Hardel Le Bihan Architectes
Founded in 2006 by Mathurin Hardel and Cyrille Le Bihan, the practice today numbers some 40 architects. The team is based in central Paris. Each project is seen as an occasion to develop specific innovations as far as possible (structure, materials, facades, uses ...), with architectural restraint balanced with an attention to each detail.
Hardel Le Bihan has built about 30 projects, with as many again currently on site or at study phase. Projects of all types and scales within the urban fabric: apartments and private houses, office buildings, cultural amenities and university buildings, hotels, schools and nurseries. Headquarters for companies Klésia and PAP in Paris, the Étoile Lilas multiplex cinema, student residences in Dakar, social housing ... The studio's work, a mixture of public and private commissions, is based on a rational and sensitive design process, with a particular interest in how the projects will be used. Radical in its desire to create buildings that are timeless, the practice gives as much importance to the immediate appropriation of a site as to its evolution over time, because architecture must support and accompany changes of use, integrating innovation into the structure itself of the spaces, before accommodating technical means and technological equipment, which themselves will evolve continuously.
In 2017, as part of the Nouvelle AOM collective (Franklin Azzi Architecture, ChartierDalix, Hardel Le Bihan), the practice won the competition for the new Montparnasse Tower in the centre of Paris.
Associated architects
Mathurin Hardel and Cyrille Le Bihan
40 architect employees
Technical and facade lead
Leonardo Gambatesa
Interior design department
Ayako Maetani
Landscaper
Manon Adam
CGI team
Nicolas Durand, David Trousselle
Managers
Philippe Monjaret, Stéphane Vigoureux
Contracts manager
Corinne Dresco
Administrative manager
Myriam Nony
Communication, strategic development
Clémence Mathieu
Responsible for tenders
Métig Kergoat, Claire Le Gonidec
Secretary, Press Relations
Shirine Labarraque
1 to 2 interns
Collaborators
Project leaders and assistant architects
Fabio Alberghina, Pauline Barraud, Laura Belin, Clément Bertin, Déborah Blaise, Laurent Bouzols, Olivier Busson, Adriana Cavagna, Jérémy Chavanon, Jaafar Chhih, Juliette Chourrout, Barbara Clout, Raoul Collados, Sibylle Darde, Antoine Decourt, Margaux Dervaux, Céline Donzello, Simon Ferré, Benoit Fiton, Kevin Guerin, Margaux Guilmeau, Fanny Guillou, Yoann Hild, Takumi Goto, Sara Impera, François Jacquelin, Thomas Jutteau, Jonathan Leroy, François Louis, Cyril Mabime, Charlotte Marchal, Thomas Mennesson, Arnaud Neveu, Marcello Orlandini, Renaud Pinet, Sandrine Restoux, Alberto Rossetti, Alberto Sacca, Joseph Seressia, Loïs Valherie, Alice Vicaire.
Lectures & Round tables
12e Forum International Bois Construction in Lille
32 logements sociaux en structure mixte bois-béton de l’îlot Albizzia (Lyon)
Mathurin Hardel + Laurent Bouzols, project manager
14 avril 2023
CTBUH Chicago, Vertical Sustainability: Design and Engineering for the Environment, Philippe Monjaret
10 nov 2022
CTBUH Florida Chapter Webinar: Timber on the Rise, from Paris to Miami, Philippe Monjaret
Webinar, 4 mars 2021
Construction bois et immeuble de grande hauteur, Mathurin Hardel
Visioconférence, 26 nov 2020
Meet-up co-liv "Coliving: Urban vs. Rural" Mathurin Hardel
Maison de la Conversation, 10-12 rue Maurice Grimaud 75018 Paris, 3 juil 2020
Partage d’expérience sur les APUI, Mathurin Hardel
AMO Toulouse, Revue Esprit urbain, modération Frédéric Lenne, 11 april 2019
L’avenir des tours, L’Immobilier en scène, Cyrille Le Bihan, 16 oct 2018
Coliving et mixité verticale, Co-Liv Summit, Les Grands Voisins, 11 oct 2018
Enjeux énergétiques de la transformation de la Tour Montparnasse, EnerJMeeting, mars 2018
Mathurin Hardel et Frédéric Chartier, Nouvelle AOM (Franklin Azzi Architecture, CharlierDalix Architectes, Hardel Le Bihan Architectes)
MIPIM 2018 : La Tour Montparnasse, Nouvelle AOM
Exhibitions at Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris
Conserver Adapter Transmettre
oct 2022-mars2023
Paris Rive Gauche, Projet Nouvel R, lauréat de l’APUI, Inventer Bruneseau [Semapa], mars 2019
Habiter mieux habiter plus, Logements de la Porte Brancion, avril 2018
Métamorphose de la Tour Montparnasse, sept 2017
Nouvelle AOM (Franklin Azzi Architecture, ChartierDalix Architectes, Hardel Le Bihan Architectes)
Réinventer la Seine, Pôle d’enseignement supérieur En Seine, juil 2017
Habiter 10.09 / 09.10 – Concours restructuration du monastère des Clarisses de Paris, oct 2010
899 logements à Paris, oct 2008
4 concours privés 2008 – Siège de PAP, mai 2008
Other exhibitions
#Ce que fait la maquette à l'architecture 14-16 oct 2022
Tour Montparnasse, Nouvelle AOM, Mairies du 14e et du 15e, nov 2017
Publications
Consultation Internationale Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris,
Editions Pavillon de l'Arsenal, nov 2017
Inventaire des Réinventer, sous la direction de Catherine Sabbah, CityLinked, 2018
Rezo Strato, entretiens, Archibooks, 2014
Costa Iberica, Upbeat To The Leisure City, de Winy Maas, Paul Ouwerkerk, Mathurin Hardel, Ed. Actar, 2000
Metacity Datatown, MVRDV, Winy Maas, Images Mathurin Hardel, 010 Publishers, 1999
TV & radio, sélection
Documentaire « Tour Montparnasse le chantier record », Cyrille Le Bihan, RMC Découverte, 16 mai 2019
Cinéma Quai des Caps, Bassins à Flot Bordeaux, Mathurin Hardel, France Bleu Gironde, 28 janv 2018