TEAM
BIRGIR ÞRÖSTUR JÓHANNSSON
ARCHITECT
ARCHITECTURE / URBAN PLANNING
Birgir is an architect specializing in urban design from ISACF La Cambre in Brussels. He founded Alternance in 2000 and his projects range from urban planning and architecture to furniture design.
birgir@birgir.eu
ASTRID LELARGE
HISTORIAN PHD
ARCHITECTURE / URBAN PLANNING
Astrid is a historian, PhD. from the University of Iceland and The Free University of Brussels and specializes in the history of urban planning. She is a partner of Alternance and a lecturer at the Agricultural University of Iceland.
astrid@alternance.be
PÁLL LINDAL
ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY PHD
URBAN PLANNING
Páll also runs TGJ and teaches at HR. Páll holds a PhD in Environmental Psychology from the University of Sydney. He is an expert in assessing the psychological impact of the environment on health and well-being, whether it is nature or the built environment.
SIGRÍÐUR KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR
PLANNING PHD
Sigríður is also a lecturer and dean of the Department of Planning at the Agricultural University of Iceland. She studied planning at the University of Washington in the United States and holds a doctorate in environmental sciences from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
BEATRICE PARRE
ARCHITECT MA
Graduated architect from ISAF - LA Cambre in Brussels.
GABRIEL CAUCHEMET
Studied architecture at ENSA Paris Val-de-Seine
ALTERNANCE
The office was created by Birgir Jóhannsson architect in 1999 and is now based both in Brussels and in Reykjavik.
Our field is very large in the project size way which goes from urban-planning to furniture event though our largest demand is in housing. Quality wise we essentially work on very difficult projects that ask for a lot of creativity.
The projects are in general designed from a global concept, which is generated by the need of the client, the organisation, outside influence, the environment, orientation, natural light and materials. The character of every space should reflect its use and represent its owner as well as being as polyvalent as possible and open for new users and destinations.
The style is mainly contemporary and integrated into the surroundings by the form, the use of materials, the transparency, or on the other hand translated in a voluntary opposition. We like to use natural and environmentally friendly materials and let them develop through the years in conserving their character and nobility.
When we work in historical places there is always a historical study with a deep reflection about the parts to keep and valorise as well of those who should leave place to new ideas.
TERMS OF SALE
Legal address: Vesturgata 51a- 101 Reykjavík
Office address: Hringbraut 119 - 101 Reykjavík
Contact: alternance@alternance.be