As architects, we experiment with different structural and morphological typologies
and different qualities of use and space through various architectural designs
built from polymer matrix composites.
/ i.e. Gridshell,^[1] nexorad,^[1] shells,^{[2] [3]} insulating structural envelopes,^{[4] [3] [5] [6]} shouldered domes.^[4]
/ i.e. Vertical structural element-free wide space,^[4] thick translucent load-bearing walls and slabs,^{[2] [7]}
structural projection-free without any structural projection.^{[2] [4] [3] [5] [6]}

We are developing various programmes and stairs:
theatre,^[5] habitat,^{[2] [3] [4]} school,^[7] daycare centres,^[6] furniture,^{[8] [9]} (...);
and use in urban densification, suspended floor construction,^[3] grafts,^[6] extensions.^{[2] [4] [3]}
One specific line of research concerns summer heat transfer technology,
in which we develop a situational approach, meshing/modelling the building layout,
the typology, and some elementary systems to exploit the low inertia of composites.

More links:

the Diamond
maison *72/ove
Great egyptian museum
Home sweet mobil home
Gridshell ^{2010 / 2011}

Tailor-made material approach and Ecology

We are seeking to develop projects that use composites as tailor-made anisotropic materials,
and not by optimizing marginally. This approach forces us to think in another language
that is specific to composites. It also enables a “typological” opening of the construction and
of the architectural space that involves physical perceptions and a symbolic and cultural dimension.
The buildings realized thus far weigh 15% of the weight of a standard building of the same size
and it saves about 80% on materials, compensating for much of the embodied energy
required to make all of these materials.