Since its creation in 2008 by Frédéric Chartier and Pascale Dalix, ChartierDalix has delivered around thirty buildings. All these projects have been compiled in a two-volume monograph entitled ChartierDalix. Built Work, Archives 2008-2022, published by Park Books in 2023.

A dozen projects are currently under construction: the metamorphosis of the Ariane tower in La Défense (92) with Nouvelle AOM (ChartierDalix, Franklin Azzi Architecture, Hardel & Le Bihan Architectes); the restructuring of an urban complex on rue des Poissonniers in Paris (18th arrondissement); the offices and gardens of the future Arkéa headquarters in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande (35); offices, laboratories and a flood garden on the Paris-Saclay campus in Gif-sur-Yvette (91); the Grand Paris Express station at La Courneuve Six-Routes (93); a memorial garden in Amiens (80); restructuring of the building Pinard in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul district of Paris (14th); and several housing projects in Nice (06), Nanterre (92), Versailles (78) and Paris (14th and 19th).

The office recently delivered : a logistics centre support of urban agriculture, with a green belt in Vitry-sur-Seine (94); a residential and commercial project in the Olympic Village in L'Ile-Saint-Denis (93); a timber-framed building for the Grenoble Ecole de Management in Pantin (93); the AP-HP headquarters in Paris (12th); two residential complexes in Paris (18th) and Bussy-Saint-Georges (77); a school complex in Lille (59); a tertiary campus in Saint Ouen (93); the metamorphosis of the Lourcine barracks in Paris (13th) into the University of Law Paris I.

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Architecture

Whatever the purpose of the building, our main objective is to offer generous spaces, a quality of life and pleasurable places to be in. In our opinion, architecture is above all linked to the senses, to the human and to nature, it accompanies society and participates in its evolution.

For ChartierDalix, architecture is envisaged as a built system combining the means to welcome life, poetry, and the commons. We are convinced that it is important to strengthen the commons, just as in an ecosystem where everything plays a role. As in a garden, "there is always something more to do for those who come".

The variety of different projects undertaken by the office and the diversity of the solutions provided constitute a whole that reflects the evolution of contemporary living conditions. Our research is linked to the act of building: through our practice, we try to explore how to the built environment can evolve with society.

Resources

This section presents both the state of progress of the research we are currently carrying out in the office, and also unpublished works or exchanges that have marked or illustrate our work in a particular way. These resources feed into our entire production.

Landscape

Since its creation, the office has initiated research on the integration of life and the relationship between architecture and landscape. Our first research was published in the book Accueillir le vivant : l'architecture comme écosystème, published by Park Books in 2019.

Following on from this, ChartierDalix has been developing landscape projects since 2021, allowing for a dual landscape approach: autonomous and exclusive, or linked to one of the office's architectural projects.

Our holistic approach to architecture and landscape is based on multidisciplinary skills. Developing the city by involving different disciplines and considering animal and plant species in an ecological process is a way to ensure the long-term future of our spaces.

We believe that it is possible to conceive of the living and the urban in a true relationship of otherness, based on greater reciprocity. This means reversing values so that the design of the unbuilt is as important as that of the built. This is the basis of our philosophy.

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ChartierDalix

27 rue Popincourt 75011 Paris, France
+33 1 43 57 79 14
contact@chartier-dalix.com

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The office has grown gradually and steadily since its creation, and is now organised in such a way as to be able to continue to welcome emblematic projects, whatever their size and location. The office is made up of 8 cross-disciplinary and support skill divisions covering all activities related to a project.

Landscape

The city-nature connection is of particular interest to us. The resilient city is the one that will be able to bring people back into contact with their environment without opposing city and nature. But also because it is an opportunity for us to question the conception of the architectural project through the material, the form and the uses. Integrating places of nature means taking advantage of every available space to allow and encourage life to take root.

Research and development

For several years, the office has been working on the integration of life and biodiversity in architecture. A research on the design of biodiverse walls has been explored by Delphine Lewandowski, PhD student (CIFRE) hosted by the office from 2019 to 2023. This thesis in architecture integrates advanced technical knowledge in the fields of materials science and ecology.

Interior and design

Our approach focuses on the quality of the details: we value the tailor-made and the unique, we combine simplicity with craftsmanship, to give materials their true value. Often shaped in a raw manner, the way these pieces are assembled contributes to the specificity of the spaces while bringing new sensory qualities to each project.

Creation, images and models

A team of architects and visual artists produce all our 3D images and models within the office. This allows us to develop our projects by iteration and to satisfy the rigour necessary for the many competitions we respond to. This methodology guarantees strong and efficient communication with our partners.

Construction

All of the office’s construction sites are handled by our teams. Working closely with the project teams, the architects in the Construction division anticipate issues of concern from the study phases in order to guarantee the quality of the project delivery.

Transversality

This division is made up of experienced architects who provide cross-disciplinary knowledge within the office by supporting the project teams in the design and construction phases, both on general issues and on construction details.

