Overview
Benjamin Eysermans is the CEO and co-founder of Bao Living, a company he co-founded in September 2015. He is based in Antwerp. Since January 2019 he has also served as a board member of HESTIA Building Memories.
Earlier, he co-founded Vrienden van de Reynaert, where he was involved from July 2016 to September 2018, and RBLS., which he co-founded in July 2015 and remained with until May 2016.
Eysermans studied for a bachelor in Business & Marketing at UC Leuven-Limburg from 2010 to 2013, followed by communication sciences at KU Leuven in 2013 and 2014. He completed a master in entrepreneurship and innovation at Antwerp Management School in 2015.
Career history
In the news
- The latest episode of the Bao Living Podcast is one I was really looking forward to. Former Vlaams Bouwmeester Leo Van Broeck joined me to discuss the tough challenges and massive opportunities facing the construction sector today. Leo was never afraid to speak his mind during his tenure as Vlaams Bouwmeester, and it quickly became clear during the recording that he hasn't lost that edge. His perspective on the pressure the building industry puts on our environment is sobering. Yet, he still managed to leave me thoroughly inspired.
- Seeing a digital model become a home people actually live in will never get old for me. We recently wrapped up this beautiful renovation project in Bree, converting a former fire station into 9 modern studios. Standing in the final space, my conclusion is always the same: efficiency doesn't have to sacrifice great design. By hiding away all the utilities inside the structure of our SAM, as well as implementing space-saving modules like a fold-out bed and built-in washbasin, we created up to 20% extra livable space compared to
- Hard to ignore the heat this week. In our latest Bao Living podcast episode, Daan Grasveld from The Urban Jungle Project shares something that stuck with me: trees can lower the perceived temperature in a city by up to 19 degrees. That's not landscaping. It's urban infrastructure, and this week makes clear why it matters more every year. Full episode available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, link in the comments.
- With this latest Bao Living project, we are trying something new. At Weder in Rotterdam, we flipped the usual model: instead of the developer picking the furniture, the future residents do. Every SAM package is tailored to their lifestyle, while we make sure every choice fits the apartment layout perfectly. 57 apartments, each one a little different, and still produced and installed modularly, at record speed and at a great price. That's exactly what SAM was built for!
- Would you ever guess what this building used to be? This is Project Kazatar, a personal favourite of mine at Bao Living. We recently delivered this project, where we renovated an old local fire station into 12 modern homes, proving that even the most "retired" spaces have a second life. Same structure, totally new use case. Check out the video below. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
- New project starting at Bao Living, and this one comes with a bit of history, literally. We are installing 10 SAM units inside a historic building in the centre of Antwerp. Protected facade, complex structure, all the constraints that typically make renovation slow and chaotic. And yet we are doing it fast, clean and fully circular. Kitchens, bathrooms and HVAC in one solution. Minimal disruption and renovation chaos. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/efNG9wYZ
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