GAFPA was established in 2008 by architects Floris De Bruyn (1982), Philippe De Berlangeer (1980) and Frederick Verschueren (1980). The architectural firm from Gent is known for its pragmatic approach. They dismantle an existing context and transform it into a new reality. This method of systematic deconstruction results invariably in new interpretations of architecture, a vocabulary all of their own.
GAFPA intervenes on different levels, ranging from private houses to public buildings, from urban design operations to scenography. The multidisciplinary firm doesn’t limit itself to house-building projects, but also regularly competes in international contest commissions.

Completed works include a Woodworkshop (G1812) and a housing development in Ghent (G1801); the reconversion of a textile factory in Aalst (G1702) and the Dance Studio’s Rosas in Brussels (G1410); Zwin Nature Centre in Knokke Heist (G1015); A Sports Centre in Kortrijk (G1712) and the Weekend House in Wachtebeke (G1106).
Projects under construction include the redevelopment of the brutalist Portus Ganda tower in Ghent icw CGHA (G1518), Circular Nature Centre in Zelzate (G2401), a large scale City Logistic Hub in Zwijnaarde (G2203) a Church in Herentals icw Ted’A Arquitectes (G1908)

The office is involved in teaching allowing for a constant dialectic between academic research and practice.
Floris De Bruyn currently leads the Masterstudio Primary Structure at KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture Ghent and is a frequently asked guest lecturer and design critic at various institutes, including EPFL Lausanne, De Singel Antwerpen and Kingston University London.

GAFPA was invited to join 10 other international architecture firms at Porto Academy 2017 at FAUP to lead a studio. In 2020 GAFPA made a contribution to the international conference ‘The State of the Art of Architecture’ at Triennale Milano. Recently they were part of the ‘As found’ symposium in Hasselt.

Their work is internationally published in A+, Casabella, Detail, GRAM, Planphase.
In 2017 GAFPA published a monograph on their work G1710 icw Aglaia Konrad, Bert Huyghe and Maarten Vandendriessche.
GAFPA was included in the ‘Architects Directory 2016’ of Wallpaper* Magazine.

The Weekend House (G1106) was awarded a special mention at the Begian Building Awards 2015. The Zwin Nature Centre (G1015) was nominated in 2017 for the EU Mies Award and won the FSC Project award of Best Public Building. The reconversion of an industrial site into a family house (G1203) won the Belgian Timber Construction Award 2020 and was nominated for the Provinciale Architectuurprijs Oost Vlaanderen. The woodworkshop (G1812) won the public award 2021 Architectuur Prijs Gent. The reconverted Chapel (G1609) won first prize Staalbouwwedstrijd Residential buildings in 2022. Housing development Potuit Ghent (G1801) was recently nominated for the Architectuur Prijs Gent in 2024.

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