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Kersten Geers is an architect, writer and educator. He graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Ghent and at the ETSA Madrid. Together with David Van Severen he is a founding partner of the Brussels-based architecture firm OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen. OFFICE has received numerous honors and awards, including the Belgian Prize for Architecture, the Silver Lion at the 12th Venice Biennial of Architecture, and Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Kersten Geers has been teaching at various institutions, such as the Berlage Institute, Columbia University GSAPP, Yale School of Architecture, Harvard GSD, and EPF Lausanne. He currently holds a professorship at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio. Geers was a founding member of the architecture magazine San Rocco. Some of his recent books are Without Content (2021), Excess of Architecture(2022) and Experiments in Thickness (2023).
