Adrien Verschuere, “Recent Work”

• 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/recent-work/
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• AIA Continuing Education Credits: This event is approved for 1.5 LU|Elective credits through the American Institute of Architects. For attendees wishing to register for credit, a form will be available at the end of the event.

About This Event

As part of his tenure as the John Portman Visiting Chair at the GSD, Adrien Verschuere will deliver a lecture, “Recent Work,” focusing on the most recent projects from his Brussels- and Lausanne-based office, BAUKUNST. The talk will explore architecture’s temporal dimension and its potential to address today’s challenges. The lecture follows a string of recent recognitions for the office, including the 2025 Brussels Architecture Award for Major Intervention, several nominations for the EU Mies Award, and a finalist placement, with Pierre-Antoine Gatier, in the ongoing competition to transform the Opéra Bastille in Paris. BAUKUNST’s work was also the subject of the 2026 monograph FRAME, and was presented earlier this year at the UIA World Congress of Architects in Barcelona.

Speaker

Adrien Verschuere studied architecture at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. He founded BAUKUNST in Brussels in 2010, and in Lausanne in 2017. Alongside his architectural practice, he lectured internationally at institutions including the Berlage Institute, USI Mendrisio, Kyoto Design Lab, Porto Academy, University of Tokyo, and ETH Zürich, as well as at public cultural institutions including Bozar (Brussels), COAC (Barcelona), the Pavillon de l’Arsenal (Paris) and the Barbican Centre (London). From 2019 to 2024, he served as a Visiting Professor at EPFL. Since 2025, he has been professor of architecture at the University of Stuttgart. He holds the John Portman Visiting Chair at the Harvard GSD.