THEO DE MEYER

(∞1990 Gent)
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«…- Architect Theo De Meyer lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. De Meyer moves between architecture, design and the arts, often reconciling the various disciplines in his projects. He plays with context and scale, interprets and transforms, creating new worlds from the act of building.

In addition to his work as an architect, De Meyer is also teaching. Collaboration plays an important role in his cross-disciplinary practice. He and Stefanie Everaert (doorzon interieur architecten) together represent the core of the modular collective Stand Van Zaken (‘State of Affairs’), who create furniture and architecture in collaboration with specialists in various fields. Driven by the shared enthusiasm of its members, Stand van Zaken supports the creation and development of objects, buildings and ideas.- …»

«…- Stand van Zaken — translated as State of Play — is a modular organism that that brings together specialists across various fields. It thrives on fluidity and adaptability, continuously reshaping itself in response to the contexts and encounters that inspire its projects. Founded by Belgian architects Theo De Meyer and Stefanie Everaert (co-founder of doorzon interieur architecten), it serves as a dynamic framework for capturing these moments in time.

Stand van Zaken is centered around the creation of processes, spaces, and objects. It develops innovative works that merge diverse knowledge and skills, opening up creative possibilities. These collaborations are driven by a desire to craft new contexts and experiences, reinterpreting spaces and materials to uncover new meanings within familiar environments.- …»

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KU Leuven – Ghent (BE) – 2022 / … – Guest Lecturer  / Stand Van Zaken – 2019 / … – initiated by Theo De Meyer & Stefanie Everaert (doorzon interieur architecten)  – Ghent (BE) / ETH – Zürich (CH) – 2019 / 2021 – Teaching Assistant  – Universum Carrousel Journey / architecten de vylder vinck taillieu – architecten jan de vylder inge vinck – 2011 / 2021 – Ghent (BE) / Ante Timmermans – 2013-2015  – Assistant – Ghent (BE)/ Theo De Meyer – Orde van Architecten A103115 – 2013 / … / Sint Lucas – Ghent (BE) – 2008 / 2013 – Master in Architecture (with distinction) – Thesis: Ar. Paul Robbrecht & Ar.Marie-José Van Hee – Honored by Vitra Design Museum / Bouw- en Houtkunde– 2002 / 2008 – Don Bosco Sint Denijs Westrem (BE)

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SELECTED PROJECTS
THEO DE MEYER

MEET ME AT THE FOUNTAIN – 2024 – Exhibition Archizoom – EPFL Lausanne (CH) /DESERT SPIRALS – 2023 – Keteleer Gallery Antwerp – for Sybren Vanoverberghe (BE) / GENTWEG – 2023 – House with a garden – Adegem (BE) / SHEELA’S – 2022 – Bar with Olivier Goethals (BE) – Kunsthal – Ghent (BE) / WET JOB – 2022 – Scenography for Camille Henrot (USA – Hauser & Wirth gallery) – Middelheim Museum – Antwerp (BE) / LABATH – 2021 – Public furniture – Ghent (BE) / ARCADE – 2021 – Installation with Filip Vervaet (BE – Plus-one Gallery)  and Manor Grunewald (BE – Berthold Pott Gallery) – Serra – Ghent (BE) / WETTEREN – 2021 – House With a Garden – Wetteren (BE) /  BACKYARD – 2021 – Installation for Sybren Vanoverberghe (BE – Keteleer Gallery) – Deweer Gallery – Otegem (BE) / GOODS BETWEEN FLOORS– 2019 – Installation for Manor Grunewald (BE – Berthold Pott Gallery) – Berthold Pott Gallery – Cologne (DE) /  NEIGHBOURS 7 – 2018 – Installation for Manor Grunewald (BE – Berthold Pott Gallery) – Jan Colle Gallery – Ghent (BE)

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SELECTED PROJECTS
STAND VAN ZAKEN

PRO(PA)GANDA – 2024 – Stand Van Zaken – Theo De Meyer & doorzon interieur architecten & Stadsbouwmeester Gent & Ghent European Youth Capital & Archipel – EGW building, Zuid, Ghent (BE) / OFFICER’S BAR – Stand van Zaken – 2023 – Theo De Meyer & doorzon interieur architecten & Serban Ionescu (USA) & Horst Arts & Music – BAR – permanent installation – Vilvoorde (BE) / WHO HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE – Stand van Zaken – 2023 – Theo De Meyer & Doorzon Interieur Architecten (BE) & Serban Ionescu (USA) – Kanal – Centre Pompidou – Brussels – Competition / STATE OF PLAY – Stand van Zaken – 2023 – Theo De Meyer & doorzon interieur architecten & Horst Arts & Music – MainStage – Vilvoorde (BE) / OBJECTS OF CELEBRATION – Stand van Zaken – 2022 – Theo De Meyer & doorzon interieur architecten & Bram Vanderbeke (BE) – Scenography – Design Museum Gent – Gent (BE) / SERRA – Un Soggiorno Segreto – Stand Van Zaken – 2019 – Theo De Meyer & Stefanie Everaert – a house and an atelier – Ghent (BE) / KLEIN KASTEEL – Stand Van Zaken – 2018 – Theo De Meyer & Stefanie Everaert – Renovation of a Family House (BE) – Ghent (BE) 

