Bureau Bas Smets

Bureau Bas Smets

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Plant Protoype Building Biospheres

Commissioned by VAi

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ARTS 2026

Bas Smets received his master’s degree in Architecture and Civil Engineering from the University of Leuven and a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Geneva. In 2023, he was appointed Professor in Practice at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Through his design studio, he explores new ways of transforming the city into an urban ecology capable of producing cooling microclimates to respond to climate change. A first monographic exhibition of his work was presented in 2013 at deSingel International Arts Centre in Antwerp, and the Arc-en-Rêve Centre d’Architecture in Bordeaux. In 2025, a second exhibition, Climates of Landscape, was presented at LUMA Arles, offering an immersive experience into his practice and research. Bas Smets has received numerous honours and awards, including the Award for Urbanism and Public Space from the French Royal Academy of Architecture, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and the Ultima for General Cultural Merit in Flanders. In November 2025, he was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture.

Bureau Bas Smets, Grau — Notre Dame
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Alter x Baukreisel, Niteshop, installation views
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