Xaveer De Geyter, “Selected Work"
Xaveer De Geyter is the principal and founder of XDGA, an international architecture and urban design firm based in Brussels and Paris.
- Livestream Link: This event will be in person and livestreamed. The livestream is available at the top of this page: https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/selected-work/
- Please note: RSVP does not guarantee entry, which is filled on a first-come-first-served basis. Doors open 15 minutes before the event begins, so be sure to arrive early.
About This Event
Xaveer De Geyter is the principal and founder of XDGA, an internationally operating architecture and urban design firm, established in 1989 and based in Brussels and Paris. XDGA stands for progressive and provocative urban and architectural concepts. Major completed projects include public space projects, such as the Brussels Subway Station and Public Square Place Rogier; educational infrastructure, including Europa College in Bruges and the Kitchen Tower in Brussels; and civic venues, including the Headquarters of the Province of Antwerp. Prior to establishing XDGA, from 1984 to 1991, De Geyter worked with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. De Geyter has taught at Sint-Lucas Brussels, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Berlage Institute, and ETH Zurich, and lectured at institutions across Europe and the US.
In addition to the publication of After Sprawl, a research project on the contemporary city, XDGA has published six monographs and curated three travelling solo exhibitions. The office has been awarded the Belgian Award for Architecture, the Bigmat Award, the Mies Van Der Rohe Award, and the Brussels Architecture Award.
Xaveer De Geyter is the principal and founder of XDGA, an international architecture and urban design firm based in Brussels and Paris.
- Livestream Link: This event will be in person and livestreamed. The livestream is available at the top of this page: https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/selected-work/
- Please note: RSVP does not guarantee entry, which is filled on a first-come-first-served basis. Doors open 15 minutes before the event begins, so be sure to arrive early.
About This Event
Xaveer De Geyter is the principal and founder of XDGA, an internationally operating architecture and urban design firm, established in 1989 and based in Brussels and Paris. XDGA stands for progressive and provocative urban and architectural concepts. Major completed projects include public space projects, such as the Brussels Subway Station and Public Square Place Rogier; educational infrastructure, including Europa College in Bruges and the Kitchen Tower in Brussels; and civic venues, including the Headquarters of the Province of Antwerp. Prior to establishing XDGA, from 1984 to 1991, De Geyter worked with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. De Geyter has taught at Sint-Lucas Brussels, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Berlage Institute, and ETH Zurich, and lectured at institutions across Europe and the US.
In addition to the publication of After Sprawl, a research project on the contemporary city, XDGA has published six monographs and curated three travelling solo exhibitions. The office has been awarded the Belgian Award for Architecture, the Bigmat Award, the Mies Van Der Rohe Award, and the Brussels Architecture Award.
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- 1 hour 30 minutes
- all ages
- In person
- Doors at 6PM
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Harvard University Graduate School Of Design
48 Quincy Street
Piper Auditorium Cambridge, MA 02138
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