Building differently, imagining further.
The SAAP logo, composed of a repeating pixel module, expresses a simple yet structuring idea: design through systems, compose through logic, anticipate through structure — a direct reflection of our ongoing work on prefabrication, hubs, transitions, and evolving uses.
Beyond completed projects, SAAP is engaged in an ongoing research practice — through competitions, internal experiments, and forward-looking design studies.
These works explore new scales, structures, and narratives — always grounded in methodological rigor and real-world awareness.
Since their academic years, the agency’s founders have cultivated a reflective approach to responsible prefabrication, evolving urban uses, and territorial transformation.
They have taken part in several idea competitions and international workshops — including FLOW, CimBéton, and EDF Bas Carbone — as well as collective design studies on major urban sites such as Paris’s Petite Ceinture (with Peter Cook), Porte de la Chapelle (with Isabel Hérault), and the Forum des Halles (with Marc Barani).
This section will gradually feature projects that stem from or are informed by our research work:
Research as a foundation for practice
At SAAP, we see research as a natural extension of our architectural practice.
It supports our projects, informs our thinking, and helps us explore responses to contemporary challenges.
This work takes the form of pilot projects, forward-looking studies, or cross-disciplinary initiatives — at various scales.
Some of these projects will be published here as they reach completion.
Our aim is to share concrete, applicable ideas — without locking ourselves into rigid models.
Each study remains open to analysis, adaptation, and dialogue.
