Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen, Gent & Rotterdam

The '35m³' exhibition series opens with a presentation of the Kersten Geers David Van Severen Office, which was established in 2002 and has branches in Ghent and Rotterdam. Both Kersten Geers (b. Ghent, 1975) and David Van Severen (b. Ghent, 1978) studied at Ghent University and the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid. Geers has published several articles and has worked with Maxwan/Max.1 Architects and Neutelings Riedijk Architects in Rotterdam. Van Severen has worked with Stéphane Beel Architects in Ghent, Xaveer De Geyter Architects in Brussels and at Atelier Maarten Van Severen. In 2003 they built their first joint project, a solicitor's office in Antwerp, a design in which the rigid modulation of the space drew the attention. In 2005 they won the first prize in an international competition for a border post at Anapra, between Mexico and the USA. They are currently working on a showroom and studio in Venice (California), a conversion for a photographer in Ghent and a housing complex in Milan. For their first solo exhibition, which also launches the '35m³' series, they immediately depart from the set limitations by creating a horizon with fluorescent tubes outside the exhibition space made available to them. A free publication will appear in conjunction with this exhibition, containing an article by Pier Vittorio Aureli and an interview with Joachim Declerck. You can download this booklet from this site.