Nathalie Kerschen

I work at the intersection of art and architecture, bridging the gap between academic research and creative expression. As a trained architect, I hold a PhD in architectural theory from McGill University (Montreal, 2023). My doctoral thesis, “Reclaiming Nature in Computational Architectural Design: From Biology to Phenomenology,” investigates the relationship between nature, animality, and the new technologies.

Alongside my theoretical research, I have translated my findings into both artistic and curatorial projects. These foreground "walking" as both a method of investigation and a performative medium of research-creation. My project “Urbs Animalis” (Academia Belgica Rome – Kultur | LX, 2023) and my curatorial and scenographic work for the exhibition “Living Thresholds: Towards Cohabitation in Architectural Design” (LUCA, 2025) are cases in point. They explore lived forms of cohabitation between human and non-human living beings in urban environments.

At the Cité internationale des arts in Paris (2025–26), I continued my urban explorations by developing “Walk(ing) Paris." This research-creation projects critically maps how changes in atmosphere affect our perception of both urban space and security from a feminine and feminist perspective.

Since 2026, I am co-curating and moderating the talk series “TASTE : Transforming through Art, Science and Technology” at the University of Luxembourg.

My work has been presented at the Casino Luxembourg - Forum for Contemporary Art, LUCA - Luxembourg Center for Architecture, BPS22 (Charleroi), and iMAL (Bruxelles), as well as published by Netzwerk Architekturwissenschaften, Springer Nature, and Forum.

For more, follow me on ResearchGate. See also, Culture.lu.