Everything Architecture

Presented in Bordeaux, “Everything Architecture” is an exhibition devoted to the internationally acclaimed architecture firm OFFICE – Kersten Geers/David Van Severen.

Arc en rêve presents everything architecture, an exhibition devoted to the internationally acclaimed architecture firm OFFICE (Kersten Geers/David Van Severen). The exhibition showcases the work of a studio whose radical, minimalist approach truly sets it apart.

Top: OFFICE, centre communautaire, Tirua, Chili, 2011. © OFFICE. Above: Everything Architecture, installation view at Arc en rêve centre d’architecture, Bordeaux, 2016

It consists of a series of models, perspective views and collages arranged alongside artists’ drawings, paintings and photographs in the main gallery at arc en rêve, reflecting a way of conceiving architecture that excels in paradoxical situations by playing with the tense relationship between contradiction and perfection.


Everything Architecture, installation view at Arc en rêve centre d’architecture, Bordeaux, 2016

“Everything Architecture” is based on the idea that the added value of architecture is tiny compared to the confusing mass of buildings that make up our environment. According to Kersten Geers and David Van Severen, its value arise from precise decisions made throughout the life of the project—especially with regard to how it relates to culture and the world at large.

Everything Architecture, installation view at Arc en rêve centre d’architecture, Bordeaux, 2016
Everything Architecture, installation view at Arc en rêve centre d’architecture, Bordeaux, 2016
Everything Architecture, installation view at Arc en rêve centre d’architecture, Bordeaux, 2016