Gwendoline Eveillard
After working for five years at the swiss Pritzer Price winning office Herzog et de Meuron, Gwendoline Eveillard founded this architectural office in 2021 in France and Switzerland.
Trained on different scales of projects, a plurality of programs, ranging from public competitions to the renovation of heritage buildings, she focuses her work on the valorization of existing buildings whether at the scale of the urban fabric, the building, the unit of life or material.
With experiences in different European countries, from Denmark to Switzerland, she has developed her own working method which is first built on a in-depth study of the potential uses and atmospheres contained in the material and immaterial contexts which surround a project.
The office works tend to demonstrate a unique approach around a joyful and generous philosophy of Sufficiency.
The notion of Sufficiency defines a search for maximum functional effects through a minimum of means. It is based on principles of compactness, programmatic flexibility, on architectural devices set in motion.. It results in an aesthetic that is both baroque because joyful, plural and playful, and sober by favoring an economy of means and a raw expression of materials.
For the last three years, Gwendoline Eveillard has also been a teacher at ESA, the Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris.
Anouk André
Anouk André is a French architect. After completing her bachelor degree in architecture at ENSA Val de Seine, she graduated in 2019 from the FHNW School of Architecture in Basel.
She namely worked at the renowned firm Herzog & de Meuron.
Anouk has been for five years architect at Bachelard Wagner Architekten in Switzerland.
She joined the firm in 2024.
Trained in a range of project scales, she brings her expertise, and a sensitive, sharp eye to urban-scale projects as well as individual housing developments. She is responsible for project management, from the initial sketch phases through to site supervision.
Cécile Colas
Cécile Colas is an external collaborator.
Our office is particularly interested in initiatives to enhance the value of existing buildings based on the circular economy and re-use. So in 2023, we set up a special partnership with Seconde Oeuvre, a start-up created by Cécile Colas.
Cécile Colas is an expert in reuse and ecological transition in the construction 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 work, by offering deconstruction, cleaning and waste management services, reconditioning and sales of second-hand equipment from reuse, and circular economy consultancy services.