L’atelier is the first-ever nomadic architecture studio. With roots on the European continent, we collaborate and co-create with a global team spread across the world. For the moment, we have hubs in Brussels, Paris, Marseille, Buenos Aires, London, and Berlin.
We believe a global world needs people who understand the language of global and local and are able to make the best out of both worlds.
As nomadic architects, our mission is to expand the field of architecture. We take the best elements of each architecture movement and create a new fusion architecture.
In these times of radical change across the globe, our unique position as a nomadic architecture studio is becoming increasingly relevant, offering up possibilities and methods for approaching the various crises facing humanity.
We are not just physical nomads. We are nomads in our minds.
The nomadic creative process is based on the combination of a melting pot of cultures and a contextual approach. We don’t classify our style to the one of a geographical position (ex: Belgian architecture, Japanese architecture) - our architecture is nomadic, it's unique, it's radical, it's respectful, and it’s modern.
L’atelier works as a bridge between a local but introverted architecture and a global but generic architecture. L’ atelier as a nomadic structure creates a global community on a small scale. We don’t need to be an international corporation to be connected from one side and the other of the globe. We use architecture as a vessel to create a positive impact on the urban fabric.
We decided to build a deconstructed office where clients can be anywhere, where teams can work from everywhere, and where we push the idea of the office space to be a radically digital one. Our design architects can be based wherever they choose, and our operational architects are based in hubs, which currently include Paris, Brussels, Marseille, and Berlin, in association with our construction sites.