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ROOM atelier d’architecture
was established in early 2020 by Emmanuelle Raoul-Duval (1984).
It is an architectural practice conceived of in Los Angeles  and based in Paris.

With strong ties and experiences in both Los Angeles and Paris, ROOM aspires to continues building its transcontinental body of knowledge and practice. It looks to the vast array of territories and landscapes that these cities evoke, and searches for an equally plural response.  
As an architectural practice, which at base is about producing space and making room, ROOM projects the built object in a variety of formats - be that a booklet or a building.

The primary material of ROOM’s practice is the project, and it begins with the territory. Each project has its own history, forms of representation, and ambitions, but the main motivation is to materialize links with its context and real environment.
Otherwise said, ROOM is less interested in taking position on “what Architecture is” but rather building a scenario that responds to an actual context – landscapes, people, situations. It means entering into a dialog that is different for each project, based on a close reading of history and pre-existing conditions. 

ROOM takes an editorial approach to architecture.
It thinks with the “version” rather than the original – that is, vocabulary comes with the conversion and transformation of what already exists. It searches for a methodology that is both fed by the territory itself and ROOM’s material excess. These materials might not fit under the category of built objects but nonetheless contribute to ROOM as a project. They install larger pathways and research trajectories that can then feed back into the architectural practice itself.
Namely, ROOM is interested in questioning anthropocentric design, human body, and scale. It asks: What should be the scale of design that addresses today’s environmental challenges?

Playing itself between disciplines and by projects, ROOM aims to work in collaboration


And after all, with that said, ROOM takes its name from Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. <3





14, cité de Trévise, 75009 PARIS
info@room-architecture.com
T. +33 6 14 20 54 59
882 920 861 R.C.S  Paris
N° Ordre S21520







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Beside her upcoming built projects,  ROOM is currently collaborating with Jacques-Marie Ligot on the figure of the ‘Monstrum’,  suggesting a focus on so-called monstrous architecture, understood as deviating from the norm over time, while also exploring the notion of monstration.  This involves observing certain reparative practices, symbolic displacements, and thinking of architectural intervention as a prosthesis on a body undergoing transformation. this work in progress is presented  in the form of a series of 10 lectures this fall/winter at ENSA Paris-Est, followed by a publication.
















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VICQ
in collaboration with Le Lab Architecture
Renovation and extension of a 290m2 countryside house,  including its annex  and exterior spaces located west of Paris  
Yvelines  (78) / Private client  / All phases_currently: CA  / Budget: undisclosed / 2023 - today













ROCHECHOUARD
in collaboration with Le Lab Architecture
Extension of a building extension (vertical addition) for apartments, offices and outdoor shared spaces in the courtyard of a Haussmann lot in Paris
Paris 9e (75) / Private client / All phase_currently:  building permit approved  / Budget: undisclosed  / 2023 - today













CHOISY
in collaboration with Le Lab Architecture
Renovation and extension of athree-story house for a family in a Parisian courtyard 
Paris 13e (75) / private client / all phases _currently: building permit examination period / Budget: undisclosed / 2023 - today













EUGENE CARRIERE
in collaboration with Le Lab Architecture 
Two-floor addition to an existing building near Montmartre in Paris, to be divided into two apartments
Paris 18e (75) / Private client / All Phases _currently: building permit examinatino period/ Budget: 750 000e  / 2021 - today

PROJECTS














MAGENTA
in collaboration with Le Lab Achitecture 
Renovation of a 40m2 apartment in the attic of a Haussmann building in Paris
Design phases: Le Lab / Construction (CA): ROOM + Le Lab
Paris 10e (75) / Private client / Delivered / Cost: 95 000e / 2022 - 23
photos by Daniele Rocco
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TRUFFAUT
in collaboration with Le Lab Architecture and MEP engineer PMIngenierie 
Energy audit and feasibility study for three Haussmann-style buildings comprising a total of 40 apartments and four commercial spaces in Paris
Paris 17e (75) / Private client / Energy audit & feasibility / Cost: var. / 2023













OCCIDENT 
in collaboration with faire 
Renovation of a 70m2 apartment situated on the 24th floor of a high-rise building in Paris (Tour Occident, place des fêtes)
Paris 19e (75) / Private client / Delivered / Cost: 85 000e / 2021
photos by Daniele Rocco 
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REGARD
in collaboration with Le Lab Architecture
Renovation and addition of a floor to a 150m2 duplex apartment situated in the attic of a building in central Paris
Design: Le Lab / CA: ROOM + Le Lab
 Paris 6e (75) / Private client / Delivered / Cost: 308 000e / 2022













ROOSEVELT
in collaboration with faire 
Renovation and restructuring of an existing 280 m2 house along the river Seine, as well as the refurbishment of the accessory dwelling unit and outdoor spaces
Samois-sur-Seine (77) / Private client / Schematic Design - unbuilt / Budget: 330 000e / 2021













