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CURRICULUM VITAE
THE TEAM
PHILIPPE SAMYN
Born in Ghent on 1 September 1948.
Five children (Virginie 07.06.1977, Amandine
23.08.1979, Fabrice 31.08.1981 with Beatrice Ralet;
Victor 19.08.1997 and Noé 14.07.1999
with Emmanuelle Collignon).
1970
Degree in computer science,
Brussels University
1971
Degree in civil engineering,
Brussels University
1973
Master of Science in civil engineering,
Massachussetts Institute of Technology,
Boston,
usa
1973
Degree in urban planning, Brussels University
1985
Degree in management, Brussels University
1985
Degree in architecture, Belgian State Jury
1999
Doctor of applied science, Liège University
1972–74
Apprenticeship as structural engineer
with Verdeyen & Moenaert
1972–77
Apprenticeship as architect
with A. De Doncker
1977
Founding of private practice as architect
and structural engineer
1980
Constitution of the ‘Samyn and Partners,
Architects & Engineers’ partnership
1982
Setesco, structural engineers,
joins the group up to 2006. P. Samyn
director with J. Schiffmann and L. Sottiaux
1989
fti
, services engineers, joins the group.
P. Samyn director with J. Michiels,
P. Delagaye and A. Janssen
1996
dae
, architect and engineers, joins the group.
P. Samyn director with J. Van Rompaey
and D. Mélotte
2003
Air
sr
, engineers in fluid dynamics and wind,
joins the group. P. Samyn director
with D. Olivari
2007
Ingenieursbureau Meijer, structural engineers,
joins the group. P. Samyn director
with J. Meijer
1974–2007
Teaches at the National (now French
Community) School of Architecture La Cambre
1984–2007
Teaches at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Department of civil engineering
1994–2007
Teaches at the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons
1992
Elected to Belgian Royal Academy
of Sciences, Literature and Art
1992
Elected member of the Board of Seco
(Belgian Technical Control Bureau
for construction)
2007
Commander of the Order of Leopold
Philippe Samyn is a registered architect in Belgium,
France, Great Britain and Luxembourg, and regularly
gives lectures and attends judging panels in Europe
and overseas.
THE TEAM
Philippe Samyn’s projects are founded on a highly
structured professional approach.
The team comprises not only the architects and
engineers of the parent company, Philippe Samyn and
Partners,
sprl
-
bvba
, architects & engineers, hereafter
called
sai
, but also those of its sister companies, of which
it holds 30 per cent of the capital and on whose boards of
directors it sits.
The main sister companies are Setesco (executive direc-
tor Jacques Schiffmann) from 1986 to 2006, and since
2007 Ingenieursbureau Meijer (statutory director Jan
Meijer) for the buildings;
fti
(Flow Transfer International,
executive director Jean Michiels) since 1989 for special
technology; and Air
sr
(statutory director Domenico
Olivari) since 2003 for fluid mechanics.
sai
is currently directed by ten shareholder associates,
listed below in order of their year of election (year of
joining the team, date of election):
Philippe Samyn, civil engineer, architect, director
Denis Mélotte, civil engineer/architect (1985, 1991)
Antonio Quinones, secretary general (1989, 1994)
Bernard Vleurick, architect (1989, 1995)
Johan Van Rompaey, civil engineer/architect (1986, 1996)
Ghislain André, architect (1992, 1997)
Jacques Ceyssens, architect (1987, 1999)
Quentin Steyaert, architect (1993, 2001)
Benedetto Calcagno, architect (1998, 2002)
André Charon, architect (1983, 2008)
Thierry Henrard, architect (1994–1998 / 2005, 2008)
Previous associates (year of joining the team,
associated from – to –):
Richard Delaunoit, architect/urban planner,
co-founder of the company (1980, 1980–1996)
Robert Jourdain, socio-economist (1983, 1983–1984)
Bernard Colin, architect (1978, 1984–1990)
Christian Van Deuren (†06.01.1994),
architect (1984, 1984–1991)
Thierry Andersen (†02.04.2005),
architect (1990, 1994–1997)
Fawaz el Sayed, engineer/architect (1991, 1996–2004)
Yves Avoiron, architect (1993, 1998–2004)
Michel Vandeput, architect (1978, 1998–2003)
Victor Levy, architect (1998, 1998–2000)
Gilles Dehareng, engineer/architect (1998, 2001–2002)
Frédéric Berleur, architect (1996, 2002–2003)
Liesbeth Gestels, architect (1997, 2002–2008)
Since its creation in 1980 and 1 December 2007, the Philippe Samyn
and Partners team has logged 1,850,767 working hours.
An exhaustive chronological list of collaborators can be found
on the following pages.
Until 1993, models were created by Ivan Gilbert, since 1994
they have been the work of Francis Van Haye -
ama
.
Under the provisions of the Belgian legislation of 1 July 2007,
sai
has been a member of the Order of Architects of the province of
Brabant since that date. On 31 December 2007
sai
’s share capital was
1,425,000 € and its stockholders’ equity 2,142,000 €. The company has
2,600 m
2
of office space. The company has had
iso
9001: 2000 cer-
tification since 14 February 2000, with re-certification on 14 February
2003 and 14 February 2006. It has been
iso
14001: 2004 certified
since 17 December 2007.
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