About the office
The office is an architecture, interiors, and design practice based in Paris and Zürich, working locally and abroad.
We mainly work on renovation and extension projects. We start from what already exists, its material and invisible qualities, to sculpt bespoke projects.
Each project is a balancing act between the search for functionality, comfort and flexibility of use, and the composition of atmospheres and a sensitive universe, sculpted by the play of light and meticulous finishes.
Our philosophy is based on the idea of Sufficiency. This means seeking maximum effect with minimum resources.
Functionally, it is based on the principles of compactness, programmatic flexibility and an architecture of movement.
Spatially, it translates into a poetic atmoshere, based on a economy of means trough the raw expression of natural or reused materials ; which also become baroque, through a playful and joyful composition of colors and textures.
In terms of method, we develop “impact” projects, with processes to control and minimize the project's carbon impact : by integrating sourcing and reuse logics right from the design phase, by setting up sorting/reuse logics for materials and waste in the demolition phase, by minimizing resources consumptions, and maintenance, in the building's use.
Gwendoline Eveillard
Gwendoline Eveillard graduated from ENSA Paris-Malaquais in 2015. She founded the office in 2021, after working for five years with the Pritzer Prize-winning Swiss firm Herzog et de Meuron, and previously with various firms, including BIG in Copenhagen, and AWP in Paris.
Trained in a variety of project scales and programs, from public competitions to the renovation of heritage buildings, her work focuses on the enhancement of existing buildings, whether on the scale of the urban fabric, the building, the living unit or the material.
For the past two years, Gwendoline Eveillard has been developing researches on the circular economy in construction, on resources consumption and reuse, notably in partnership with the start-up Seconde Oeuvre.
Since 2021, Gwendoline Eveillard has been a professor at the ESA School of Architecture, and a guest lecturer at various schools.
Cécile Colas, funder of Seconde-Oeuvre
The Seconde-Oeuvre start-up and its founder, Cécile Colas, are privileged collaborators of the agency.
Cécile Colas is an expert in reuse and ecological transition in the building sector. She is a graduate of ESSEC business school and has 10 years' experience in sales and marketing at Saint-Gobain.
Seconde Oeuvre supports private and professional players in sustainable development projects, offering deconstruction, cleaning and waste management services, reconditioning and sales of second-hand materials from reuse, and circular economy consulting services.