Located in Paris, Bordeaux, and Guéthary, the studio Bellecour Architectes was founded in 2003 by Wilfrid Bellecour with the desire to transform his experiences within renowned agencies into a more personal approach to architecture, thus revealing his aspiration to design innovative and sustainable projects.

Committed Approach – The studio’s work emerges from a thorough analysis of the site, addressing the evolving nature of contemporary life as a major societal challenge. Always keeping in mind that the quality of a project depends on its ability to adapt to change, the teams have developed a lasting approach to architecture by working on innovative, flexible, and reusable place concepts: enhancing existing structures and reusing materials, evolving spaces in relation to current and future uses, modularity, and reversibility.

This approach aligns with the studio’s goal of creating frugal, high-quality, and sustainable architecture, naturally encouraging the integration of techniques focused on biosourced materials, particularly the use of wood in the building structure. In addition to its undeniable environmental performance, this material, used as a construction system, enhances the potential for remodeling.

Project Mastery – The studio’s extensive experience in low-carbon projects showcases expertise and control over the biosourced construction method, with its relevance being assessed for each project.

This method has not only challenged the traditional concrete construction approach but has also opened the door to the dry construction sector as a whole, thus fostering a move towards the industrialization of the construction process, with off-site production. It is within this framework that the BIM methodology, acquired by the studio over time, truly comes into play during design. Convinced that the challenges related to the loss of information are the cornerstone of mastering a project’s lifecycle, from design to operation and maintenance, the studio quickly equipped itself with tools that integrate the BIM process.

These flexible, collaborative methods within multidisciplinary teams allow the implementation of strategies that combine theoretical, programmatic, technical, environmental, and economic reflections, ensuring optimal project control. The flexibility of this creative process, which promotes close collaboration between all partners, provides project owners with the assurance that the projects meet their expectations and needs.