Bram Vandemoortel (he/him) believes in the power of local territorial coalitions to tackle complex societal challenges. Bridging grassroots initiatives with supra-local objectives is essential for this. 

Since 2015, he has been working on the Open Space platform and programmes such as Water+Land+Schap and Landscape Parks at Architecture Workroom. In addition to his project work, he actively contributes to the strategy of the landscape team and the organisation as a whole. He also contributes to the work of around new types of societal infrastructure. 

Bram grew up in Bruges and studied civil engineering/architecture at the University of Ghent. He joined the university in 2021 as a teaching assistant in "transition issues". He is also often invited as guest supervisor and jury member at KU Leuven (Gent-Leuven), UHasselt, and ULB.