WHY ARCHITECTURE

Architects
Description
WHY ARCHITECTURE
WHY, a Brussels-based studio founded by Yannick Denayer,
focuses on architecture, urban planning and design.
The studio is especially interested in a wide range of
experiences with type, scale and location; this allows it to
challenge pre-conceived ideas and codes in every one of its
projects.
While working within a project's particular constraints and site
specificities, WHY seeks to expand the original commission, to
incorporate an investigation of contemporary society's ceaseless
evolution in terms of how we interact, live in spaces, relax,
learn, work and consume.
Our design methodology is the result of a collective effort by
the studio's staff.
To expand our perspective and our expertise, the project team
regularly calls on outside architects, engineers, designers and
consultants.
40/13 rue du Zodiaque
1190 Brussels
Tél : +32 (0)2 325 70 25
Fax : +32 (0)2 325 70 26
[email protected]
http://www.whyarchitecture.eu
OTHER PROJECTS :
Generis - Residential towers
- 2010-2011
- Chengdu
Creation
2007
Associates
Yannick DENAYER
°1976, Belge
Fondateur de WHY (2007)
Architecte (ISA Victor Horta 2000)
Reine Astrid - Public square
- 2009
- Visé
Publications
(Un)City - (Un)Real State of the (Un)Known (10/2012)
Ecole Hôtelière - Hotel boarding school
- 2009-...
- Namur
Istanbul Design Biennial 2012
Exhibition of Wallonie-Bruxelles Architectures at Istanbul
Museum of Modern Art
Curator : Cédric Libert
Book accompanying the exhibition
Publisher : Frédéric Delcor / Philippe Suinen
Waterloo - Housing and commercial
space
- 2011-...
- Uccle
Jardin de Poche - Installation
- 2004 2004
- Bruxelles
BELGIAN SPIRIT (11/2011)
Hong-Kong Business of Design Week (BoDW) 2011
Collective exhibition of the Belgian architecture, fashion &
design sectors
Curators : Li Mei Tsien, Sébastien Cruyt, Marie Pok
CTRL CE (01/2006)
International Architecture Exhibition (BE, IT, ES, EC, GR)
Event curator Brussels : Yannick Denayer, Samuel Dufaux &
Cédric Herthoge
Exhibition catalogue
Publisher : Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and
Page 1 / 2
http://www.wbarchitectures.be/en/architects/WHY_architecture/254/
Preservation of Columbia University
BELGIO (05/2003)
Publisher : ABITARE n°428 (IT)
Floating Islands (09/2002)
Biennale di Venezia 2002
8th International Architecture Exhibition - Belgian Pavilion
Curator : Maurizio Cohen
Assistants : Yannick Denayer, Laurence Creyf, Cédric
Steenwerckx
Exhibition catalogue
Publisher : La Lettre Volée / Ministère de la Communauté
française de Belgique, 2002
Page 2 / 2
http://www.wbarchitectures.be/en/architects/WHY_architecture/254/