The “Ateliers des Territoires Flash” are now a strategic tool to support local authorities to address ecological, social and territorial transformations. Conceived as short, reactive and collaborative formats, they enable the rapid emergence of shared visions and concrete actions grounded in local realities.
Our team has been selected as part of the national framework agreement for the implementation of the “Ateliers des Territoires Flash”.
Bringing together Particules, D’ici Là paysage, Le Sens de la Ville and Une Autre Ville, the team combines complementary expertise in urban design, landscape, territorial strategy, change management and ecological transition. Together, we will develop an agile and site-specific approach based on listening to local stakeholders, building territorial narratives and co-constructing projects.
Our intake is to shift towards grounded ways of planning, adjusted to situations and territories: making projects with existing resources, current uses and local capacities for transformation. Through a “screen-free” methodology privileging site visits , maps, models, walking workshops and collective discussion sessions, we aim to turn the “Ateliers Flash”into genuine spaces for dialogue, transmission and experimentation, to imagine desirable and low-impact futures.

Particules has been selected to represent France at the 20th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2027 - where the project “res publica: what is this space between you and me?” will be displayed.
Led by Particules alongside CUESTA, Naïm Ait Sidhoum and Nicolas Tixier, the project proposes a sensitive and immersive reflection on the role of architecture as a common good and as a democratic tool. To mark the 50th anniversary of the French Architecture Act of 3 January 1977, the Pavilion will explore contemporary territorial transformations, new forms of collective responsibility, and the conditions through which architectural quality is produced.
Inspired by the educational tradition of the European Grand Tour, the project takes the form of a collective investigation conducted in four neighbourhoods built during the 1970s: Le Blosne in Rennes, Mont d’Est in Noisy-le-Grand, Villeneuve in Grenoble, and Città Marghera in Venice. A cohort of young residents engaged in these territories through their studies, training or community activities will explore the gaps between the urban utopias inherited from the twentieth century, present-day lived realities, and possible futures.
Through an approach combining investigation, narrative, film and scenography, the project advocates for a vision of architecture deeply rooted in uses, territories and contemporary forms of collective life.

The entire office spent three days in Brussels. We visited many architecture and landscape projects within the city and warmly thank AGWA and 51N4E for showing us around.
the trip has also been an opportunity to exchange with the Brussels-based urban planning office ORG and meet again with Marcel Smets.
Together with the metropolitan statistics agency Perspective, we discussed the reuse of office buildings, particularly within the European Quarter. We also met with the BMA team, which provided an opportunity to debate about the role of the Bouwmeester / Master Architect and the dynamics which support architectural quality.

Built between 1953 and 1961 by Roger Hummel and Yves Liberge, the former National Maritime Academy is an exceptional site in many respects:
•it is thoughtfully set back from the city. The school was conceived as an enclosed belvedere overlooking both the city and the Loire River. Today, this enclosure shelters remarkable vegetation of high ecological and landscape quality;
•the site layout has remained almost unchanged since its construction;
• the plot and its surroundings are public property. . The City of Nantes’ full ownership of both the site and the Babonneau housing estate now paves the way for an exemplary rehabilitation and transformation project at the heart of the metropolitan area.
Our team has been selected by LOD – LOMA – NOVAPOLE and Nantes Métropole to lead the urban, architectural, and landscape reconfiguration study for the site.
Particules (lead consultant), together with soja architecture, HBLA, Interstices, Ingérop, Albert & co, and Bollinger+Grohmann, will coordinate the urban design and architectural consultancy project, covering diagnostic studies, temporary occupation strategy, feasibility studies, concept design, as well as urban and architectural coordination and project supervision.

A year after starting work on the renovation of the Mont d'Est slab in Noisy Le Grand, Particules is tackling another urban utopia from the 1980s. The Clos-Orteaux block is the last site of the Saint Blaise urban renewal project in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Our team won the tender launched by P&MA and the City of Paris.
The aim is to bring this urban utopia, built by Jean Zunz in 1976 (with the urban planner A. Ascher), up to date with climate change by making it fully compliant with the city of Paris' Bioclimatic Plan, as well as to open this “architectural island” to the neighbourhood.

Our team (Etablissement, Alphaville, Vraiment vraiment, Eco+construire) is proposing an immersive methodology, with three on-site residencies to understand how the neighbourhood works, test scenarios and co-construct the vision of the project with residents and users.

