The forest is both, the operational point of departure and the central argument of the proposed development of the plain in its dimensions of program and use. The plain is a disregard and abandoned space. 2017 will be the year of the end of the irrigated crops and the removal of agricultural activit

The city block of the Fusains is situated in the centre of Aubervilliers, a sector undergoing an urban transformation. The block is characterized by the construction of a large housing complex in the 1970s. The entire block is now enclosure, but with multiple breaches, and its outdoor spaces are mai

63 apartments Rue de Carmes - Paris This complex of adjacent buildings is singular thanks to its architectural composite aspect linked to its different building periods presenting various facade typologies. The necessary intervention on the envelope dictated by the current environmental imperatives

Forest descending towards city heart The population growth of Limeil-Brévannes brings into question the commune's quality of life. Hoping not to lose this quality of life composed of one-third of natural wooded areas, the municipality wish to link the city heart to the forest. Through interconnexi

The city of Courbevoie has grown rapidly in recent decades both in terms of population as activities and employment (21% increase from 1999 to 2006 for both). With this demographic development the urban form has also changed. In the 70s, the construction of the Centre Charras partially erased the tr

The Guillou site of the association le Soft is an urban wasteland rehabilitated for cultural production under agreement with Sadev 94 and the town hall of Ivry-sur-Seine. Together with the Coulomb site, it groups more than 50% of the artistic workshops (painting, sculpture, music, carpentry ...). Th

The city of Vitoria (318000 hab.) is located in a harbour and logistic conglomeration which is the entrance and exit for goods from the state of Espirito Santo. The metropolitan region (1625000 hab.) consists of 7 municipalities with economic, social and urban inequalities. Vitória, the capital of

The Golf de la Picardière offers recreation on a green of sixty hectares. The project of a tourist residence envisages the construction of 35 housing units, a seminar and festival room for approximately 200 people and a swimming pool with additional buildings on the adjacent plot. The parking slots

This project of the renovation of two buildings for the Federal Republic of Germany is located in the 16 district of Paris. The operation includes the cleaning of the facade facing the street 24/26 rue Marbeau as well as the facade facing the court yard 24 rue Marbeau and the renovating the zinc roo

The project concern the thermal rehabilitation of two social housing buildings located in the 15th arrondissement. of Paris. They are surrounded by a dense Parisian urban fabric with twentieth century buildings, modern apartment buildings and some contemporary buildings. The 23 rue d'Alleray was bu

“Sense of a River” is a cultural park project. It is not only a homage to the culture of Saint Petersburg, it is equally an homage to the river Neva, the silent monument of the city. It is an oasis to be explored in the contemporary urban context. Their connection is reinforced by water, a histo

The project was about a major renovation of the Southern Europe headquarters of the ZDF (Second German Television Channel) in the sixteenth arrondissement of Paris, consisting of two buildings around a central courtyard. The operation demanded for the partial rehabilitation of the facades, the repl

Real estate valuation Located less than an hour from Paris by train, the manor of Liancourt stretches on steep woodland of thirty acres, includes a castle built in 1865 overlooking a park and a forest. Transformed into a sanatorium prison in 1947, the area is now largely abandoned. In fact, among

Three connections, three parks The project builds on and links to various polarities, which make Bad Kötzting long term. Landscaping forms the superposition of three spaces: the river along the white rain, the park south of the town centre and the city of gardens as transitions between park a

It is a planning of an office space at La Défense. The organization of the plan remains rational, however a research on materials and forms is put forward. This aspect is especially remarkable in the layout of the sanitary space. There were 3 proposals in the design process: 1. the "Round" Proposa

The project concern the thermal rehabilitation of two social housing buildings located in the 15th arrondissement. of Paris. They are surrounded by a dense Parisian urban fabric with twentieth century buildings, modern apartment buildings and some contemporary buildings. The 17 rue d'Alleray was bu

The project builds on the local characteristics of a site in a great landscape to propose an urban fabric, which is capable to respond to the main challenges of the site: offering new diversified housing, building a city of proximity, giving access to services, shops, public transport and alternativ

The Lugo district, where the Hollander Factory is located, is entering a phase of urban transformation. The occupants of the creative factory invite visitors from the open doors to build a piece of city. The urban manufacture revolves around a scale model of 4x5m at the scale of 1 / 100th.

East of Paris, in the department of Val-de-Marne, several hectares of land was reserved for the construction of a highway connecting the A4 and the A86: called “Voie de Desserte Orientale“. In 2007, the French State abandons the highway project in favor of a mixed used urban planning project. Th

The redesign of the esplanade and the square is part of a long term development. The city centre was built according to the principles of urbanism slab. The urban renewal process, initiated ten years ago, is based on city blocks structured by the road network. The Town Hall is the central point of t

In the early 21th century, the Mekong Delta stands between two major dynamics: The population growth and the urbanization, while the global warming threatens to reduce the surfaces for farming and living. This territory will be among the first to suffer the environmental consequences. It could there

The project is part of the national Orly-Rungis-Seine-Amont development programme (OIN ORSA). The site of study is located north of the centre of Choisy-le-Roi and 12 km south from the centre of Paris. It is one of the few municipalities in IdF which extend on both sides of the Seine. The site of 12

The site is located south of the train station of Villennes sur Seine and develops itself in an east-west direction between the rue des Iselles and the railroad which follows the river Seine. The clients wanted to increase the surface of the house while preserving its form and the facade towards the

The industrial harbour of Le Havre is situated on both sides of a large artificial channel. The planning of a wind farm along this channel conducts the transformation of nowadays agricultural areas into future industrial areas of the harbour. The position of the wind mills will determine an initial

The Republic of Tatarstan is one of the most developed and industrialized Russia regions with an urban population of 75%. With its soils rich in hydrocarbons, the government wants to prepare the investments of the future and has commissioned a multidisciplinary group, led by the Leontief Centre in S

The Town of Madrid would like to redesign their public spaces. The competition was to develop three different urban paths through which the inhabitants and visitors would discover the urban space of Madrid. The cultural path is mainly characterized through the historical town structure and its cultu

The Livron district The town of Annemasse aims to renovate the sensitive urban zone (ZUS) of the Perrier. The Livron is a block of 4.8 ha, located at the edge of Annemasse on a transition of the topography. It is considered as an "enclosed" housing block and part of the district of the Perrier. T

The leading principle for the conception of the new area is the combination of a built-up density, a high habitability quality and a high variety of housing for different populations and generations. The landscaping is adapted to the topography. The offset arrangement of the buildings create a set

The building complex of La Hêtraie, composed of 5 buildings from 10 to 15 floors, is located on the Est communal edge of Limeil-Brévannes in Val-de-Marne. The whole site, open to the neighbourhood is crossed by multiple users. The project of the complex’s open spaces requalification raises the q

The spaces to be converted are situated on the ground floor in the town hall of the 10th district of Paris, at the angle of the streets Hittorf and Pierre Bullet. The program included the design of a childcare centre for 30 children on a surface of 410 m². To benefit from the natural light which pe