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is an architecture agency located at Boulevard Barthélémylaan 20, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. Contact us at mail@elmes.agency or at +32 (0)2 414 85 27.

is a Brussels based architecture agency that engages in effective projects, capturing the frictional relationship between the realm of architecture and the many layers of reality. The agency has been founded by Vinh Linh, Thomas Mertens and Jochen Schamelhout in 2020.

Citadel, Europa, Across 20, Condroz, Moeschal, Across 21, Bergmolenbos, Le Regain, La Porte Verte, Garden Palace, Campus en plein air, Terrain d’herbes / Jardin de jeux, Jeanne, Foulons, Logis Mansfeld, Magasin/Magazine .

Vinh Linh (Liège, 1990) graduated in architecture at the Faculty of architecture La Cambre Horta ULB in 2013 and at London Metropolitan University in 2014. He was a project leader at architecten de vylder vinck taillieu. From 2014 to 2021, he was teaching with Jo Taillieu at the EPF Lausanne and he is currently teaching at La Cambre Horta ULB. He is a founding member of Architecture Curating Practice.

Thomas Mertens (Neerpelt, 1988) graduated in architecture and civil-engineering at Ghent University and ENSA Paris La Villette in 2014. He was a project leader at OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen and he also holds a bachelor degree in economics from VUB.

Jochen Schamelhout (Kortrijk, 1990) graduated in architecture at KUL Faculty of architecture Sint-Lucas Brussels, La Cambre Horta ULB and FHNW Basel in 2016. He was a project leader at Gafpa and for the temporary association 6aadvvtAgwA for Kanal Pompidou. From 2017 to 2022, he was teaching with Jan De Vylder at the ETH Zurich. He was a founding member of Vormen and also holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from VUB.

Benoît Roux (Clermont-Ferrand, 1998) graduated in architecture at the Faculty of architecture La Cambre Horta ULB and Waseda University of Tokyo in 2021. He completed an HMONP in ENSAPL in 2024. He joined Elmēs in 2021.

Aurore Dulière (Bruxelles, 2001 ) is currently studying at the Faculty of architecture La Cambre Horta ULB. She joined Elmēs in 2024.

Gaëlle Batas (Pau, 2001) graduated in architecture in ENSA Bretagne and in the University of La Sapienza in 2024. She joined Elmēs in 2024.

Past collaborators are Tom Sneyders, Lola Hinant, Nicolas Aurousseau, Paul Castella, Valérie Adant, Laura Pagano, Adilson Alves Furtado, Julien Hermans, Lena Brandt.

2024

Guest Critic

at ENSA Paris-Est, Master Transformation

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture ULiège, 2nd Bachelor

Press

A+ Architecture in Belgium, A+308 Textile & Texture

Guest Critic

at ENSAP Lille, Studio Spolia

Guest Critic

at TU Wien, chair for Wohnbau und Entwerfen

Guest Critic

at ETH Zurich, chair of Jan De Vylder

Guest Critic

at EPFL, Studio LIF Jo Taillieu

Lecture

at EPFL, Studio LIF Jo Taillieu

Contribution

High Tech Low Tech, exhibition at Archizoom EPFL, Curated by Sophie Dars and Roxane Le Grelle

Exhibition

Soft Power, The Brussels Way of Making the City, at the Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel

Publication

Lausanne Jardins, La ville autrement, Mētis Presses

Publication

Begin again. Fail better, Park Books

2023

Press

BMA and A+ Architecture in Belgium, A+300 Start-up Architecture

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture LOCI UCLouvain, Brussels, 1st Barchelor

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture ULiège, Studio Philippe Vander Maren

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture KULeuven Sint Lucas Brussels, Studio Real Life

Press

A+ Architecture in Belgium, website publication.

Contribution

Magasin/Magazine, exhibition at Académie des Beaux-Arts Paris, Institut de France, Curated by Accattone

2022

Press

Three pavilions, A+299 Special Edition : Quality Matters

Exhibition

to Objects of Fascination exhibition at Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, Curated by CENTRAL, Maxime Delvaux, UR, Accattone, Architecture Curating Practice

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture La Cambre-Horta ULB, studio CUMA

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture LOCI UCLouvain, Brussels, 1st Barchelor

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture Sint Lucas Ghent KULeuven, The drawing & the space

Guest Critic

at ETH Zurich, chair of Jan De Vylder, HS2022

2021

Workshop

at SIP21, Faculty of architecture La Cambre-Horta ULB

Contribution

to Jacques Moeschal, publication by Architecture Curating Practice, Angelique Campens. Published by Bozar and Walther König

Publication

to Objects of Fascination, publication by CENTRAL, Maxime Delvaux, UR. Edited by Accattone, Architecture Curating Practice

Contribution

to Objects of Fascination, exhibition at MAD Brussel, Brussels. Curated by CENTRAL, Maxime Delvaux, UR, Accattone, Architecture Curating Practice

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture La Cambre-Horta ULB, studio CUMA

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture LOCI UCLouvain, Brussels, 1st Barchelor

Guest Critic

at ETH Zurich, chair Adam Caruso, FS 2021

2020

Guest Critic

at EPFL, Studio Tomography, LIF

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture La Cambre-Horta ULB, Studio CUMA

Guest Critic

at the Faculty of architecture La Cambre-Horta ULB, 3rd Barchelor

Guest Critic

at the ETH Zurich, chair of Tom Emerson, HS2020

2019

Exhibition

Architects at Play, CIVA, Brussels, Curators : Cédrid Libert, David Malaud

Guest critic

at the Faculty of architecture La Cambre-Horta, Studio CUMA

Guest critic

at the Faculty of architecture La Cambre-Horta, 3rd Barchelor

Guest critic

at the Faculty of architecture LOCI UCLouvain, Brussels, 1st Barchelor

Guest critic

at the Faculty of architecture KULeuven Sint Lucas Ghent, Studio Wim Goes and Jo Taillieu

Guest critic

at the Faculty of architecture KULeuven Sint Lucas Brussels, Master thesis - Harold Fallon

Co-editor

WTC Tower Teachings, KU Leuven Faculty of architecture, Brussels

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Boulevard Barthélémylaan 20
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