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SELECTED PIECES

MONUMENT FOR ELECTRICITY – 2024 – exhibited at – High Tech Low Tech, Exhibition Archizoom, EPFL Lausanne (CH) – Structural bricks, tile supports, PVC skylight, polyethylene, and power outlets – 2500x2500x1600/ LINESTRA – 2023 – exhibited at – NEIGHBOURS storries unfold,Rubenskasteel Zemst (BE) – Shelter, Ghent (BE) – PVC tube, corrugated sheet polyester, galvanized steel, LED – 3000x900x900/ FOUNTAIN – 2021 – part of ARCADE, an exhibition with Filip Vervaet, Theo De Meyer and Manor Grunewald – PVC tubes and skylights 1000x1000x2100/ WALL LAMP  – 2021 – Theo De Meyer & doorzon interieur architecten – wood, recycled polyethylene, rubber  – #1: 480x136x2200, #2: 480x136x1850, #3: 480x136x1200 / TABLE FOR 8  – 2021 – Theo De Meyer & doorzon interieur architecten – wood and cinder blocks – 2400x2400x780 / TABLE FOR 24  – 2021 – Theo De Meyer & doorzon interieur architecten – wood and cinder blocks – 9000x120x780 / ZETEL  – 2019 – Theo De Meyer & Stefanie Everaert – coated PU foam or upholstered – different densities foam – 2200x1000x894 /  REDUCTION PIECE – 2019 – cast iron – 285x285x270 /  ROOF TILE – 2019 – ceramic –221x70x304 /  WHEEL BLOCK WITH END CAP – 2019 – ceramic and rubber – 330x330x240 / FOUR ASHTRAY AND A ROAD PLATE – 2022 – coated steel, recycled polyethylene, fiber reinforced plastic – 2700x1000x750 /  STAANDE LAMP – 2019 – galvanized steel ventilation tubes – high: 200x200x2188, low:330x330x867 / STOEL VAN DALLEN  – 2018 – Theo De Meyer for Manor Grunewald – concrete tiles – 900x900x765 / TAFEL VAN TAPE  – 2018 – polyethylene, steel and pvc tape – 1900x1900x750  / TAFEL MET GRESBUIZEN – 2016 – chipboard with GRES tubes – 1200x1200x750 / SETTING UP A CABINET  – 2014 – Theo De Meyer & Arthur Dekker – plywood green, plywood brown, recycled polyethylene – 443x443x1906 /

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

HIGH TECH LOW TECH – 2024 – Installation for exhibition High Tech Low Tech – curated by Roxane Le Grelle & Sophie Dars – Archizoom – EPFL Lausanne (CH) / UNFOLD STORIES – 2023 – group exhibition curated by Manor Grunewald – Rubenskasteel – Elewijt (BE) / PARKLIFE – 2023 – group exhibition curated by Stief Desmet – Hof Ter Saksen – Beveren (BE) / ULTERIEUR – 2022 – group exhibition curated by Avee gallery – Kortrijk (BE) / COLLECTIBLE – 2022 – Brussels (BE) / CENTRAL GATE – 2022 – group installation curated by Maniera gallery – Brussels (BE) / BACKYARD – 2021 – group exhibition curated by Sybren Vanoverberghe – Deweer – Otegem (BE) / MAISON ECLECTIQUE x DESPLANS – 2021 – group exhibition curated by Moniek Bucquoye – Design Museum – Ghent (BE) / ROMANTIC AFFAIR – 2020 – solo exhibition Stand Van Zaken #2 curated by Moniek Bucquoye & Tim Vanheers – Casa Argentaurum – Ghent (BE) /  BARBE URBAIN – STAYCATION – 2020 – group exhibition curated by Barbe Urbain gallery – Ghent (BE) /  ROMANTIC ACTIVITY – 2020 – exhibition Stand Van Zaken #2 curated by Moniek Bucquoye & Tim Vanheers – Casa Argentaurum – Ghent (BE) /  DAMN MAGAZINE – 2020 -Basilica Di San Celso – Canceled – Milan (IT) /  COLLECTIBLE – 2020 – exhibition Stand Van Zaken #2 – with atelier Jespers – Brussels (BE) /  BOZAR – 2020 – exhibition Stand Van Zaken #2 – with atelier Jespers – Brussels (BE) /  FAKE AUTHENTIC – group exhibition curated by AMA architectrue – Zürich (CH) / FIAC – exhibition Stand Van Zaken #2 – with atelier Jespers – Paris (FR) / BELGIUM ART AND DESIGN – exhibition Stand Van Zaken #1 – Ghent (BE) /  CONTEMPORARY DESIGN MARKET – 2019 – exhibition Stand Van Zaken #1 – Brussels (BE) /  FAKE AUTHENTIC – 2019 – group exhibition – Como (IT) / FAKE AUTHENTIC – 2019 – group exhibition curated by AMA architectrue – Milan (IT) / S&D024 / Ape117: Occupation and HospitalityBooklaunch – NY Art Book Fair – MoMa PS1 – New York (USA) / 019 – RE EXHIBITING MUSEUM OF MOVING PRACTICE – 2017 – with Arthur Dekker – group exhibition curated by 019 –  Dutch Design Week – Eindhoven (NL) / 019 – MUSEUM OF MOVING PRACTICE – with Arthur Dekker – group exhibition curated by 019 –  Design Museum – Ghent (BE)

