GWENDOLYN
KERSCHBAUMER
GUILLANE
KERSCHBAUMER
Gwendolyn was born in 1976 in Innsbruck and is Austrian / French with Austrian,
French and Iranian roots.
She obtained a Bachelor in Visual Arts with a concentration in sculpture from
Duke University, NC graduating magna cum laude, receiving the Visual Arts
Department’s Mary Duke Biddle award.
She received her Master in Architecture from Harvard University and a Master
in Advanced Architectural Studies in sustainable building from the ETH (Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich.
Among others, Gwendolyn worked at the architectural offices of Peter Eisenman
Architects New York, Kleihues und Kleihues Berlin, MVRDV Rotterdam and
Wiel Arets Architects Amsterdam.
Gwendolyn was head of research at ‘laba’ / EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology Lausanne) for 3 years, where she researched contemporary
developments in the fields of architecture, urban design and planning.
Guillane was born in 1981 in Innsbruck and is Austrian / French with Austrian,
French and Iranian roots.
She completed an art foundation program in Paris before studying Art History and
Archaeology at the Sorbonne in Paris, receiving a DEUG degree.
She went on to study Product Design at Central Saint Martins where she graduated
in 2006.
Guillane worked for several years as an interior designer in London before starting
Atelier Areti with her sister Gwendolyn.
