Profile
L'Escaut was founded in 1989 by Olivier Bastin, architect, et Micheline Hardy, actress, script writer and theater director. L'Escaut is an architecture and scenography practice with experience and interest in the realm of culture and socially conscious projects.
We share our building with rehearsal and exhibition spaces, and that creates an interdisciplinary dynamic that permeates our practice.
Our work is focused on cultural buildings (theaters, museums, cultural centers...), and other public entities and spaces, as well as housing.
Olivier BASTIN
architect (ISA Saint Luc Tournai 1983)
scenographer (atelier Sainte Anne 1987-88)
founder of l'Escaut en 1989 with Micheline Hardy
Eloisa ASTUDILLO FERNANDEZ
architect (ISACF La Cambre 1999)
works at l'Escaut since October 2000
Nele STRAGIER
architect (WENK Sint Lucas Gent 2000)
works at l'Escaut since September 2003
Florence HOFFMANN
architect (ISA Victor Horta ULB 2004)
works at l'Escaut since November 2004
Michael BIANCHI
architect (ISA Saint Luc, Liège 1995)
works at l'Escaut since January 2005
Ellen VAN HUFFEL
architect (WENK Sint Lucas Brussel 2005)
works at l'Escaut since November 2005
Pierre LARAUZA
architect - scenographer (Paris la Villette 2004)
works at l'Escaut since November 2006
Catherine DOHMEN
architect (ISA Victor Horta ULB 2003)
works at l'Escaut since November 2006
Claire LABORDE
architect (Ecole d'Architecture de Nantes)
works at l'Escaut since February 2006
Bjorn GIELEN
landscape architect (Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel 2002)
works part-time at l'Escaut since January 2004
Marie SZERSNOVICZ
scenographer (ESAD Strasbourg 2005)
works at l'Escaut since January 2007
Nadine CHANVILLARD
communication (IHECS Brussels 2002)
works part-time at l'Escaut since March 2007
Annelies KUMS
architect (Sint Lucas Brussels 2006)
works at l'Escaut since July 2007
Mélanie BRIERE
architect (Ecole d'Architecture Paris - Val de Seine)
works at l'Escaut since July 2007
Justine FERY
trainee (ENSAV La Cambre)
works at l'Escaut since September 2007
Pieterjan GIJS
engineer-architect (KUL, 2006)
urban planner (UCL, 2007)
works at l'Escaut since November 2007
David CRAMBERT
architect (E.N.S.A. Nantes 2007)
works at l'Escaut since November 2007
François LICHTLE
architect (Ecole d'Architecture de Nancy 2007)
works at l'Escaut since Februry 2008