Sergison Bates Architects. Architecture studio led by Stephen Bates, Jonathan Sergison and Mark Tuff. Established in 1996, Sergison Bates has earned its reputation by successfully tackling issues that are at once architectural, urban, and social. Their approach is based on the experiential potential of materials and construction elements and engages with the environmental, social, and economic context of projects to create an architecture that is both relevant to contemporary needs and rooted in place.
They are currently working on several significant international commissions, among them the transformation of the former Citroën factory in Brussels into a cultural hub, KANAL-Centre Pompidou, and the regeneration of an area of Leuven into a Performing Arts Quarter (Wivina Demeester Award 2021, Publica Awards 2018). Both projects exemplify the attitude of the practice to buildings and urban spaces as architectural frameworks that can act as a backdrop for urban life and catalysts for social interaction within the fabric of the European city.
Recently completed projects include a care campus in Kortrijk, Belgium (New European Bauhaus Prize 2022), a new urban housing block on the Eilandje in Antwerp (shortlisted for BREEAM Awards 2021, Brick Awards 2021, ARC22 Urban Design Awards 2022), and the Lavender Hill courtyard housing (Housing Design Award 2022, RIBA National Award 2023, currently on the shortlist for the Stirling Prize 2023).
Large-scale urban projects are underway in Paris, where they are transforming the former Saint Vincent de Paul hospital site into a mixed-use development; at Pion Versailles, where they are working on a new residential development on the edge of the Palace Gardens; and in Ghent, where they are transforming the disused Leopoldkazerne into an urban catalyst with the new headquarters of the East Flanders provincial government at its center.
They are committed to a research-based approach supported by the partners’ academic work and have won several prestigious international awards – among them the Erich Schelling Prize and Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal for Architecture. Our projects are extensively documented in print and have been exhibited widely across Europe and the US.
Ph.- Danko Stjepanovic They are currently working on several significant international commissions, among them the transformation of the former Citroën factory in Brussels into a cultural hub, KANAL-Centre Pompidou, and the regeneration of an area of Leuven into a Performing Arts Quarter (Wivina Demeester Award 2021, Publica Awards 2018). Both projects exemplify the attitude of the practice to buildings and urban spaces as architectural frameworks that can act as a backdrop for urban life and catalysts for social interaction within the fabric of the European city.
Recently completed projects include a care campus in Kortrijk, Belgium (New European Bauhaus Prize 2022), a new urban housing block on the Eilandje in Antwerp (shortlisted for BREEAM Awards 2021, Brick Awards 2021, ARC22 Urban Design Awards 2022), and the Lavender Hill courtyard housing (Housing Design Award 2022, RIBA National Award 2023, currently on the shortlist for the Stirling Prize 2023).
Large-scale urban projects are underway in Paris, where they are transforming the former Saint Vincent de Paul hospital site into a mixed-use development; at Pion Versailles, where they are working on a new residential development on the edge of the Palace Gardens; and in Ghent, where they are transforming the disused Leopoldkazerne into an urban catalyst with the new headquarters of the East Flanders provincial government at its center.
They are committed to a research-based approach supported by the partners’ academic work and have won several prestigious international awards – among them the Erich Schelling Prize and Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal for Architecture. Our projects are extensively documented in print and have been exhibited widely across Europe and the US.
