Philippe Vander Maren
An architectural engineer (UCLouvain, 1995), Philippe Vander Maren began his career with the offices of Pierre Hebbelinck and Charles Vandenhove in Liège, where he worked until 2002. He then founded his own agency in Leuven, where he developed a practice open to interdisciplinary collaboration, including artists and scenographers. His work focuses on territorial and urban regeneration and transformation projects.
In parallel with his professional practice, he has taught as a visiting professor at the University of Mons (UMons), and now teaches architectural design as a studio professor at the University of Liège (ULiège). He is regularly called upon as a jury member at several institutions, including KU Leuven, UCLouvain, UGent, Saint-Luc Bruxelles, EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio.
In 2024, Philippe Vander Maren joined ENSA Paris-Est, where he teaches in the "Transformation" master's program.
- Enseigne en Master – Filière Transformation (S7)
- Enseigne en Master – Filière Transformation (S8)
Distinctions
- Prix de l'Académie des Beaux Arts de Belgique (renovation of the former parsonage of Sainte-Gertrude, Leuven) (2009)
- Nominated European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 (renovation of the former parsonage of Sainte Gertrude, Leuven) (2008)
Publications
- In-Practice, Philippe Vander Maren & Richard Venlet edited by Harold Fallon & Benoît Vandenbulcke, ARA MER, 5/2019
- Bravoure Scarcity Beauty, published on the occasion of the exhibition in the Belgian pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy
- Criticat n°2, 09/2008, Paris, pp 4-29, "L'œuvre au blanc : Coupe sur l'histoire d'un presbytère" Pierre Chabard