AMITER
Competition - selected to compete  
Team: faire, Room, Graft landscape collective, Gianvitto Corazzo, Brieux Perruchet
‘No Man is an Island' envisions the La Touques Valley (14) in the year 2100 as a productive park that harmoniously coexists with the water and landscape, unveiling the potential of this future territory
Community of municipalities Côte Fleurie (14) / Touques, ENGIE wasteland / PUCA, CEREMA, Ministère de la transition écologique / Competition - non winning project / 2021
︎ Full Catalogue Amiter













SEPTEMBRE
in collaboration with Chris Gassaway & Brad Isnard (USA)
House extension for an artist studio
Drawings by Chris & Brad
Saint-Denis (93) / Private client / Schematic Design - unbuilt / 2022












L’ILE-SAINT-DENIS 
House extension, green house
 L’ile-Saint-Denis (93) / Private client / Permit - built / Cost: undisclosed / 2022
︎ PAN Café













WE TBD
Design consultant for the exhibition ‘We TBD’, by L.A based artist Olga Koumoundouros
Los Angeles (USA) / Human Resources (HRLA) non-profit exhibition and performance space / Design - built / 2018
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Olga Koumoundouros
HRLA













[SOUVENIR] OF BOMBAY BEACH
in collaboration with mexican collective WASA
Installation titled 'Room with a View' for the Bombay Beach Biennale festival, curated by Marc Mack, founder of the event and UCLA architecture professor ‘
Bombay Beach (USA) / Bombay Beach biennale commission / Design - built / 2022
︎ WASA 













STUDIO 106
in collaboration with collective the 2vvo
Member of the curatorial team for exhibitions 
Santa Monica (USA) / Studio One Oh Six L.A artist run space/ Curatorial work and set up / 2018
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the 2vvo 
Studio 1-0-6













CODE DE NUIT
Code de nuit is a project by artist Cécile Paris
Assisting with the design of a leather dance floor
Lille (59) / Collector exhibition at Tripostal (05.10.2011 > 01.01.2012) / Design - built /2011-12
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Code de nuit
Cécile Paris

TEACHING














2024 - TODAY
ECOLE SPECIALE D'ARCHITECTURE, PARIS
STUDIO DIRECTOR

MASTER 2 - SEMESTER 1 M2S1
DOMAINE D'ETUDE REUTILISER

SPECIAL GUESTS :
URSULA BIUSO
JEAN-FRANÇOIS BLASSEL
KHRISTIAN CEBALLOS UGARTE
CEDRIC CIRJAK
CHRISTELLE GAUTREAU
TOM GRAY
ROZANA MONTIEL
CLARA SIMAY
VIRGIL VERNIER


︎esa














APRIL 11, 2024
GUEST LECTURER

USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, L.A, USA
2024 RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
RESILIENT FUTURES: BRIDGING TRADITION & INNOVATION IN THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT

‘FROM PRIVATE MANSIONS TO COLLECTIVE HOUSING:
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE PUT TO THE TEST OF DENSITY.
CASE STUDY IN PARIS, NOWADAYS.’

WITH CEDRIC CIRJAK 

︎USC 2024 Research Symposium













2020 - TODAY
COORDINATOR
ENSA PARIS-EST,
CHAMPS SUR MARNE (77)

DPEA ARCHITECTURE POST-CARBONE  (POSTGRADUATE)
PROJECT PITCH AND WRITING WORKSHOP
-ATELIER D'ARGUMENTAIRE ET D'ECRITURE

WITH LAURELINE GUILPAIN, EMMA CARVALHO DE OLIVEIRA &
ALESSANDRA MARCON












 

2019 - TODAY
GUEST CRITIC FOR VARIOUS STUDIO REVIEWS AND WORKSHOP:

@UCLA ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN, L.A, USA
@USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, L.A, USA
@ECOLE D'ARCHITECTURE ET DE PAYSAGE DE LILLE (ENSAPL)
@ENSA PARIS-EST 







2019 - TODAY
EDITOR & CO-AUTHOR FOR VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS:

@CANAL ARCHITECTURE, PARIS, 2023
@UCLA ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN, L.A, USA, 2022
@UCLA ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN, L.A, USA, 2020
@SCI-ARC INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, L.A, USA, 2019












FEBRUARY 24, 2023
GUEST OFFICE

UCLA ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN, L.A, USA
WINTER 2023 CAREER FAIR















2022 - 2023
TEACHER

AUTOGRAF DESIGN SCHOOL, PARIS
BACHELOR 1 - WEEKLY ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

SUPERVISED WITH NIKHIL CALAS















2020 - 2022
TEACHER
ENSA PARIS-EST,
CHAMPS SUR MARNE (77)

MASTERS - WEEKLY THEORY CLASS
LA ‘ZONE’. ECONOMY, PRODUCTION, ARCHITECTURE AND TERRITORY

SUPERVISED WITH FEDERICO DIODATO

SPECIAL GUESTS : 
MERIEM CHABANI
ALEXANDRE CHEMETOFF
ARIANE DOUBLET
PATRICIA LEJOUX
ALESSANDRA MARCON
COLLECTIF POINT VIRGULE
DANIELA POLI
OLIVIER TOURAINE 














