96.
  2. ^ Urban Land Institute presents Award of Excellence to the Mountain . + MOOD. Archived from the original on August 9, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 23, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / plusmood.com
  3. ↑ MIPIM Awards Winners 2009 Announced . Bustler. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME De Smedt, Julien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian-Danish architect
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels