JDS Architects - Julien De Smedt

Born in Brussels to French art enthusiast Jacques Léobold and Belgian artist Claude De Smedt, Julien De Smedt attended schools in Brussels, Paris and Los Angeles, before graduating from the Bartlett School of Architecture, London (source: We Can Change the Weather, Vubpress 2010). De Smedt worked firstly with OMA in Rotterdam, then in 2001 co-founded and became director of PLOT architectural practice in Copenhagen, alongside Bjarke Ingels. The PLOT design studio was operational for 5 years with a successful partnership between De Smedt and Ingels, prior to the two partners opening their current practice. PLOT’s mission lies in the etymology of its name (lit.): “a narration is a series of events, that are tied together in a “PLOT”. Each event contains insight, drama and beauty in itself, but without the PLOT risks failing (…)". The studio therefore aimed to create superior architectural work, ....

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