APRIL 25-29, 2022
TEACHER
ENSA PARIS-EST,
CHAMPS SUR MARNE (77)

SPRING SCHOOL ‘ARCHITECTURE AS CHOREOGRAPHY’,
MASTERS - WORKSHOP ‘BODYBUILDING’ 

SUPERVISED WITH BRYANA FRITZ












All images and references used as a pedagogical tool
‘La Zone’:
Mall Walkers, USA
© Espaces commerciaux (mission photographique de la DATAR), by  Albert Giordann  France, 1984 
© La Zone, filmed by  Georges Lacombe, France, 25 min, 1928
First hypermarché Carrefour in France, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, 1963 
Shopping center in Sens (89), Claude Parent, 1968-70
The Club of Rome, 1986
The Limits to Growth, first report of the Club of Rome, 1972
Parc d’activités « les tulipes » in Gonesse (95 - Val d’Oise)  © DREIA / Gobry
© Horton Plaza in San Diego (USA), Jon Jerde, 1985
Comment la France est devenue moche,  Xavier de Jarcy & Vincent Remy, in Télerama 2010
Workshop ‘Bodyduilding’:
© Lisa Lyon, by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1982
© Portrait of Kathy Acker, San Francisco, by Kathy Brew , 1991
© Muscle Beach Santa Monica, California, by Michael Ochs  in the 1950’s
© Portrait of Charmion (1875 - 1949) filmed by Edison , 1901
Arnold Schwarzenegger on display at the Whitney Museum (NY), exhibit: ‘Articulate Muscle, The Body As Art’, Feb 25th, 1976

MONSTRUM














LECTURE SERIES
FALL / WINTER 2024.25
EVERY TUESDAY FROM OCTOBER 8TH TO JANUARY 28TH
WITH JACQUES-MARIE LIGOT 




𝙒𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨, "𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚" (𝙚𝙣𝙜. 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧) 𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣 "𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙚," 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙪𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚-𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚, 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙪𝙨, 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙨, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙪𝙨.

𝙄𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚, 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮, 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙦𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨, 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨, 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣, 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣.







Photos  ©
Ryogo Utatsu
Shed publishing


GUESTS 

*October 8
Mio Tsuneyama, Studio mnm, architect (Tokyo)
URBAN FUNGUS - Architecture is a complex mesh

*October 15
  Lydia Amarouche,  editorial director of Shed Publishing
Étendre l’Empire au-delà des mers : les archives bâties du colonialisme

*October 22
Loic Desmonts, Atelier Desmonts, carpenter (Nassande sur Risle)
De l’arbre à la poutre : comment la réappropriation de nos savoir-faire a-t-elle un impact esthétique et technique sur nos charpentes ?

*November 5
Sarah Nichols, assistant professor in Environmental, Material, and Architectural Theory, EPFL (Lausanne)
The Monstrosity of Concrete

*November 12
ASSEMBLE (represented by Camille Sineau), architecture collective, EPFL (Lausanne)
Methods of Assembly

*November 19
Grégory Delaplace, anthropologist, Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris), in conversation with Emmanuelle Raoul-Duval and Jacques-Marie Ligot

*November 26
Milena Charbit, architect, lecturer, and researcher at LéaV (Versailles)

*December 3
Davide-Christelle Sanvee, performer, artist (Switzerland)

*December 10
Valérie Mavridorakis, Professor of Contemporary Art History at Sorbonne University (Paris)

*January 28
Beatriz Colomina, architectural historian, professor, theorist, and curator (United States)

















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About —


 Emmanuelle Raoul-Duval is a french architect who is building and teaching. She graduated from ENSA Paris-Belleville (FR) and received her HMONP in 2010. For seven years she worked at the Bureau des Paysages, office of Alexandre Chemetoff, an interdisciplinary architectural practice rooted in the territory and its different scales. After following a large-scale project in Paris 10e as a project manager (91 apartments, nursery school and businesses), her continued interest in wood construction motivated her to spend three years at Standard Architecture in Los Angeles. Here, shifting her relation to scale by focusing on the structure and materiality of the individual home. While in L.A., Raoul-Duval also took part in exhibitions and installations at Studio 106 L.A. (Santa Monica) and Human Resources. She also participated in juries, publications, and workshops at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, USC School of Architecture, and SCI-Arc Institute of Architecture.

Upon her return to Paris in 2020, Raoul-Duval founded ROOM atelier d’architecture focusing on domestic-scale projects and building upon a methodology of taking into account what is there, valorising rural/urban heritage, and learning from the history and transformation of the territories. She teaches at ENSA Paris-Est since 2020, and  is Studio director (masters degree) at Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture (Paris) since august 2024. She also is SG of Syndicat de l’Architecture and participates commissions at the Architects’ Council of Europe. She was appointed as a member for the 2023-2036 term of the International Competitions Commission at UIA / UNESCO.
In her work, that be built or unbuilt, architecture, culture and politics are entwined.

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