06/11/2025
The construction sector accounts for nearly 40% of global CO₂ emissions and over 50% of waste. Regenerative architecture offers a direct path to mitigate this impact by prioritizing renewable, circular, and locally sourced materials like wood. This approach significantly reduces embodied carbon and conserves resources.
In our view, however, regenerative architecture offers pioneering solutions precisely because it combines traditional construction methods with modern technologies.
A recent example, Wood Art, illustrate the tangible benefits of this approach by using solid wood as a natural carbon sink.
At the College in Lamballe, France, prefabricated timber modules help minimize construction waste.
The REKA Holiday Village in Urnäsch, Switzerland, was built to the Minergie-ECO standard with locally sourced wood, reducing transport emissions.
With a roof area of 22,000 m² and built with 5200 m³ of construction timber, the TUM School of Medicine and Health in Munich is one of Europe’s biggest timber structures. Its distinguishing feature is a 150 metres long roof, which consists of 40 prefabricated hollow box girders
These strategies showcase a commitment to building in a way that serves both people and the planet.
Explore our dossier on regenerative building. link in bio
Images: Florian Spring, Aldo Amoretti, Luc Boegly, Bruno Klomfar, Aldo Amoretti, David Matthiessen
06/11/2025
The construction sector accounts for nearly 40% of global CO₂ emissions and over 50% of waste. Regenerative architecture offers a direct path to mitigate this impact by prioritizing renewable, circular, and locally sourced materials like wood. This approach significantly reduces embodied carbon and conserves resources.
In our view, however, regenerative architecture offers pioneering solutions precisely because it combines traditional construction methods with modern technologies.
A recent example, Wood Art, illustrate the tangible benefits of this approach by using solid wood as a natural carbon sink.
At the College in Lamballe, France, prefabricated timber modules help minimize construction waste.
The REKA Holiday Village in Urnäsch, Switzerland, was built to the Minergie-ECO standard with locally sourced wood, reducing transport emissions.
With a roof area of 22,000 m² and built with 5200 m³ of construction timber, the TUM School of Medicine and Health in Munich is one of Europe’s biggest timber structures. Its distinguishing feature is a 150 metres long roof, which consists of 40 prefabricated hollow box girders
These strategies showcase a commitment to building in a way that serves both people and the planet.
Explore our dossier on regenerative building.
Link in bio
Images: Florian Spring, Aldo Amoretti, Luc Boegly, Bruno Klomfar, David Matthiessen, Aldo Amoretti
14/10/2025
Le Palais de la Musique et des Congrès de Strasbourg fête ses 50 ans !
Les festivités débuteront le vendredi 17 octobre 2025 avec un programme exclusif.
« Vous souhaitez découvrir avec nous le concept architectural du projet de rénovation et d’extension du PMC ? Nous vous emmenons faire un petit voyage architectural dans son passé récent. » – déclare Much Untertrifaller, qui participera à la cérémonie officielle en tant qu’invité d’honneur et qui partagera des informations sur le projet avec .
Leur conférence pour le grand public aura lieu le samedi 18 octobre à 15h00 en salle Curie.
Nous sommes honoré·e·s d’avoir contribué, avec .eu (aujourd’hui rey de crécy et Lucquet Architectes), à la préservation de ce bâtiment remarquable, notamment grâce à la récente rénovation de la salle principale et du foyer, qui a conféré à ce célèbre monument une clarté contemporaine et une cohérence spatiale.
Pour en savoir plus sur le projet link in bio
Partenaires
Maîtrise d’ouvrage :
Structure et fluides : OTE Ingénierie, Illkirch; , Schiltigheim
HQE : , Strasbourg
Acoustique : Müller BBM, Munich
Scénographie : Walter Kottke, Bayreuth
Paysage : .paysage, Imbsheim
Économie, pilotage : .construction, Strasbourg
Façade : CEEF, Ramonchamp
10/10/2025
Lessons in Bamboo: Lycée Tani Malandi, Mayotte
On the island of Mayotte, the Lycée Tani Malandi is an example of how architecture can integrate local materials and culture. In a joint effort with Austrian and French architects and local partners in Mayotte, we designed a campus for 2,000 students with classrooms, sports facilities, a library, a dining hall, and an on-site dormitory.
Clay, wood, bamboo, basalt—these ubiquitous natural materials used in this project emphasize the close relationship between the school and its surroundings. Bamboo façades are reminiscent of the woven fences of original Mahoran houses. Overhanging roofs and long pergolas in front of the classrooms are inspired by the verandas of traditional homes. The lime plaster on the gable of the gymnasium and the school refers to the name of the high school: „Tani Malandi“, which is the name of the white clay from the surrounding caves that is used for make-up at weddings or ritual ceremonies.
Learn more about the project link in bio
Visualisation: .wang
Partners
Architecture: Dietrich Untertrifaller with and
Statics, building services, electrics: Ingerop Conseil et Ingenierie
Building physics: Le Sommer Environnement, Paris
Landscape: Piton Saint-Leu, Réunion
Acoustics: Aida Acoustique, Paris
OPC: Oteis Mayotte, Mamoudzou
BIM Manager: Atelier Juno
