Profiles
WHO ARE WE?
We both met on the benches of the school of architecture and have since worked to increase and develop our knowledge as much theoretical as practical, in the field of bio and geo sourced materials. We are therefore from the same educational background within the HEPIA, HES SO, which has led to a Master’s degree for each of us.
In parallel to the exercise of their profession, both have developed their interests. Renaud chose to specialize in the implementation of bio and geo-sourced materials. Benoit, on the other hand, has developed his commitment to heritage via the teaching of architectural history at IPAC.
Each of us followed our own voice, while questioning each other on the sharing of diverse and varied experiences, to finally find each other and found together the office OÏKOS.
Our ecological commitment has imposed itself on us in the face of the upheavals that surround us. The construction industry is the most polluting sector. We wanted to accelerate its metamorphosis towards local and minimally transformed materials. On the other hand, we have to deal with a built heritage which has a certain cultural value and which must also be maintained and brought up to standard. Thus this association links the interests of each.