Floris Alkemade

Floris Alkemade is an architect, urban designer, and served as the State Architect (Rijksbouwmeester) from 2015 to 2021. Formerly a partner at OMA, since 2008, he leads his own firm FAA. His projects and studies span the globe, covering both architectural and urban planning scales. Floris Alkemade is the chairman of TIAFF since this edition, and as the moderator, he guides the conversation on the home floor plan during TIAFF FRAMED.

Floris Alkemade is an architect and urban designer. After graduating from Rem Koolhaas at TU Delft, he worked for 18 years at OMA, of which the last 7 years as a partner. He worked on large projects and studies around the world, both on the scale of architecture and urban development.

Since 2008, Floris Alkemade has been running its own architecture office FAA. For 11 years Floris Alkemade was a guest professor at the University of Ghent and since 2014 he is a lecturer at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam.

Since September 2015 Floris Alkemade has been appointed as Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands. He combines this position with his work for his office FAA and his professorship at the Academy of Architecture.