Index :
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II.    PUBLICATIONS
III.    CURRICULUM VITAE

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Léone Drapeaud, partner
(1987) graduated with Honors from the ULB Faculty of Architecture in Brussels in 2015. She has received several awards for her master’s thesis and graduation project. She has worked at AgwA (Brussels), ZAO/standardarchitecture (Beijing) and Eric Lapierre (Paris). Her research focuses on the interactions between architecture, space and gender from a feminist standpoint. She is currently writing a book on feminist utopias in science-fiction.


Johnny Leya, partner
(1990) graduated with Honors from the ULB Faculty of Architecture in Brussels in 2015. He has worked in various architecture and urban planning offices, including the Charleroi Bouwmeester in Belgium, OMA-partner Ole Scheeren in Beijing and Muoto in Paris. He was teaching at the Brussels Faculty of Architecture (ULB) and at the ERG . He is regularly invited as guest critic at Brussels Faculty of Architecture, Paris ENSA Versailles, EPFL Lausanne, ETH Zurich, Sint-Lukas Brussels.


COLLABORATORS
Léone Drapeaud, founding Partner(FR)
Johnny Leya, founding Partner(BE)
Mylan Levy Rebout, Project leader(FR)

PAST COLLABORATORS
Clement Paillon (FR), Manuel Leon Fanjul ( BE), Anna Serio ( IT), Elisabeth Terrisse de Botton (ES), Tanguy Richard ( FR), Romane Hervé (FR), Manon Pages (FR), Ahlem Ghezzali(FR), Paula Donnaire(DE),
Romane Guichard(FR), Florian Firket(BE), Alexandra Benidovskaya(BE), Mihaela Bâcu (RO), Jeremy Kayoka(DRC), Ophélie Nemayer(FR), Silvana De Bari(IT), Ella Juliette Bacchetta(CH), Mahaut Dahel(FR), Laurent Mbaah (FR), Léo Figuet (FR), Valentine Masset (BE), Silvana De Bari (IT), L’ubica Stanislava Zubová (SK), Florian Michel (FR), Johanna Keck (DE), Dana Barale (ES), Jett Demol (BE), Emma Cottyn (BE), Inès Journoud (FR), Thomas Ghyoot (BE), Nikolai Aarre (SE), Giorgia Sacilotto (IT), Gaëlle Degezelle (BE), Rodrigue de Garcia de la Vega (BE), Vera Granger (FR), Antoine Trémège (FR), Jordan Jacob Zekri (FR), Apolline Vranken (BE), Macha Bouteiller (BE), Jonas Huchet (FR).
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ARCHITECTURE & URBAN PLANNING
  • 2026, DRC Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2026, Ongoing, Pavilion.
  • 2026, Worldmaking, Rotterdam, Ongoing, Stage design.
  • 2026,Pongo-Fomu, Antwerpen, Ongoing, Stage design.
  • 2025, Concrete Factory, Kolwezi(DRC), Ongoing, Factory.
  • 2025, Herejes, Logrono(ES), Completed, Pavilion.
  • 2025, Terre Rouge, Kolwezi(DRC), Ongoing, Residential.
  • 2025, Kuompo, Casamance(SE),Ongoing, Residential.
  • 2025, Indice, Roma, Ongoing,Stage Design.
  • 2025, Faith Park, Tirana(AL), Competition, Masterplan.
  • 2024, Breda, Opaca(CZ), Competition.
  • 2024, A6k V/II, Charleroi (BE), Completed, Office Space.
  • 2024-, Passage Rogier, Brussels (BE), Ongoing, Office space.
  • 2024, The Joyful Apocalypse, Brugge(BE), Completed, Pavilion.
  • 2024, The Grand Opening(BE), Brussels(BE), Completed, Pavilion.
  • 2024, Keppar, Dakar(SE), Aude Tournaye, Completed, Pavilion.
  • 2023, Plateform, Brussels (BE), Competition, Infrastructure
  • 2023, The ideal City, Krogenes(NO), Competition, Urban Development.
  • 2023, Bozar, Brussels (BE), pali-pali, Completed, Pavilion. 
  • 2023, Rockerill, Charleroi(BE), Competition, Concert Hall.
