Gilles Retsin

Originally from Belgium and now living in London, Gilles Retsin studied architecture in Belgium, Chile and the UK, where he graduated from the Architectural Association. His design work and critical discourse has been internationally recognized through awards, lectures and exhibitions at major cultural institutions such as the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Royal Academy, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Retsin won 1st place in the competition for the main installation of the Tallinn Architecture Biennale. He has also qualified with his proposals for the Budapest New National Gallery and a concert hall in Nuremberg. He recently edited an issue of Architectural Design (AD) on the Discrete, and has co-edited Robotic Building: Architecture in the Age of Automation.

Retsin is Programme Director of the M.Arch Architectural Design at UCL, the Bartlett School of Architecture. He is also co-founder of the UCL Design Computation Lab, which conducts high-profile research into new design and fabrication technologies.

One of his latest initiatives is AUAR Ltd (Automated Architecture) a start-up working towards an automated platform for affordable housing. Automated affordable housing? What’s that, you ask? Book your ticket for and& Leuven so that you can hear Retsin reveal the answer.