Bram Aerts

Partner, steering committee

Ir. architect, KU Leuven, 2002

In 2011, Bram Aerts founded ATAMA together with Carolien Pasmans. After graduating from the KULeuven, he gained professional experience in Brussels and Antwerp. With more than 15 years of expertise in architecture and urbanism he focuses on the creative direction of the office. He is closely involved in all ATAMA projects, from conception to realisation, including the Leietheater Deinze, the Design Museum Gent, the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound Brussels and innovative transformation projects such as the Arlon 53 high-rise project in Brussels.

For various projects, the practice received international recognition such as several nominations for the EU Mies van der Rohe award (2019, 2022 and 2024). The office received the Belgian Building Award in 2020 and the European Bauhaus Award AHI 2025.

Bram Aerts is a dedicated teacher at the Faculty of Architecture KULeuven Sint-Lucas Ghent since 2008 and formerly at the University of Antwerp and the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture. 

Bram Aerts lectures in Flanders, Brussels and internationally and is a jury member in architecture competitions. He acts as an author and has contributed to publications such as City Made (nai 010 - 2018) and As a Theatre (MER Paper Kunsthalle - 2020).

Since 2021 Bram Aerts is member of the Quality Chamber of the city of Ghent. In this capacity, he advises clients and architects on the quality of projects that are realised in Ghent.