  • 2023-, Esseghem, Brussels(BE), Lojega, Ongoing, Feasibility study.
  • 2023, Agora, Brussels (BE), Invited competition , Bookshop and reading room.
  • 2023, OLL, Charleroi (BE), IFAPME,Completed,  Learning Space.
  • 2022-, Alliés, Charleroi (BE), Ongoing, Student housing.
  • 2022-, Maison de Santé, Gilly (BE), Ongoing, Medical Center.
  • 2022-, Foundation, Charleroi (BE), Ongoing, Office Space.
  • 2022-, Wunderkamer, Belgique(BE), Ongoing, Office and Residential.
  • 2022, Babyn Yar, Kiev, Ukraine(UA), Competition, Entrance Pavilion.
  • 2022-, Buisness Resort, Kolwezi (DRC), Private Commission, Residential.
  • 2022,  Troppo Fisso, Vilvoorde(BE), Horst, Stage design.
  • 2022-, A6K Extension, Charleroi (BE), Ongoing, Office Space.
  • 2022, Sur Le Champs, Louvain-La-Neuve (BE), Completed, Masterplan.
  • 2022, Supercalculateur, Charleroi (BE), Private Commission, Production.
  • 2022-, Food Center, Charleroi (BE), Private commission, Ongoing, Mixed Use.
  • 2022, Forum ABC, Charleroi (BE), Sambrinvest, Completed, Office Space.
  • 2022-, Pavilions, Brussels (BE), Ongoing, Civic Space.
  • 2021-, Porte aux Oies, Liège (BE), Ongoing, Civic Space.
  • 2021-, La Marmite, Charleroi (BE), Sambrinvest, Ongoing, Collective Kitchens.
  • 2021-,Laboratory, Lubumbashi (DRC), Private commission, Civic Space.
  • 2021-, Union, Lubumbashi (DRC), Private commission, Ongoing, Offices.
  • 2021, Demonstrateur, Charleroi (BE),Sambrinvest, Completed, Offices and Industrial Hall.
  • 2021, Utilitasn Tallinn (EST), Riigi Kinnisvara Aktiaselts, Competition, Museum Repository.
  • 2020, Fab-Lab, Charleroi (BE), ULB-Sambrinvest, Completed, Fab-Lab.
  • 2020-, A6k Expansion, Charleroi (BE), Sambrinvest, Ongoing, Offices and Collective spaces.
  • 2020-, Patio Houses, Lubumbashi (DRC), Private commission, Houses.
  • 2020, Trešnjevka, Zagreb (HR), Competition, Urban Market and Park.
  • 2020, Aeropole, Charleroi (BE), Invited competition, Offices.
  • 2020, Fiat Lux, Bruxelles (BE), Invited competition, Stained-Glass Windows.
  • 2020, L’Institut, Bruxelles (BE), Invited competition, Offices.
  • 2020, Jolimont, Bruxelles (BE), Private commission, Completed, Mixed-Use. 
  • 2020, Food-Lab, Charleroi (BE), Private Commission, Offices and Food Lab. 
  • 2020, Alstom, Charleroi (BE), Sambrinvest, Offices.
  • 2020, Alstom University (BE), Sambrinvest, completed Learning Space.
  • 2020, Becode Extension, Charleroi (BE),  Sambrinvest, Completed, Learning Space.
  • 2019, Delhaize, Brussels (BE), Competition with Alphaville, Urban Planning.
  • 2019, A6k/E6k, Charleroi (BE), Sambrinvest, Completed, Business and Learning Center.
  • 2019-, NMN, Charleroi (BE), Initiative with Sebastien Lacomblez, iniative, Urban Planning.
  • 2019, Autonomous House, Kinshasa (DRC), Private Commision, House.
  • 2018, Belgian Pavilion : Eurotopie, Venice (IT), FWB & WBI,Completed, Pavilion.
  • 2018, Materia Nova, Mons (BE), Competition with Agwa, Offices and research Laboratory.
  • 2017, Uncanny Arcadia, Rome (IT), Initiative, House.
  • 2017, Terre Brulée, Oregon (USA), Competition, Nuclear Waste.
  • 2017, Candy Shop, N/A, Initiative, House.
  • 2016, Concrete Island, Brussels (BE), Initiative, Cultural center. 
  • 2015, WTC Cultural Palace, Brussels (BE), Initiative, Office and Museum.
  • 2015, Memento Mori, N/A, Initiative, Hospital. 
  • 2015, Ode to Joy, Africa, Initiative, Urban Planning.

