Expertise & Insights

A contemporary approach rooted in place

Heritage is not a fixed image of the past, it’s a living resource for the present, and for what comes next.
We work across preservation and reinvention: studying, documenting and protecting built heritage, while drawing from its principles to inform contemporary design.
Our approach values place-based architecture, thermal comfort, locally sourced materials and cultural continuity, not for nostalgia, but to ground innovation in context.

Heritage, Places & Futures

• Place-based architecture

• Heritage-making processes

• Contemporary reinterpretation

• Territorial readings

• Low-impact practices

These areas inform our design practice, research projects and collaborative formats.

Collaborative methods that engage
inhabitants, institutions & makers

Participation is not a trend, but a method we’ve practiced consistently and rigorously. It enables us to identify the genuine needs of citizens, based on their habits, daily experiences, and in-depth knowledge of the area.
From participatory workshops to exploratory walks, from fieldwork to public space projects and co-design formats in Morocco and in Europe, these frameworks create space for listening and dialogue, for collective authorship and negotiation, allowing architecture to emerge from lived realities.

Participation & Co-Design

• Co-design

• Place-based dialogue

• Exploratory walks & participatory workshops

• Co-creation & collaborative making

• Urban democracy

Exploring public, civic and cultural anchors

As spaces that gather communities across time, mosques reveal how architecture shapes daily life, governance and collective rhythms.
Not only religious buildings, they are spatial, political and social devices.
We engage with the mosque both as a sacred space and an architectural object, one that evolves without losing its essence.
Our work explores how to contemporize mosque architecture with care, avoiding both pastiche and rupture, and opening space for new expressions of continuity.
We bring the same attention to other community buildings like schools and gathering places that hold equally vital roles in the civic fabric.

Mosques
& Community Spaces

• Mosque typologies

• Sacred spaces

• Architectural & cultural continuity

• Community facilities

• Living traditions

Together, these domains inform a forward-looking architectural practice grounded in context, culture and collective futures.