Belgian architect Olivier Bastin co-founded L’Escaut Architectures – a place where artists and architects can exchange practices in a social and cultural ambiance – in 1989. He has taught in the Architecture Faculty of the University ULB La Cambre Horta since 1994, and he became the Chief Architect of the Brussels Region in 2009. His projects have won or been nominated for a number of major architectural honours. The major ones include the Victor Jara Hall and the Ursulines Skating Park.