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Transforming the existing.

Showing what usually stays invisible in an architecture portfolio: how the building is actually transformed.

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A carpenter at work in a dormer under construction, Paris rooftops in the background.
  • Heritage
  • Transformation
  • Materials
  • Craft
  • Durability

What we transform

Steel props under an opened floor.

Structure

Openings · Reinforcement · Structural repairs

Photograph · Coming soon

Photograph — opening a load-bearing wall, steel lintel in place, black and white — 4:5

Load-bearing walls

Openings · Load transfers · Reinforcement

The stair in place through the new opening, works under way.

Floor openings

Creation or alteration · Stairs · Links between levels

Opened roof, bare rafters, a tarpaulin against the sky.

Roof structure

Alteration · Reinforcement · Repair · Adaptation

The floor plate after demolition, a worker seen from behind.

Floors

Openings · Reinforcement · Restructuring

Courtyard façade of a Parisian building, seen from below.

Façades

Repair · Transformation · Restoration

Photograph · Coming soon

Photograph — materials kept and reused on site: stone, wood, tiles, black and white — 4:5

Materials

Keep · Repair · Reuse · Combine

A carpenter at work inside the dormer under construction.

Craft

Craftspeople · Contractors · Gestures

Before · During · After

The site becomes an architectural material, not merely a technical matter.