Nathalie Kerschen

Nathalie Kerschen, PhD

Portfolio 2026 (Overview)*

*website in progress.

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.

As a recipient of several fellowships, I have since translated my theoretical research into both artistic and curatorial projects. These are ones which consider the act of walking as both a method and a 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 points. Resulting from extensive walks across Rome (2023, 2025) and Luxembourg-City (2024-25), they explore forms of lived 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 project investigates feminine and feminist experiences of urban space, if not atmospheres, through artistic parcours and critical maps.

Since 2026, I am co-curating and moderating the talk series TASTE, meaning “Transforming through Art, Science and Technology,” by Espace Culture (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.

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