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Xaveer De Geyter Xdga XDGA XAVEER DE GEYTER Architect, Director BIOGRAPHY Xaveer De Geyter is director of the most challenging office of architects and urban planners in Belgium. In the eighties and the be- ginning of the nineties De Geyter (1957) was project architect for OMA/Rem Koolhaas. Together with Stéphane Beel, Willem Jan Neutelings and Arjan Karssenberg, he was in 1983 part of the Team Hoogpoort, developing a revolutionary proposal for the Carrefour de l’Europe in Brussels – and hereby marking a counterpoint in the post-war history of Belgian and European architecture. In 1988 De Geyter started his own practice that often surprisingly illuminates the hidden paradoxes and conflicts of the (sub)urban life. His work is based on a conscious belief in the formal power of architecture to shape and organize the many flows and often incon- gruous activities that constitute contemporary society. Rather than fixing programmatic content, it creates a clear-cut environment in which different scenario’s, stories and outcomes remain possible. It does not shy away from controversy or boldness, exactly in order to lay bare the potential of a site, a context or a brief. Without fear or inhibition, architecture is presented as the modern and energetic mediator that does not fold back on the safety of the past or the consensus of the present, but that embraces the uncertainties of a both lucid and positive future. In the nineties De Geyter built his first houses in Mariakerke, Brasschaat and Sint-Niklaas. Subsequently, the office participated in a number of international architectural and urban competitions. Around the turn of the century, five towers with 137 apartments were built in Breda (NL). XDGA drew up the urban plan for the Ilot St-Maurice in Lille (F) and the Pont du Gard in Nimes (F) (in collaboration with Maarten Van Severen). During the past decade, larger architectural commissions in Belgium followed swiftly, such as the Europe College in Bruges, the extension of the School of Saint-Luc in Ghent, the COOVI-tower and the Place du Rogier (both in Brussels), a police headquarters in Kortrijk, and two buildings for Ghent University (in collaboration with Stéphane Beel Architects). Recently the office has won two prestigious competitions, one for the design of the Schuman Square in Brussels and one for the construction of the new House of Province in Antwerp. During recent years, XDGA has been working more and more abroad, by means of participation in many competitions and by large-scale realisations, such as the Entrepot Macdonald in Paris, a housing complex of 410 apartments in Bordeaux and a master plan for the urban area of Paris-Saclay. (text: Christophe Van Gerrewey) BIRTH ers El Croquis. Madrid. 2001 XAVEER DE GEYTER ARCHITECTEN , 12 PRO- 1957 Doornik, Belgium JECTS, publisher: Ludion STUDIES 2002 AFTER-SPRAWL, RESEARCH FOR THE CON- 1981 degree in architecture at central state commission TEMPORARY CITY, NAi publishers + deSingel in- 1975-80 architecture institute St.Lucas, Ghent, Belgium ternational art centre XAVEER DE GEYTER ARCHITECTS TEACHING 2012 LILLE 2030, scenario’s for the territory of Lille 1991 architecture institute St.Lucas Brussels, Belgium Metropole, study 1993 visiting professor at the Berlage institute A m s t e r - 2012 PARIS HABITAT, 150 apartments with facilities, dam, the Netherlands Paris, competition 2000 visiting professor at the Berlage institute A m s t e r - 2012 Z33, extension of museum of contemporary art, dam, the Netherlands Hasselt, Belgium, competition 2003 visiting professor at the Berlage institute Rotter- 2012 CANAL, masterplan for the canal area in the Brus- dam, the Netherlands sels-Capital Region, Belgium, competition 2004 visiting professor at the EPFL Lausanne, Switzer- 2012 HELSINKI LIBRARY, library Helsinki, Finland, com- land petition SOLO-EXHIBITIONS 2012 JONCTION, vision on the North-South junction, Brussels, Belgium, study and exhibition 2006 LE PARC DE RICHELIEU, Arc en Rêve centre 2012 NATIONAL STADIUM JAPAN, Football and Rugby d’architecture, Bordeaux, France stadium, Tokyo, Japan, competition 2002 AFTER-SPRAWL, research for the contemporary 2011 PROVINCIEHIUS ANTWERPEN, Belgium, compe- city, deSingel International Art Center, Antwerp, tition, 1st prize, under development Belgium 2011 SCHUMAN PLEIN ,Brussels , Belgium, competi- 2001 XAVEER DE GEYTER ARCHITECTEN, 12 PRO- tion, 1st prize, under development JECTS, deSingel International Art Center, Antwerp, 2011 LILLE FIVES, Lycée Hotelier, Lille, France, compe- Belgium tition PRIZES 2011 GOUDBLOMME, elderly center, Antwerp, Belgium, competition, 1st prize, under development 2007 MIES VAN DE ROHE PAVILION AWARD, nomi- 2011 TOUR ET TAXIS ZONE M, housing development, nated; Economy building University of Ghent, in Brussels, Belgium, competition collaboration with S. Beel Architects. 