Julien De Smedt

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

Biography

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

In 2001 he founded with Ingels, the architectural firm PLOT in Copenhagen. Despite the success of the collaboration with Bjarke Ingels parted their ways in 2006, and De Smedt founded JDS, also based in Copenhagen. JDS won in 2007 with the contribution to the Holmenkollen Ski Jump in Oslo the first major competition as a separate office.

Buildings and Projects (selection)

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

Awards

  • 2009 ULI Award for Excellence ( Mountain Dwellings )
  • MIPIM Award 2009 for Housing ( 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 Harbour 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 Maritime Youth House)
  • 2005 Eckerberg 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
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