EXHIBITIONS & CURATORSHIPS
  • 2023, Congolisation, Brussels(BE), Civa.
  • 2023-, Stoclet, Brussels(BE), Urban.
  • 2022-, Kinshasa N’Tonga, Brussels(BE), Kanal-Centre Pompidou.
  • 2022-, Power : “Politics of space”, Vilnius(LT), Architekyurps Fondas.
  • 2022-, Fragments of interlaced past, Firenze(IT), Palazzo Pitto.
  • 2022-, Kinshasa N’Tonga, Kinshasa(DRC), Kanal.
  • 2022-, House for Culture, Brussels (BE), Bozar.
  • 2021-, Urban Summer 2021, Brussels (BE), Urban Brussels.
  • 2021-, Polish Pavilion Biennale Di Venezia, Venice (IT), Prolog-Polish Pavilion.
  • 2021-, The Displaced Monument, Porto (PT), Galeria de Arquitectura, Instalation.
  • 2021-, The Janitor, Rotterdam (NL), Hoekhuis, Exhibition.
  • 2021-, Decameron, Lorenzo Giordano, Publication.
  • 2020, Life Beyond Architecture, Zurich (CH), E-Flux & Gta/ETH, Exhibition.
  • 2020, What If-, Nuremberg (DE), Neues Museum Nuremberg, Spatial Instalation.
  • 2020, Twelve cautionary urban tales, Matadero, Madrid (ES).
  • 2020,The State of The Art, Milano (IT), Triennale, Exhibition.
  • 2019, Green People, Wroclaw (PL), Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw, Exhibition.
  • 2019, Alternative Histories, Brussels (BE), CIVA Brussels, Exhibition.
  • 2019, Picnic in The Aftermath, Shatwell (UK), Matchett and Page & DMatter, Scenography,
  • 2019, Roadisde Picnic, Ghent (BE), Zebrastraat, Scenography.
  • 2019, Congregation of the Machines, Graz (AU), HDA Museum, Scenography.
  • 2019, Palace of Cultures, Jeddah (SA), Saudi Art Council, Scenography.
  • 2019, Lassitude et Revolutions, Brussels (BE), Gallery Magazine, Online Exhibition.
  • 2019, Pavillon Serpentine, London (UK), Serpentine gallery, Competition for an instatlation.
  • 2019, The Atom People, London (UK), Drawing Matter, Marius Grootveld, Jantje Engels.
  • 2018, Belgian Pavilion : Eurotopie, Venice (IT), FWB & WBI, curatorship and scenography 
  • 2018, Salon Europa, Brussels (BE), Bozar & FWB & WBI, Scenography.
  • 2018, The Ideal Image, Lincoln (USA), Competition, Scenography. 
  • 2017, Palimpsest, Mons (BE), Maison Folie, Spatial Intervention.
  • 2017, Disegno: Drawings of architecture, Tournai (BE), UCL, Exhibition.
  • 2017, Re-Constructivist architecture, Roma (IT), Casa Dell’Architettura, Exhibition.

TEACHING & LECTURES

      TEACHING
  • 2021-2025, Design et politique du multiple, Studio Tutor, ERG, Brussels (BE)
  • 2021-2023, Studio Tutor, ULB Faculty of Architecture, Brussels (BE)
  • 2020, Studio Tutor, Academie Gerrit Rietveld, -ism, Amsterdam (NL).
  • 2024, Guest Critic, Rotterdamse Academie van Bouwkunst, Netherlands (NL).
  • 2024, Guest Critic, CARE, ETH, Zurich (CH)
  • 2023, Guest Critic, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart(DE).
  • 2021, Guest Critic, Kingston University, London (GB).
  • 2021, Guest Critic, AA School, London (GB).
  • 2021, Guest Critic, University of Tokyo, Tokyo (JA).
  • 2021, Guest Critic, ULB Faculty of Architecture, Brussels (BE).
  • 2021, Guest Critic, UCL Faculty of Architecture, Brussels (BE).
  • 2020, Guest Critic, UCL Faculty of Architecture, Brussels (BE).
  • 2020, Guest Critic, ULB Faculty of Architecture, Brussels (BE).
  • 2020, Guest Critic, Sint-Lukas Faculty of Architecture, Brussels (BE).
  • 2020, Guest Critic, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg (USA).
  • 2020, Guest Critic, Carnegie Mellon Univeristy, Pittsburg (USA).
  • 2020, Guest Critic, ETH Zurich, Zurich (CH).
  • 2019, Guest Critic, EPFL Studio Chassot, Lausanne (CH).
  • 2019, Guest Critic, KU Leuven Studio Jonathan Maj, Brussels (BE).
  • 2018, Guest Critic, House of Politics, AA Summer School, Brussels (BE).
  • 2018, Guest Critic, Studio Aristide Antonas, AA school, London (UK).
  • 2021, Workshop Tutor : IDW , University of Antwerp, Antwerp (BE).
  • 2020, Workshop Tutor : IDW , University of Antwerp, Antwerp (BE).
  • 2020, Workshop, Carnegie Mellon Univeristy, Pittsburg (USA)
  • 2019, Workshop Tutor, New Generation, Macro museum, Rome (IT).

