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.
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