Julien De Smedt
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Julien De Smedt is a Belgian
-Danish
architect
based in Copenhagen
, Denmark. In 2006 he founded the architectural practice
Julien De Smedt Architects (JDS] based in Copenhagen with offices in Brussels and Oslo
. JDS is a multidisciplinary office that works with architecture, urban planning and product design.
, Los Angeles
and London
, Julien De Smedt received a diploma with commendation from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London in 2000. He Then went to Rotterdam
to work for OMA
and Rem Koolhaas
.
In 2001 he went to Copenhagen to set up the architectural practice PLOT together with OMA colleague Bjarke Ingels
. The company fast achieved success and received significant national and international for their inventive designs. This included several commissions and competition wins as well as a Golden Lion
at the Venice Biennale of Architecture
in 2004 for a proposal for a new music house for Stavanger
, Norway
. Their first major project to be realized was the award-winning VM Houses in Ørestad
, Copenhagen in 2005. In spite of the success and attention, PLOT was disbanded in January 2006 and Julien De Smedt founded Julien De Smedt Architects (JDS, first called Julien De Smedt Design], while his former partner founded Bjarke Ingels Group
.
In 2007 JDS won their first major project when they won the international competition for the New Holmenkollen Ski Jump in Oslo, one of the city's major landmarks. Other major competition wins include a residential project in the old docklands of Århus, Denmark, and a Harbour development project in Copenhagen.
Belgium
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-Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
based in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark. In 2006 he founded the architectural practice
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Julien De Smedt Architects (JDS] based in Copenhagen with offices in Brussels and Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. JDS is a multidisciplinary office that works with architecture, urban planning and product design.
Career
After attending schools in Brussels, ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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and London
London
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, Julien De Smedt received a diploma with commendation from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London in 2000. He Then went to Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
to work for OMA
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
OMA , is a Rotterdam based architecture firm of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.The firm was founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis.-History:...
and Rem Koolhaas
Rem Koolhaas
Remment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and "Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design" at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA. Koolhaas studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam, at the Architectural...
.
Bjarke Ingels
Bjarke Ingels is a Danish architect. He heads the architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group which he founded in 2006. In 2009 he co-founded the design consultancy KiBiSi...
. The company fast achieved success and received significant national and international for their inventive designs. This included several commissions and competition wins as well as a Golden Lion
Golden Lion
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at the Venice Biennale of Architecture
Venice Biennale of architecture
Mostra di Architettura di Venezia, the Architecture section of the Venice Biennale, was established in 1980, although architecture had been a part of the art biennale since 1968....
in 2004 for a proposal for a new music house for Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Their first major project to be realized was the award-winning VM Houses in Ørestad
Ørestad
Ørestad is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the island of Amager. It is expected that 20,000 people will live in Ørestad, 20,000 will study, and 80,000 people will be employed in the area...
, Copenhagen in 2005. In spite of the success and attention, PLOT was disbanded in January 2006 and Julien De Smedt founded Julien De Smedt Architects (JDS, first called Julien De Smedt Design], while his former partner founded Bjarke Ingels Group
Bjarke Ingels Group
Bjarke Ingels Group, often referred to as BIG, is an international architectural firm founded in 2005 by Bjarke Ingels in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2010 it opened a branch office in New York City...
.
In 2007 JDS won their first major project when they won the international competition for the New Holmenkollen Ski Jump in Oslo, one of the city's major landmarks. Other major competition wins include a residential project in the old docklands of Århus, Denmark, and a Harbour development project in Copenhagen.
Selected projects
- The Wave Harbourfront Development, Copenhagen (competition win)
- Two Seasons Hotel, StavangerStavangerStavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
, Norway (competition win 2008) - Iceberg Project, Århus Docklands [competition win 2008)
- New Holmenkollen Ski Jump (competition win 2009, completion 2011)
- Mountain DwellingsMountain DwellingsMountain Dwellings is an award-winning building in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of apartments above a multi-storey car park. The building is designed by Danish architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group...
, Ørestad, Copenhagen (completed 2008) - People's Building, Shanghai, China
- Headquarters for Sjakket, Copenhagen (completed 2007)
- Helsingør Psychiatric Hospital, Elsinore, Denmark (completed 2005)
- VM Houses, Ørestad, Denmark (completed 2oo5)
- Maritime Youth House, AmagerSundbyøsterSundbyøster is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies on the southeast border of the municipality on the island of Amager...
(completion 2004, DK - Islands Brygge Harbor Bath, Copenhagen, DK, Completed 2003)
Awards
- World Architecture Festival AwardWorld Architecture FestivalThe World Architecture Festival is an annual event held in Barcelona organised by EMAP, a media group that runs other festivals, including the World Retail Congress and Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, as well as publishes various journals, including within the field of...
for Best Residential Building 2008 (for VM Mountain Dwellings) - 2008 MIPIM Residential Developments Award (for VM Mountain Dwellings)
- Forum AID AwardForum AID AwardThe Forum AID Award is Nordic architecture and design award handed out annually by the Swedish magazine Forum AID. AID is an acronym for the three subject-matters of the magazine - Architecture, Interior design and Design - and it is also the three categories of the award...
for Best Building in Scandinavia 2008 (for VM Mountain Dwellings) - 2007 Contract World Award for Best Interior (for Headquarters for Sjakket)
- 2007 IOC Honorable Mention - Islands Brygge Harbor Bath
- 2007 Mies van der Rohe Award Traveling Exhibition - VM-houses
- FORUM AID Award, Best Building in Scandinavia 2006 (for VM Houses)
- 2005 Mies van der Rohe Award- Special MentionEuropean Union Prize for Contemporary ArchitectureThe European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture or Mies van der Rohe award is a prize given biennially by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona, 'to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe'...
(for Maritime Youth House) - 2004 Copenhagen Award for Architecture (for Maritime Youth House)
- 2004 ar+d award for the Maritime Youth House
- olden Lion]|Golden Lion 2004], Venice BiennaleVenice BiennaleThe Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
(for Stavanger Concert Hall) - 2003 Scanorama Design Award
- 2003 Henning Larsen Prize
- 2002 Nykredits Architecture Prize
- 2001 Henning Larsen Prize