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Charles Bessard (1971, France)
received the Master of Excellence in Architecture in 2002 from the Berlage Institute, Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture, in Rotterdam and graduated with honors as an architect in 1993 at the Ecole Speciale d’Architecture in Paris. Charles Bessard worked at Atelier Jean Nouvel on the Denmark Radio Concert hall in Ørestad where he was leading the design and the realization of the facades. During the years 1997-2000 Charles Bessard worked in London at Sheppard Robson Architects as a lead designer on several large scale projects. From 1993 to 1997 he worked in several practices in Paris including Bodin and Associate where he was the project leader for the Heritage Medialibrary part of the Trocadero refurbishment in Paris.
Nanne de Ru (1976, the Netherlands)
received the Master of Excellence in Architecture in 2002 from the Berlage Institute, Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture, in Rotterdam and received a Bachelor of Architectural engineering from the Hogeschool van Amsterdam in 1999. During the years 2002-2004 he worked at AMO/OMA Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam as a lead researcher and designer on numerous large scale regional planning projects including: Ruhrgebiet a study for a new identity for the Ruhrvalley in Germany, Eurocore, a study into new forms of urbanity in Europe, Beijing Olympic conference center competition, Beijing preservation strategies, and The image of Europe, study and exhibition on the image of Europe, a joint commission of the Dutch presidency and the European Commission. He has published in a number of magazines including Hunch, Baby and Werk, Bauen und Wohnen.