An Operational and Financial division manages all the administration.

Editorial work and external relations are handled by the Diffusion division.

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En 2019, the office welcomed three additional partners who had already been with the office for over 10 years : Sophie Deramond, Mickaël Hassani et Mathieu Terme. Today it has 84 collaborators. This dynamic alliance ensures a close follow-up across all of the projects. The team of collaborators, divided into cross-disciplinary and support skills, cover all activities related to each projects.

Partners

Pascale Dalix and Frédéric Chartier,
co-founders

Sophie Deramond, office director
Mickaël Hassani
Mathieu Terme

Project managers

Jehanne Bouda, Patrick Bourgeois, Martin Bublex, Manon Dolbakian, Alix Gasser, David Gautrand, Leonie Heinrich, Nicolas Jentellet, Nina Krass, Lucile Le Rouillé, Pierre Paillou, Chloé Raillard, Hélène Sicsic

Project assistants

Cecil Barnes, Gabrielle Baujet, Clara Berthaud, Annelore Celante, Cécile Da Silva, Thomas Herman, Antonio Lento, Hortense Majou, Johannes Meinzer, Matthias Mercier, Konstanty Kosma Mikolajczak, Louna Noriega, Romane Pauchet, Marion Surribas, Maciej Urban, Félix Waldner, Angelika Weissheim

Construction

Mickaël Peillet, Guillaume Cournut​​​​, Ulysse Daufresne, Pierre-Louis Fohr, Mey Khemmar, Anne Loiseau, Yoann Marie, Benjamin Obadia, Yoann Quehec, Mélanie Rolland

Transversality

Sébastien Chevance, Melaine David, Olivier Genevoix, Nicolas Grosperrin, Raphaël Halfon (BIM manager)

Interior and design

Sofia Retana, Julia Roux, Nathanaël Zbynovsky

Landscape

Kevin Michels, Tiphaine Foschia, Christopher Morin

Creation, images and models

Claudio Canesso, Alessandro Bellini, Naia Ithurritze, Arnaud Maley, Tom Martin, Walter Stefani, Nicolas Yaouanc

Research, development and diffusion

Ronan Audebert, Inès Martinel

Trainee

Stefano Braghini, Théo Gastebois, Elaine Qin Wang, Shai Remetz, Zuzanna Scibura, Blandine Seguin, Chiara Sottilini

Contracts Manager

Audrey Houte

Administrative and financial manager

Carine Rodrigues

Administrative and financial officer

Florence Houis

HR Manager

Sabrina Lopes

General accounting

Hamza Harrou

Administrative and accounting assistant

Selly Dia

Office manager

Mariame Sakanoko

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ChartierDalix has received numerous awards, including the Moniteur Première Œuvre award in 2009 and the european young architects award 40 under 40 in 2012. In 2022, the new headquarters of the AP-HP in Paris (12th) wins the Équerre d'argent award category "Activity". The office has been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award in 2015 as well as receiving the Le Soufaché prize in 2017, awarded by the french Académie d'architecture for the whole of its work.

The office has won international competitions: in 2017 for the metamorphosis of the Montparnasse Tower with Nouvelle AOM (ChartierDalix, Franklin Azzi Architecture, Hardel Le Bihan Architectes), and more recently in 2021, for the reconstruction of the Bockmühle school campus in Essen (Germany) and the restructuring of a historic block in the centre of Warsaw.

In 2019, Frédéric Chartier and Pascale Dalix were appointed Chevaliers des Arts et des Lettres by the french ministry of Culture.

Pascale Dalix is a member of the Academy of architecture since September 2020.

Grand Prix SIMI 2023, category "Immeuble de Bureaux Neufs - de 10 000m²"

for the Management school in structural wood, Pantin (93)

Équerre d'Argent 2022, category "Activity"

for the new headquarters of the AP-HP, Paris (12th)

Nomination for the Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2022

for the restructuring of the Lourcine barracks, Paris (13th)

Prize awarded by the International Federation of Interior Architects in the Education 2022 category (bronze)

for the restructuring of the Lourcine barracks, Paris (13th)

AMO Prize for the most beautiful Metamorphosis 2020/21

for the restructuring of the Lourcine barracks, Paris (13th)

Frame 2020 Jury Prize

for the restructuring of the Lourcine barracks, Paris (13th)

Frame 2019 Public Prize

for the Gabriel Péri housing in Saint-Denis (93)

German Design Award 2019

for the transformation of the Renault Design centre in Guyancourt (78)

Nomination for the DAM prize for architectural books 2019

for "Hosting Life, architecture as an ecosystem", published by Park Books

Nomination for the Équerre d'Argent 2018

for an office and retail building, ZAC Clichy Batignolles, Paris (17th)

Archi Design Club Award 2018 (office category)

for an office and retail building, ZAC Clichy-Batignolles, Paris (17th)

Eiffel trophy Steel architecture Award 2018 (office category)

for an office and retail building, ZAC Clichy Batignolles Paris (17th)

