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Professor Ottevaere, Olivier Patrick

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Principal Professional Practitioner
Associate Professor of Practice

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Professor Ottevaere, Olivier Patrick

Title:
Principal Professional Practitioner
Associate Professor of Practice

Also Cited As:
Ottevaere, Olivier

Biography

Olivier Ottevaere is a designer whose interest in Architecture is driven by a hybrid approach between physical experiments and geometrical organizations. Integration of active structural principles, properties of materials and procedures of construction prompt the design pursue at the onset of each of his projects.

Previously, he has practiced in New York, Lisbon and London until founding Double (o) studio in 2012. ‘House me tender’, his current precast research work, received the Best Residential future award 2015 from the Architectural Review/MIPIM. He was also recently awarded the Perspective 40 under 40 Asia-Pacific design awards in Architecture.

His series of timber structures, The Pinch/The Sweep/The Warp, designed in collaboration with John Lin was widely published and won several international awards:

  • World Small Project of the Year 2014 (World Architecture Festival)
  • Best Experimental Project (Chinese Architecture Award)
  • Wood Excellence Prize 2014, Shortlisted (World Architecture Festival)
  • Best of Best Category (Architecture & Design Awards-Asia-Pacific)
  • Best of Institutional and Public Space (Architecture & Design Awards-Asia-Pacific)
  • Silver Award 2014 (Design for Asia)

Prior to joining HKU, Olivier was Unit master at the Architectural Association and has taught design studios at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen as well as at the EPFL in Switzerland for five years.  He graduated with a degree in Architecture from the Cooper Union in New York and with an MSc in adaptive architecture and computation from the Bartlett in London.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2013-11-01Winner of Biennial Swiss Design Price 2013 in the category MARKET INTERIOR for the MJHL Montreux Jazz Heritage Lab: Design Preis SchweizProject team: ALICE epfl/enac/ia/aliceDieter Dietz, Olivier Ottevaere (Project Architect/leader), Charlotte Erckrath, Lukas Lenherr, Tibo Smith
Research Achievement
2018-12-01Architectural Review Library Awards 2018, Highly commended (2nd prize): Architectural Review (AR) London UK
Research Achievement
2016-05-01Shortlisted, Wood 2016 Awards: Architecture of Necessity, Virserum Art Museum
Research Achievement
2016-06-01Finalist, Building of the Year: ArchDaily
Research Achievement
2016-05-01Finalist, Education in Architecture Category: ArchMarathon
Research Achievement
2016-02-01Runner-up, Culture Award: Architectural Review
Research Achievement
2016-02-01Merit Award in Wood Design and Building Awards: Canadian Wood Council
Research Achievement
2014-11-01Best Experimental Project for the Pinch, community center and library: the Chinese Architecture Award, 2014
Research Achievement
2014-12-01Best of Best Category for the Pinch, community center and library: Architecture & Design Awards-Asia-Pacific, 2014
Research Achievement
2014-12-01Best of Institutional and Public Space for the Pinch, community center and library: Architecture & Design Awards-Asia-Pacific, 2014
Research Achievement
2014-10-01Silver Award 2014 for the Pinch, community center and library: Design for Asia
Research Achievement
2014-09-01Wood Excellence Prize 2014, Shortlisted for the Pinch, community center and library: World Architecture Festival
Research Achievement
2014-09-01World best small project of the Year 2014 for the Pinch, community center and library: World Architecture Festival
Research Achievement
2014-07-01Shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival under the Small Projects category for 'The Pinch', Library and Community Center: World Architecture Festival (WAF)1 - 3 October 2014Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Research Achievement
2018-08-01Merit Award: 2018 3rd international universities construction competition
Research Achievement
2015-05-0140 under 40 Asia-Pacific design awards in Architecture: Perspective 2015
Research Achievement
2015-03-01Best Residential future award 2015 for House me Tender, open precast cell system for individualized housing: the Architectural Review/MIPIM
Research Achievement
2021-12-01Formative Arts Award, Rural China, Chahui Group: Bamboo Architectural Competition
Research Achievement
2017-12-012nd Prize, 2017 National Universities Bamboo Design and Construction Competition, Anji, Zhejiang province.: International jury
Research Achievement
2019-12-012nd Prize, 2019 National Universities Bamboo Design and Construction Competition, Anji, Zhejiang province.: International jury
Research Achievement
2019-12-01Best teacher, 2019 National Universities Bamboo Design and Construction Competition, Anji, Zhejiang province.: International Jury
Teaching Accomplishment
2021-01-01Casa Trevo named 'Domus Best 10 Houses of 2020 ': Domus Magazine editorial board
Research Achievement
Media Contact Directory
Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Sea communities
Design through making
Conception of space driven by a hybrid approach from the gap between digital and physical explorations throughout the design process
Coastline and marine architecture
Associative and adaptive systems
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English英語
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English英文
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