2011 FERRARIS-NOORDWIJK, scenario’s for the re- 2005 ACADEMIE D’ARCHITECTURE, France, prix de branding of the Flemish administration in Brussels, l’urbanisme Belgium, urban study 2004 LE GRAND PRIX D’URBANISME DE FRANCE, 2010 LIGNE 14, Paris, France, urban plan for the exten- nomination sion of subway line 14 with 4 new stations, compe- 2003 MIES VAN DER ROHE PAVILION AWARD, nomi- tition nated; for the “chasse park apartments” in Breda 2010 CENTRE ROBOTIQUE, Meaulte, France, Centre 1994 MIES VAN DER ROHE PAVILION AWARD, select- for Composite and Robotic Technologies, competi- ed for the “house near Antwerp” tion PUBLICATIONS 2010 STUDENTCENTER Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Bel- gium, feasibility study for a new restaurant, learning 2005 XDGA: XAVEER DE GEYTER 1992-2005, publish- center, competition XDGA XAVEER DE GEYTER Architect, Director 2010 LE GRAND BRUXELLES, Belgium, urban study, paysagiste, competition, 1e prize, under construc- competition tion 2010 PARIS CONSERVATOIRE, France, music center in 2006 MSH, Paris, France, New laboratories for the uni- Paris, competition versity of Paris Nord, 13eme, competition 2010 AIRPORT GENEVA, Switzerland, new airport ter- 2005 BALTIC PEARL: St Petersburg, Russian Federa- minal for the airport of Geneva, competition tion, Urban study and design of landmark tower. 2009 DEIHMANSKE LIBRARY, Oslo, Norway, library Idea competition building, competition 2005 COURTHOUSE AND POLICE STATION WITH 2009 ATOMIUM, Brussels, Belgium, design for an new PRISON, Zurich, Switzerland, competition external elevator, competition 2005 EXTENSION OF A HOUSE, Beersel, Belgium, un- 2009 PAPS-PCPI, Strasbourg, France, administration der development buildings for the university, competition 2005 HOUSE IN HOEILAART, realized 2009 THE CIRCLE, Zurich, Switzerland, extension of 2005 BAYONNE-VAUBAN HOUSING, Bayonne, France, the airport of Zurich with a mixed building contain- housing block, competition, 1st prize, realized ing hotels, offices, wellness facilities, commercial 2004 OXYMETAL APARTMENTS, Bordeaux, France, , spaces, museum and congress facilities, competi- in cooperation with Bettec (structure) and Holisud tion ( techniques), realized 2009 VENLO KAZERNEKWARTIER, the Netherlands, 2004 EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE, The Hague, the urban plan for a multi functional center, competi- Netherlands, in collaboration with Ove Arup & part- tion, 1st prize ners, competition, first prize 2009 MASSY SACLAY, Paris, France, urban plan in col- 2004 ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUS- laboration with Michel Desvigne, project under de- ANNE, Switzerland, study centre and library, in col- velopment laboration with Ove Arup & partners, competition 2008 TOWER IN TIRANA, Albania, Offices and housing 2004 TOPSPORTHAL, Antwerp, Belgium, building con- towers, completion 1st prize, on hold taining different sport facilities and commercial 2008 HOTEL, Breda, The Netherlands, hotel , project un- functions, under development der development 2003 NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF LUXEMBOURG, Esch- 2008 HAVENHUIS, Antwerp, Belgium, representative of- Belval, Luxembourg, in collaboration with Ove Arup fices for the harbor of Antwerp, competition & Partners, competition, honorable mention 2008 INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE COURT, Den Haag, 2003 LES HALLES, Paris, France, urban study, in col- The Netherlands, court building, administration laboration with OMA, one architectes, agence buildings and facilities, competition ter,partenaire développement, competition 2008 IMEC, Leuven, Belgium, representative office tow- 2002 EXTENSION OF MONACO IN THE SEA, Monaco, er and congress facilities for Imec, competition Urban scenario for the future extensions of Mona- 2008 LANDOUMEGE, Paris, France, sports hall on top co, in collaboration with Ilex landscape architects, of tram depot, competition urban scenario 2008 RUE DE LA LOI, Brussels, Belgium, urban plan for 2002 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART AT VILLENEUVE the extension of the EU administration in Brussels, D’ASCQ, France, extension and modernization, in competition collaboration with Laurent Ney and Ghesquiere Di- 2008 SWISS-RE, Zurich, Switzerland, office building, erickx, competition competition 2002 SINT-LUKAS ART SCHOOL, Ghent, Belgium, ex- 2008 RECONVERSION ENTREPOT MACDONALD, tension and renovation of art school, in collabora- Paris, France, reconversion and extension of ex- tion with Laurent Ney, competition, 1e prize, phase isting storage building into a mixed program build- 1. Realized, phase 2 under development ing with offices, housing, commercial facilities…, in 2002 COOVI, Anderlecht, Belgium, extension, reno- collaboration with Floris Alkemade. Project under vation and restauration of a hotel management construction school, in collaboration with Laurent Ney,
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