Working with, around and within the existing — from the scale of the building to the city and the territory. A Franco-German agency with an interdisciplinary way of working. Recipient of the Palmarès des Jeunes Urbanistes, 2007/08.

Agglomeration project Grand Geneva The study area of the PACA Geneva - Eaux Vives - Annemasse consists of fourteen municipalities in the border region between France and Switzerland. The aim of the study is to verify, through different scenarios, if the planning and redevelopment of this part of

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 train station of Juvisy-sur-Orge is a transportation hub with over 1100 trains, 1500 buses and nearly 60 000 commuters daily. The largest train station of Ile de France outside Paris. The extension of the tramline T7 between Athis-Mons and Juvisy-sur-Orge under construction and in the future the

The agglomeration project of Annemasse is based on a population growth hypothesis. The existing city inherited from the second half of the 20th century is unfinished. Potentials are present for the internal growth (building the city on the city). And it also demand corrections to reduce disparities

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 La Hêtraie complex, consisting of 5 buildings of 10 to 15 floors, is located on the outskirts of Est in the municipality of Limeil-Brévannes in the Val-de-Marne. The entire site, which is accessible to the neighborhood, is crossed by several users. The project of requalifying the open spaces o

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

Urban and economic development The city of Goma is the main city of the North-Kivu district and situated on the eastern side of the Democratic Republic of Congo, next to the border of Rwanda. Because of its geographical situation and the political context, the town had no peaceful and gradual devel

The 16-unit building is located in the Bois l 'Abbé district, which undergoing an urban renewal by ANRU. The project includes the modification of the entrance, which currently opens onto a low-value covered passage, to an access by footbridge via the garden of the residence. The common areas benefi

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

The site of the housing estate, Cité Louis Bertrand, is situated in a network of green corridors between the Porte d'Ivry and the Fort d'Ivry. The rehabilitation of the housing estate is the opportunity to reinforce and integrate itself in the local urban fabric and to redefine its external spaces

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

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 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 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

Repair of a structural defect The aim of the project is the comprehensive refurbishment, in an occupied environment, of the communal areas of a block of flats built at the end of the 19th / beginning of the 20th century. The general condition of the commun areas is average to dilapidated. The only s

  This design concerns the construction of the headquarters of the company DIII - contemporary spaces in Obernai in Alsace. The green site is accessible from the north and marked by a strong slope to the south-west. A series of houses and villas forms the neighbourhood. To integrate the building i

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 terrace of the Bistro de l'Arche is located at the bottom of the Grande Arche, overlooking the esplanade of la Défense, the international business district in the west of Paris. The esplanade is a large public space framed by exceptional buildings and limited to the west by la Grande Arche, whi

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

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

Borders and grids The study area of the PACA Geneva - Arve - Salève is located between two urban development axis and two major entrances into the franco-valdo-genevoise agglomeration area. Our project consists of three guidelines which aim to create a balanced territorial development: Rep

A diversity of housing units in one building The renovation of this early 19th-century suburban-style building, carried out while it remained occupied, addresses three main areas: the building envelope, common areas, and individual units.The building’s heritage value and surroundings make reno

In the near future, the agglomeration of Nokoué, composed of the cities of Porto Novo, Cotonou, Seme Kpodji, Abomey-Calavi and Ouidah, representing between 2 and 3 million inhabitants, will play a vital role across the Gulf of Guinea. The repartition of the roles between the cities of the agglomera

The site is on the edge of the Touques river, close to an activity zone and residential hillsides. Situated in a flood-prone areas, we draw an urban and landscape micro-centrality with a mix of uses within a larger renatured space. The project is composed of successive layers: the soil and the vege

The Avre residence, built in 1973, is characteristic of the urban planning of the ‘70s modern urbanism. It has 416 dwellings in 11 buildings from four to ten floors high. Our mission is part of a larger urban project including the dismantling of two buildings, the sale of land to private developer

A new urban city block The city block of the Fusains is situated in the center of Aubervilliers, a sector undergoing an urban transformation. The block is characterized by the construction of a large housing complex in the 1970s on a former industrial site. The entire block is now cloisonne and its

A heritage renovation in Montmartre This early 20th-century Haussmann-style building comprises 18 residential units and two retail spaces. Given the heritage value of the facades and the surrounding context, the building envelope requires special attention for its restoration and the replacement of

The project concern the thermal rehabilitation of a housing building located in the 15th arrondissement. of Paris. It is surrounded by a dense Parisian urban fabric with buildings from different eras. The 23 rue d'Alleray was built on a former narrow and linear parcel. The adjacent hamlet of Alleray

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