Jourda & Perraudin: Ecology and High-Tech Architecture

The architectural duo Françoise-Hélène Jourda and Gilles Perraudin have been working together for thirteen years, completing public buildings such as the École de la Lanterne, the École d'Architecture de Lyon, and the Cité Internationale de Lyon, as well as private projects including a house in the earth-village of L'Isle d'Abeau and three experimental houses in Stuttgart. Their work is grounded in the axiom that architecture, like all living forms, is evolutionary and reactive, thus having a limited lifespan. This principle influences both their choice of materials and the forms they design. Their entire practice aims to harmoniously combine forms derived from nature with industrial and high-tech materials.