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

DAMN° 87 – 2024 – All Hail to the Provocateurs – Link  / A+ – 296 – 2022 – Small Escapes – Link  /  HART MAGAZINE- 224 – 2022 – De Serra, een nieuwe benadering van wonen en werken op het platteland – Link / SUBBACULTCHA– 2022 – Balancing between furniture, arts and architecture – Link /  DOMUS – 1056 – 2021 – An old glasshouse transformend into a studio in the Flemish countryside – Link /  A+ – 288 – 2021 – Serra, un soggiorno segreto, Gent, (work in progress) – Link / MANOR GRUNEWALD PRESS – 2021 – Goods Between Floors –  A+ – 284 – 2020 – When Attitudes becomes form

OTHERS – De Standaard, Le Soir, AD Magazine, Financial Times, wallpaper, Le Monde, Sight Unseen, Kubaparis,…

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CURATOR

A GOOD IDEA – 2025 – Theo De Meyer & Guillermo Fernandez- Abascal – Tin Sheds – Sydney (AU) / LA BOCCA DELLA VERITA – 2021 – Together with: Atelier Jespers and doorzon interieur architecten – un cadavre exquis avec Arnaud Eubelen, Chloé Arrouy – Brussels (BE) /  BELGIAN ART & DESIGN FAIR – 2021 – Together with: doorzon interieur architecten, Wim Lambrecht – Floraliënhal – Ghent (BE) /  PRELUDE – 2021 – Belgian Art and Design fair- Together with: doorzon interieur architecten, Tatjana Pieters, Christophe Urbain – Ghent (BE)

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TEACHING

KU Leuven – Ghent (BE) – 2022 / … – Guest Lecturer /   ETH – Zürich (CH) – 2019 / 2021 – Teaching Assistant  – Universum Carrousel Journey

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GUEST CRITIC

Accademia di architettura – Mendrisio (IT) Studio Jan De Vylder  – 2016 –  / ETH – Zürich (CH) Studio Jan De Vylder – 2018, 2022 – / Studio Tom Emmerson – 2019, 2020 – / EPFL – Lausanne (CH) Studio doorzon interieur architecten – 2023, 2024 – / RCA – London (EN) Studio Matthew Blunderfield & Kathy Hawley – 2023 – / KULeuven – LUCA School of Arts – Ghent (BE)  Studio doorzon interieur architecten – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 – / Studio Olivier Goethals, Floris De Bruyn – 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023 / Studio Wim Goes, Klaas Goris – 2023 / Studio Wim Goes, Hera Van Sande – 2024 / Bachelor architectuur – 2021 – / UHasselt – Hasselt (BE) Studio Aslı Çiçek – 2021 / ULiège – Liège (BE) Studio Philippe Vander Maren – 2023, 2024

OTHER

SCAFFOLD PODCAST– 2023 – hosted by The Architecture Foundation London (UK) & Matthew Blunderfield (UK) / ULTIMAS – 2022 – jury member Categorie Architectuur en Toegepaste Kunsten.