Le Soufaché prize 2017 by the Académie de l'Architecture

Archizinc Prize 2016 with AvantPropos Architects

for Moulins Secondary School in Lille (59)

Archi Design Club Trophy 2016

for the Rosalind Franklin School in Ivry-sur-Seine (94)

European Prize for Young Architects 40 under 40, 2012

Nomination for the Équerre d'Argent 2014

for the Porte des Lilas residence in Paris (20th)

Nomination for the Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2015

for the Porte des Lilas residence in Paris (20th)

Nomination for the Équerre d'Argent 2014

for the Porte des Lilas residence in Paris (20th)

Première œuvre Prize 2009, Groupe Moniteur

for the covered boulodrome in Meaux


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In 2023, ChartierDalix contributed to the 5th edition of the Chicago International Architecture Biennial entitled This is a Rehearsal (The Floating Museum). The exhibition ChartierDalix - Systems, hosted by the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), marked the end of a residency focusing on the need to invent new models of resilience for the high-rise neighbourhoods that emerged from Modernity, supported by the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine and the Villa Albertine.

Contribution to the exhibition Métro ! Le Grand Paris en mouvement

Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris, November 2023-June 2024

Systems - Contribution to the 5th edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, This is a Rehearsal

Chicago Architecture Center, Chicago, November 2023

Contribution to the exhibition Paris Animal

Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, May 2023

Contribution to the exhibition Conserver, adapter, transmettre

Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris, October-March 2023

Architectures of cohabitation, curated by Arch+ magazine

Schau Fenster, Berlin, May 2022

Architecture & Vegetation, Creation of a pavilion for the Métropole du Grand Paris hosting a photographic exhibition by Ateliers Médicis

Biennale d'Architecture et de Paysage en Île-de-France, Versailles Mai-Juillet 2022

School of Biodiversity, Contribution to the exhibition La préséance du vivant, curated by Gilles Clément and Coloco

Biennale d'Architecture et de Paysage en Île-de-France, Versailles May-July 2022

Hosting life : Re-Using Modernity, contribution to Crossroads: Building the resilient city, curator Dominique Perrault

Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, September 2021

Groupe 2030, scenography and curatorship for the Société du Grand Paris Pavilion

Biennale d'Architecture et de Paysage en Île-de-France, Versailles May-July 2019

Contribution to Tempo d'acqua, curator Alfonso Femia

Pisa Architecture Biennial, 2019

Contribution to the exhibition Habiter Mieux, Habiter Plus

Pavillon de l’Arsenal, 2018

Contribution to the exhibition Social Housing, New European projects, curated by Karakusevic Carson Architects

Center for Architecture, New York, 2018

Exhibition Métamorphose de la Tour Montparnasse

Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, 2017

Contribution to the exhibition Social Housing, Definition and design exemplars, commissariat Karakusevic Carson Architects

Riba Practice Space, Londres, 2017

Contribution to the exhibition Réinventer Paris

Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, 2016

Contribution to the exhibition Sports, Portrait d’une métropole, curators NP2F and Thierry Mandoul

Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, 2014

Contribution to the exhibition Le fabuleux destin du Nord-Est Parisien

Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, 2010

Contribution to the exhibition Kama sutra

Maison de l’Architecture, Paris, 2010

Contribution to the exhibition Dehors ! Paris

Maison de l’Architecture, Paris, 2007

Exhibition of the Competition for the new Paris High Court

Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, 2007

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ChartierDalix. BuiltWork, Archives 2008-2022

November 2023: 202 pages, self-published, design and layout by Zoo, designers graphiques, texts by ChartierDalix, archive images and photographs by ChartierDalix.

La Défense – Making a system

January 2021: 202 pages, self-published, designed and laid out by Zoo, graphic designer, texts by ChartierDalix, images and archive photographs, ChartierDalix

Hosting Life, architecture as an ecosystem

September 2019: 448 pages, published by Park Books, designed and laid out by Building Paris (Benoît Santiard & Guillaume Grall), texts by ChartierDalix, Philippe Clergeau, Aurélien Huguet and Marion Waller (translated into English by Wordshop) Photographs by Myr Muratet, Camille Gharbi, Guillaume Guerrin, Philippe Guignard, Cyrille Weiner, and Angelo Bottazzi.

Calme Bloc,
ChartierDalix and Avenier Cornejo

June 2014, 104 pages, with 55 photographs and 9 illustrations, designed and laid out by Building Paris (Benoît Santiard & Guillaume Grall), with text by Sébastien Marot (translated into English by Andrew Ayers), photographs by Myr Muratet, David Foessel, and Luc Boegly. A co-publication by Metropolis / Actar, distribution Actar.

Office portrait AMC, special-issue

September 2016: 60 pages, texts and illustrations: ChartierDalix; photographs: Myr Muratet, David Foessel and Luc Boegly; graphic design: Building Paris (Benoît Santiard & Guillaume Grall)


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