JDS / JULIEN DE SMEDT ARCHITECTS

JDS IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY OFFICE THAT FOCUSES ON ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, FROM LARGE SCALE PLANNING TO FURNITURES. RICH OF MULTIPLE EXPERTISES THE OFFICE IS FUELED BY TALENTED DESIGNERS AND EXPERIENCED ARCHITECTS THAT JOINTLY DEVELOP PROJECTS FROM EARLY SKETCHES TO ON-SITE SUPERVISION. ALL OF WHICH, INDEPENDENTLY OF SCALE OUTLINES AN APPROACH THAT IS AFFIRMATIVELY SOCIAL IN ITS OUTCOME, ENTHUSIASTIC IN ITS AMBITION AND PROFESSIONAL IN ITS PROCESS. AT THE CORE OF OUR ARCHITECTURE IS THE ABILITY TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THINGS THROUGH EXPERIENCED EYES. OUR APPROACH AIMS AT TURNING INTENSE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF PRACTICAL AS WELL AS THEORETICAL ISSUES INTO THE DRIVING FORCES OF DESIGN. BY CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOPING RIGOROUS METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND EXECUTION, JDS IS ABLE TO COMBINE INNOVATIVE THINKING AND EFFICIENT PRODUCTION. JDS SEES ITS POSITION AS THE PARTNER TO ITS CLIENT, RATHER THAN ONLY ITS CONSULTANT. THE OFFICE IS 30 PEOPLE STRONG, HAS A WIDE PORTFOLIO OF INTERNATIONAL WORK AND THE ATTITUDE OF INVOLVING EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS WHEN REQUIRED. THE USE OF COMPLEMENTING TEAMS ENSURES THAT THE PROJECTS WILL NEVER SUFFER FROM BEING TOO CONVENTIONAL NOR TOO NAÏVE. JDS IS FOUNDED AND DIRECTED BY JULIEN DE SMEDT, CO-FOUNDER OF PLOT.

ADD : cph architectural and design days - AHH : harbour bath in collaboration with Sigurd Østergaard Dersen, Leif Hansen Group and I-68 for Aalborg Municipality, Aalborg, Denmark, 2.200 m2 - AIR : airport plaza for Kastrup/Copenha gen Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5.000 m2 - AKM : anaplasis km for oliaros sa, athens, greece, 10.000 m2 - AKS : Arctic culture centre in collaboration with Moe & Brødsgaard for the City of Hammerfest, Hammerfest, Norway, 3.000 m2 - ALEX : 1 spa, 1 bank, 1 apartment, 1 restaurant and one art gallery on Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany, 2.400 m2 - ALT : Waterculture house for Alta Municipality and Nordlysbad, Alta, Norway, 2.800 m2 - ARN : diamond planning for the municipality of arendal, arendal, norway, 80.000 m2 - ASP : library extension for Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm, Sweden, 33.000 m2 - BAD : harbour bath for Copenhagen Municipality and Lokale- og Anlægsfonden, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2.500 m2 - BAT : housing, mosque, hotel, kindergarten in collaboration with Niras for Njalsgade A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, 128.000 m2 - BBB : affordable quality housing in collaboration for Glashusene Boligforening, Trekroner, Denmark, 5.000 m2 - BIB : affordable housingproject for The Foundation for Affordable Housing, Kuben and Copenhagen Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark, 40.000 m2 - BIR : housing and roof-top terrasses in collaboration with EKJ for A/B Birkegade, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1.000 m2 - BKO : stretched mountain for bikuben foundation, copenhagen, denmark, 6.000 m2 - BLA : sports facilities for Lokale- og Anlægsfonden and Copenhagen Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3.000 m2 - BOH : vm kindergarten for copenhagen city council, copenhagen, denmark, 1.000 m2 - BZR : interior decoration of 10 stores for Bruuns Bazaar, Stockholm/Oslo/Copenhagen/Aarhus/Lyngby - BAAD : houseboats in collaboration with CC Design, Henning Nielsen and Aquadomi, 60-150 m2 - CHF : Housing, hotel and recreation park for SEMAPA, Paris, France, 33.000 m2 - DBF : urban plan/housing for The German Railroads, Frankfurt, Germany, 250.000 m2 - DK : research in collaboration with Bruce Mau Design for Danish Centre for Architecture, Toronto, Venice and copenhagen - DUB : Dublin Harbour bath, 3500 m2, DDDA - DUN : dun laoghaire rathdown library for dun laoghaire rathdown city council, dun laoghaire, ireland, 7.300 m2 - ECK : housing and roof-top terrasses for Tækker, Berlin, Germany, 10.500 m2 - EPO : office building in collaboration with Arup for The European Patent Office, Hague, Holland, 80.000 m2 - ESSO : housing and park in collaboration with BDA, Stavanger, Norway, 10.000 m2 - FIRST : canyon hotel for 1st hotels, stockholm, sweden, 80.000 m2 - FOURFIVESIX : 456 tower for les developments d'arcy, montreal, canada, 7.000 m2 - FRE : breathing planning for freja ejendomme, albertslund, denmark, 44.000 m2 - GEM : Egyptian Museum for The Egyptian Government and UN, Cairo, Egypt, 86.000 m2 - GYN : culture building for