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PROMOTOR

ACROSS in residence (BE) – 2024, 2025 – icw. Pauline Fockedey (Nord), A+ Architecture (BE), Vlaams Architectuurinstituut (VAi),  Institut Culturel d’Architecture Wallonie Bruxelles (ICA) Università IUAV – Venice (IT) – 2021 – Carlo Camerin and Mattia Rigon

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WORKSHOPS

A GOOD IDEA – 2025 – Theo De Meyer & Guillermo Fernandez- Abascal – Tin Sheds – Sydney (AU) / PRO(PA)GANDA – 2024 – Stand Van Zaken – Theo De Meyer & doorzon interieur architecten & Stadsbouwmeester Gent & Ghent European Youth Capital & Archipel – EGW building, Zuid, Ghent (BE) / OFFICER’S BAR – Stand van Zaken – 2023 – Theo De Meyer & doorzon interieur architecten & Serban Ionescu (USA) & Horst Arts & Music – BAR – permanent installation – Vilvoorde (BE) / WHAT YOU SEE = WHAT YOU GET – 2024 – With Stefanie Everaert  – Bergen Arkitekthøgskole ( NO) / A REMARKABLE INCIDENT – 2023 – With Matthew Blunderfield & Cathy Hawley (UK) & Sam Chermayeff (DE) – RCA London ( UK) / MAINTENANCE 1:1 – 2023 – Within the frame of Open For Maintenance – ARCH+/SUMMACUMFEMMER/BÜRO JULIANE GREB, Sto-Stiftung, AIT-Dialog -La Biennale di Venezia – The 18th International Architecture Exhibition, Giardini, German Pavilion – with Stefanie Everaert – Venice (IT) / TAPING DETAILS – 2023 – with Philippe Vander Maeren (BE) – Faculté d’Architecture – Uliège (BE) /  STATE OF PLAY – 2023 – Horst arts & music festival – with doorzon interieur architecten – Vilvoorde (BE) / IDW  – 2022 – Performing Devices – with Comte/Meuwly (CH) – University of Antwerp (BE)

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LECTURES

Syracuse University – NY (USA) 2024 / Stockholm University – Stockholm (SE) 2024 / UGENT – Gent (BE) 2024 / Das Verein, Basel (CH) 2024 / Kunsthal – Bergen (NO) – 2024 – With Stefanie Everaert / RCA – London ( UK) 2023 / Syracuse University – NY (USA) 2023 / Stockholm University – Stockholm (SE) 2023 / Faculté d’Architecture – Uliège (BE) 2023 / Horst arts & music festival – Vilvoorde (BE) 2023/ KASK – Ghent (BE) 2023  / UTS – Sydney (AU) 2022 / KU Leuven – Ghent (BE)  – 2021 / UTS – Sydney (AUS)  2021 / F/A – Milan (IT)  – 2021

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COLLABORATIONS

doorzon interieur architecten (BE) – Manor Grunewald (BE) – Sybren Vanoverberghe (BE)  – Filip Vervaet (BE) – Bram Vanderbeke (BE) – Arnaud Eubelen (BE)  – Chloé Arrouy (FR)  –  Olivier Goethals (BE) – Bart Decroos (BE) – Comte/Meuwly (CH) – Filip Dujardin (BE)  – Serban Ionescu (USA) – Fake/Authentic (IT) – SUMMACUMFEMMER (DE) – Juliane Greb (BE) – Guillermo Fernandez-Abascal (AU) – …

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THANKS TO

Yoomi Shin – Margo Steels – Apolline Lemaitre – Donald Huycke – Margot De Caster – Rachel Segers – Robin Bollschweiler

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Projectlijst

01 SVZ Desert Air, 2024
02 Gentweg, 2024
03 SVZ Horst – Officer’s Bar, 2024
04 Meet Me at the Fountain, 2024
05 Desert Spirals, 2023
06 SVZ Who Has a Seat at the Table, 2023
07 Trial and Error, 2023.08
08 SVZ Horst – State of Play, 2023
09 Sheela’s, 2022 - with Olivier Goethals
10 Wet Job, 2022 - for Camille Henrot
11 SVZ Objects of Celebration, 2022 - with doorzon Interieur architecten & Bram Vanderbeke
12 Labath, 2022
13 Arcade, 2021 - with Filip Vervaet & Manor Grunewald
14 Backyard, 2021 - for Sybren Vanoverberghe
15 Serra – Un Soggiorno Segreto, 2020 - with Stefanie Everaert
16 SVZ 9 Pieces of Furniture, 2019 - with doorzon interieur architecten
17 Wetteren, 2019
18 SVZ BA&DF, 2021 - with doorzon interieur architecten, Tatjana Pieters, Wim Lambrecht, Christophe Urbain,...
19 Klein Kasteel, 2018
20 Goods Between Floors, 2019 - for Manor Grunewald
21 Zetel, 2016 - with Stefanie Everaert
22 Tafel van tape, 2018 - for caroline Lateur
23 Tafel met gresbuizen, 2017 - for Max Kesteloot
24 Neighbours 7, 2018 - for Manor Grunewald
25 Setting up a cabinet, 2014 a 2017 - with Arthur Dekker
26 Object,
27 Novaho, 2017
28 Meubelen voor Manor en Lisa, 2016 - 2017

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