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Julien de Smedt: The Architecture of Misuse

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Julien de Smedt is an architect and the founder of JDS Architects, the award-winning architecture firm behind buildings such as Oslo’s Holmenkollen Ski Jump or Copenhagen’s Kalvebod Waves.


We  met at JDS' headquarters in Copenhagen to talk* about how architecture influences the way we live and interact with each other as a community. We talk about:

  • How JDS architects designs buildings and places with the intention to be misused and re-appropriated in unexpected ways
  • Julien's youth as a skateboarder in Paris and how street culture shaped his approach to architecture and design
  • The role of architecture to encourage social interactions and community engagement

    • Here’s episode #31 of the co-matter podcast with Julien de Smedt.


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    * Please note the following corrections from the audio introduction:
    -JDS didn't build projects in 45 countries. but designed projects in 45 countries.
    -JDS' offices are in Brussels and CPH.

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