  • 2019, Workshop Tutor, Anti-Pasto, Ensa Paris-EST, Paris (FR).

  • 2019, Workshop Tutor, Ornaments of Power, Trienal de Arquitectura, Rome (IT).
  • 2020, Workshop Tutor : IDW , University of Antwerp, Antwerp (BE).
  • 2018, Workshop Tutor, Paragon, Eterotopia, La Maddalena (IT).
  • 2018, Workshop Tutor, Xeno-cities, Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (BE).

        LECTURES
  • 2026, Symposium, The Big Conversation, Beursschouwburg (BE)
  • 2025, Lecture, Narrative Structure, ICSA2025, Antwerpen (BE)
  • 2024, Constructing(Activist) Practice, Columbia GSAPP, New-York(USA)
  • 2024, Lecture, On Uselessness, IOWA State University College of Design (USA)
  • 2024, Symposium, AE Dialogues Season 1, Season 2, Virginia Tech (USA)
  • 2024, Lecture, Congolisation, Goldsmiths University of London, London (GB)
  • 2024, Lecture, Society, Fast, Cluj-Napoca, Roumania (RO).
  • 2024, Symposium, Festival échelle 1:1, ENSA Paris-Est, Paris (FR).
  • 2023, Lecture, On Uselessness, ENSA, Saint-Etienne(FR).
  • 2023, Symposium, Architecture & Activism, ETH, Furkablick(CH).
  • 2023, Symposium, Biennal, Barcelona, (ES).
  • 2022, Symposium, Day of Encounters , Conflicted Memories, Kanal, Brussels(BE)
  • 2020, Lecture, Loudreader WAI Think Tank, Pittsburgh (USA)
  • 2020, Lecture, The State of The Art, Triennals, Milano (IT)
  • 2020, Lecture, Terre, EUNIC, Varsovie (PO)
  • 2020, Lecture, ETH Zurich, Zurich (CH).
  • 2020, Lecture, Of Uselessness, Politecnico di Torino, Torino (IT).
  • 2020, Debate, 100 Day Studio, Architecture Foundation, London (UK).
  • 2019, Lecture, Current State of Ecology, Architectural Association, Dublin (IR).
  • 2019, Lecture, Current State of Ecology, Architekturforum Konstanz-Kreuzlingen,Konstanz(DE).
  • 2019, Lecture, Boredom and Revolution, New Generation, Macro museum, Rome (IT).
  • 2019, Lecture, Current State of Ecology, Horizonte, Weimar (DE).
  • 2019, Lecture, Eurotopie, HDA, Graz, Austria (DE).
  • 2019, Lecture, Alles Ist Fiktion, VIPER Gallery, Praha (CZ).
  • 2019, Lecture, Alles Ist Fiktion, Magazin Gallery, Vienna (AUS).
  • 2019, Lecture, Alles Ist Fiktion, CANactions, Kiev (UA).
  • 2019, Lecture, Alles Ist Fiktion, Ensa Paris-EST, Paris (FR).
  • 2019, Lecture, Alles Ist Fiktion, IUT Marseille, Marseille (FR).
  • 2019, Lecture, Eurotopie, Future Architecture Plateform, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2018, Lecture, Brussels Construction, KANAL Centre pompidou, Brussels (BE).
  • 2018, Lecture, What about Freespace, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (NL).
  • 2018, Lecture, Heroisme, Ateliers Nocturnes, Brussels (BE).
  • 2018, Lecture, Boredom and Revolutions, ULB, Brussels (BE).
  • 2018, Lecture, Traumnovelle, KABK-Inside, The Hague (NL).
  • 2017, Lecture, Diesgno, UCL Tournai (BE).
  • 2017, Lecture, Atlantropa, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam(NL).
  • 2017, Lecture, ULB, Eurotopie, Brussels (BE).
  • 2017, Lecture, A Call From Rome, Casa dell’Architettura, Roma (IT)



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