Jonathan Sergison, BA (Hons), AA Dip, RIBA, was born in 1964. Having graduated from the Architectural Association in 1989, studying under Rodrigo Perez de Arce, he worked as an assistant and subsequently as project architect for David Chipperfield Architects in 1986-87 and from 1989 to 1991. From 1993 to 1995 he worked as assistant and collaborator at Tony Fretton Architects, where he was involved in a number of significant arts and cultural projects, including Sway Arts Centre in the New Forest, Quay Arts in the Isle of Wight and the Holy Island Buddhist Retreat competition in Scotland. In 1996 he established Sergison Bates architects with Stephen Bates. He has taught at a number of schools of architecture in the UK, including the University of Nottingham, the University of Humberside, the University of North London, the Architectural Association and the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, has been guest critic at the University of Kingston and the University of Bath and is currently external examiner for the University of Cambridge. Together with Stephen Bates, he was visiting professor for the Department of Architecture of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich between 2003 and 2005 and in 2006-2007 they were Visiting Professors at the School of Architecture of the École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne (EPFL). Jonathan Sergison is currently external examiner for the University of Cambridge and has recently been appointed Associate Professor at the School of Architecture at Mendrisio, Switzerland. In addition to his academic commitments, Jonathan Sergison lectures extensively both in the UK and abroad and writes regularly on architecture.
Stephen Bates, BA (Hons), MA (RCA), RIBA, was born in 1964. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1989 under the tutelage of James Gowan and David Chipperfield, he worked in Barcelona for Liebman Villavecchia on housing and cultural projects in the run up to the 1992 Olympic Games. From 1992 to 1996, as project architect for Bennetts Associates, London he worked on a number of award winning environmental office buildings such as Powergen (UK) Ltd Headquarters and John Menzies (UK) Ltd Headqurters. In 1996 he established Sergison Bates architects with Jonathan Sergison. He has taught at a number of schools of architecture in the UK, including the Architectural Association, the South Bank University, the University of North London, the University of Bath and Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Together with Jonathan Sergison, he was visiting professor for the Department of Architecture of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich between 2003 and 2005 and in 2006-2007 they were Visiting Professors at the School of Architecture of the École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne (EPFL). In addition to his academic commitments, Stephen Bates lectures extensively both in the UK and abroad and writes regularly on architecture. Since 2005 he has also been a member of the Arts Enabling Group of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), London. He is currently a member of the jury for the Premis FAD, the prestigious architecture and design awards for Spain and Portugal and a panel member of the Southwark Design Review.
Mark Tuff, BSc, (Hons), DIP Arch, was born in 1972. He studied at the University of Bath and the University of East London under the directorship of Peter Salter and graduated in 1994. He then worked as an assistant with Feilden Clegg Design and Bennetts Associates, where he was involved in a number of award-winning environmental office buildings, including Powergen (UK) Ltd Headquarters and Heathrow Business Centre, Phase 1. After completing his diploma, he worked with a group of fellow graduates on a number of European competitions, including the redesign of the Lasipalatsi urban square in Helsinki, Finland for which they won first prize. In 1996 he joined Sergison Bates architects and has been project architect for a number of housing projects including the semi-detached housing project in Stevenage (1999-2000) and the £4.5m mixed use development in Wandsworth (1999-2004), both of which won Housing Design awards. In 2006 he became a partner of the practice. He has lectured and been invited as guest critic at a number of schools of Architecture, including the University of East London, the University of Cambridge, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich.
Associates
Tim Rettler
Architects
Andrew Jackson
Steffen Jürgensen
Emiel Koole
Jerry van Veldhuizen
Susan Vericat
Architectural assistants
Julien Charmion-Henry
Isabelle Nour
Corinne Weber
Administration
Marina Aldrovandi
Kirsten Gamble