[News] 🎓[RESEARCH] Exceptional announcement!

🎓[RESEARCH] Exceptional announcement!

We’re proud to celebrate the success of Benjamin Loiseau, who has just brilliantly completed his thesis as part of a research contract at the agency.

✨Title of thesis: “Effects and limits of participation in architecture. Case study of the Grand’Goule social housing complex in Poitiers, 1974-2024”

🌐 The agency actively contributes to research in design science by hosting Benjamin Loiseau’s thesis, in collaboration with the MAACC-MAP laboratories at ENSA Paris la Villette and I3 at Télécom paris, which implements and analyzes design with users for the renovation of 274 social housing units in difficulty. In particular, this collective exploration aims to improve project quality, strengthen stakeholder buy-in and promote the democratic legitimacy of political and architectural action. It entails a redefinition of roles, involving owners, contractors, users, associations, companies and other economic players in a collaborative dynamic.

We would like to congratulate Benjamin on this outstanding achievement and warmly thank the members of the jury for their contribution:

🌟 Mme Elizabeth Mortamais, MCF HDR, Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Val-de-Seine – President of the jury
🌟 Mr @ESTEVEZ Daniel, PR HDR, LRA, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Toulouse (ENSA de Toulouse) – Rapporteur
🌟 Mme Michela Deni, PR HDR, PROJEKT, Université de Nîmes – Rapporteuse
🌟 Mme Françoise Détienne, Directrice de recherche, CNRS – Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Télécom Paris – Examiner
🌟 Ms Catherine Elsen, PR, Dpt UEE – INTER’ACT, Université de Liège – Examiner
🌟 M.Rene Henri Arnaud, René-Henri, René-Henri, Architecte Urbaniste, architecturestudio – Guest

Congratulations!