Gyngen, Århus, Denmark, 250 m2 - HAV : superharbour for danish and german private and public partnering project - HEL : stadium and housing for Helsingborg Municipality, Helsingborg, Sweden, 12.000 m2 - HOP : new holmenkollen extending trandition for oslo municipality, oslo, norway - ICE : confidential - INF : offices and studio for Tækker, Århus, Denmark, 250 m2 - KAI : housing and retail, Berlin, Germany, 2.500 m2 - KTK : the Royal Theatre in collaboration with Dr. Dante for The Danish Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 18.000 m2 - KVD : Kvadrat Shopping Centre in collaboration with Schönherr Landskab and Carl Bro for Steen & Strøm, Sandnes, Norway, 150.000 m2 - LAN : urban planning for Landskrona Municipality, Landskrona, Sweden, 5.260.000 m2 - LDK : little denmark for danish architecture center dac, ørestad, denmark, 100.000 m2 - LIM : performance centre for the University of Limerick and the Irish World Performance Centre, Limerick, Ireland, 4.050 m2 - LIN : culture house in collabora tion with Rambøll for Lindesnes Region, Lindesnes, Norway, 1.500 m2 - LMP : alphabet city lights, copenhagen, denmark, 3,5 m - LP : in & out light stand for louis poulsen, franfurt, germany, 60 m2 - MAE : Mondrian and Delano Hotels in collaboration with Olafur Eliason, Hz and ARUP for Morgan’s Hotel Group, Las Vegas, USA, 200.000 m2 - MAG : urban squares for Magasin du Nord, Realdania and Copenhagen Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3.000 m2 - MAR : maritime youth house for Kvarterløft and Lokale- og Anlægsfonden, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2.000 m2 - MBX : Student housing for SEMAPA, Paris, France, 3.500 m2 - MDD : staircase installation for The Danish Consulat in Paris, Paris, France, 5 stories - MDM : museo diocesano milano for comune di milano, milano, italy, 4.500 m2 - MER : wellness centre for Tækker, 50.000 m2, Singapore - MEZ : urban planning for the City of Riga, Riga, Lituania, 1.000.000 m2 - MON : møns klint geocenter for møns klint museum & geology, møns klint, denmark, 3.000 m2 - MTO : m2 typehouses for m2 a/s, denmark, 2.00 m2 - MUU : design of bowls for Muuto - NV : renovation of park in collaboration with Hausenberg and Base for Copenhagen Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30.000 m2 - NYC : le passe muraille, artist space, new york city, usa - ODA : rolling aquatic center for odense city council, towards odensen, denmark, 5.000 m2 - OL : housing for Høpfner and Dansk Oliekompagni, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25.000 m2 - OSLO : oslo letters, oslo, norway, - PMSP : le passe muraille, memoria do futuro, sao paulo, brazil - POL : office building in collaboration with Moe & Brødsgaard for Freja Ejendomme, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21.000 m2 - PSY : psychiatric hospital in collaboration with NCC for Frederiksborg County and Elsinore Hospital, Elsinore, Denmark, 6.000 m2 - PSY2 : psychiatric hospital in collaboration with White, Trondheim, Norway, 25.000 m2 - RAC : brussels administrative city for breevast, rijks, belgium, 200.000 m2 - REN : peoples building, shanghai, china, 250.000 m2 - RIG : planning of promenade for Riga Municipality, Riga, Lituania, 1 km long - RSH : red star harbour, guangxi province, china, 680 ha - SILO : silo_5 in collaboration with arup, moe & brødsgaard, 100.000 m2 - SJA : culture/youth house in collaboration with Birch & Krogboe for Sjakket and Realdania, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2.000 m2 - SLC : 1110m high-rise and urban planning, Shenzen, China, 2.500.000 m2 - SPI : revitalization project for Vejle Municipality, Vejle, Denmark, 20.000 m2 - STA : concert building for Stavanger Municipality and Stavanger Orchestra, Stavanger, Norway, 22.000 m2 - STM : streetmekka - STO : dancing theater for claus lynge, stockholm, sweden, 15.000 m2 - THR : park gallery and urban revitalisation for Tækker, Randers, Denmark, 2.500 m2 - TKH : congress hotel in Trondheim, Norway, 40.000 m2 - TRO : bended tower for jørn tækker, trøjborg, denmark, 722 m2 - TYP : typehouses for Brainstones, Sorø, Denmark - VAL : urban planning for De Forenede Ejendomsselskaber, Copenhagen, Denmark, 120.000 m2 - VEJ : harbour front planning for Vejle Harbour and Vejle Municipality, Vejle, Denmark, 100 ha - VEJB : housing for Kuben, Vejle, Denmark, 16.000 m2 - VM : housing for Høpfner and Dansk Oliekompagni, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25.000 m2 - WWA : adventure park for WWA Foundation and Lokale- og Anlægsfonden, Copenhagen, Denmark, 40.000 m2 - ZAR : Digitale Mile Park for Zaragoza Alta Velocidad 2008, Zaragoza, Spain, 200.000 m2