Li Mei Tsien BE

https://architectes.b612associates.com/
1253 Chaussée de Waterloo 1180 Uccle | 1180 Bruxelles

ABOUT

Li Mei Tsien is a Civil Engineer Architect and Urban Designer based in Brussels. She combines professional practice, academic engagement and international representation activities.

As co-founder of B612architectes, her work explores the relationship between architectural quality, sustainability, public procurement and the evolving role of architects in contemporary society. Through public projects, housing, urban transformation and adaptive reuse, she is particularly interested in how ambitious environmental and social objectives can be translated into meaningful and implementable architectural solutions.

Her experience bridges practice, education, advocacy and international collaboration through teaching, lectures, juries, exhibitions and professional organisations. Her work has been widely published and exhibited internationally, including at the Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, BOZAR – Centre for Fine Arts Brussels, and the UIA World Congress of Architects in Barcelona.

Her projects have received several national and international distinctions, including the Public Client Award (Prix de la Maîtrise d'Ouvrage Publique) and the International Grand Prize for Eco-District.

PROFESSIONAL & ASSOCIATIVE ENGAGEMENT

Since 2024 — Co-President, Fédération des Architectes de Belgique (FAB)

Since 2023 — Board Member, Architects in Brussels (ARIB)

Since 2020 — President, Women in Architecture Belgium (WIAB)

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Since 1997 — Co-founder & Partner, B612architectes

Architectural and urban projects focused on sustainability, adaptive reuse, public procurement and architectural quality.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Since 2011 — Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, UMONS
Collective Housing Design Studio

Since 2010 — Lecturer, Saint-Luc Brussels (ISURU)
Master in Urban Planning

EDUCATION

1999 — Master of Arts in History and Theory, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London

1996 — Master in Urban Planning, National Taiwan University, Taipei

1993 — Civil Engineer Architect (Magna Cum Laude), Université Catholique de Louvain

SELECTED AWARDS

2025 — International Grand Prize for Eco-District

2024 — Rénolab Award

2020 — Public Client Award (Prix de la Maîtrise d'Ouvrage Publique)

2019 — International Green Solutions Awards

2017 — Architizer A+ Awards