Kersten Geers was born on May 6 1975 in Ghent Belgium where David Van Severen was born on June 2 1978 in Ghent Belgium as well Geers and Severen graduated as an architect at the University of Ghent Belgium and at Esquela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid Spain Both were teachers Geers is now teaching at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL Switzerland and at Harvard Graduate School of Design Severen is a guest tutor at Harvard Graduate School Design They have also written three books together with one of the recent books was Besides History Go Hasegawa Kersten Geers David Van Severen in 2017 Severen s grandfather was Daan Van Severen a Belgian sculptor painter draughtsman and printmaker and his father was Maarten Van Severen who is a Belgian furniture designer His father studied architecture at the