The Cointrin district is today a key territory in the transformation of the Greater Geneva region. Between airport infrastructures, suburban residential neighbourhoods and large-scale landscapes, it brings together major challenges related to densification, mobility and ecological transition.
The intermunicipal masterplan aims to support the gradual transformation of the neighbourhood by reconciling quality of life, urban development and the preservation of landscape and ecological continuities. The project notably builds on the richness of the existing vegetation heritage and the future tangential tramway to drive its transformation.
Our team has been selected to lead the development of the Cointrin intermunicipal masterplan.
Particules will coordinate the project alongside Sub, Altitude 35, Axelle Grégoire, Nicolas Tixier, Ecotec, RR&A and Une Fabrique de la Ville.
Our proposal mainly seeks to evolve the masterplan into a form of “urban ecology manual”, fully integrating living systems as a tool to design and transform the territory. Through an approach grounded in landscape, ecological continuities, uses and project temporalities, the study will aim to develop a shared framework capable of supporting the neighbourhood’s progressive transformations and opening up new ways of inhabiting and shaping the city.

The Haut-Sancé district, located in the south-east of Rennes between Rue de Châteaugiron and the railway lines, is a strategic area for metropolitan transformation. Shaped by the coexistence of residential neighbourhoods, economic activities and large landscape structures, the site offers a strong potential for urban, environmental and landscape renewal.
As part of the ongoing transformations which have been initiated around the Haut-Sancé development area, the City of Rennes and Rennes Métropole aims to support the evolution of this gateway to the city by strengthening urban continuity, mobility networks and landscape quality, while fostering new forms of mixed-use development combining housing, economic activity and public spaces. Specific attention will be given to the future transformation of the AFPA site in the years ahead.
Our team has been selected to lead the pre-operational urban design study for the Haut-Sancé – AFPA sector.
Particules, as lead consultant, will coordinate the project alongside Adélaïde, D’ici-là paysage, iao senn, Biosferenn, Mobhilis and ORA, with the objective of defining an urban, landscape and environmental strategy grounded in the enhancement of the existing site, the quality of public spaces and the challenges of ecological transition.

Two “Villes Nouvelles” central districts, two urban utopias of the 1970s, and two urban transformation projects currently underway.
As part of the Mont d’Est urban regeneration project, we organized a seminar and exchange day in collaboration with EPA Marne, Métropole du Grand Paris, and the urban community of Cergy-Pontoise. The seminar and exchange day gathered elected representatives, the client and design teams involved in the Cergy Grand Centre project.
Both these districts are the legacy of an era marked by strong confidence in the future – it was envisioned with steady optimism rooted in humanist values.
At the time, urban and architectural projects were inseparable from broader social ambitions. It was a period in which the realization of utopian ideals through urban development made it possible to create autonomous urban worlds: cohesive urban ensembles were meant to bring together and organize the functions of living, working, shopping, moving, and leisure.
As products of a previous era, they are now a heritage that deserves to be examined with care, curiosity, and appreciation.

For the past year, we have been working on the urban project Bois Perrin for the city of Rennes on the former Guillaume Régnier child psychiatric site. After a year of regular residencies on the site to forge links between the site's history and its future, we are co-organizing the European Heritage Days on 22th September. Program of the day: a large shared meal, artistic performances, exhibitions, crossings and guided tours to plunge into the singularity of this site in transformation.

The University of Lille has commissioned Particules and Grandtour to realise a study for the redevelopment of the Pont de Bois Campus in Villeneuve d'Asq. In 8 months’ time, the study will produce an urban and landscape guide plan for this campus built in 1976 by Pierre Vago.

The model of the Gare des Mines Fillettes ZAC project created by Particules and Pierre Loup Boisseau will be presented at MIPIM in Cannes, and will soon be on the ZAC site, where Particules will be in charge of the urban and architectural coordination.

Particules welcomes the first NOXI editorial board to its offices for the launch of NOXI’s magazine first issue

The team wins the call for tenders from the Greater Paris Metropole and EPA Marne for the urban renewal of the Mont D'Est district in Noisy le Grand. Particules, in collaboration with Michel Desvigne landscape architects, Alphaville, Zefco, Urbaneco, Egis and Berenice, will elaborate the masterplan while initiating transitional projects as early as 2024. The team is happy to work on the transformation of this urban monument, built in the late 70s.

Particules is in residency at the Bois Perrin site in Rennes . This second residency, open to the public, enabled us to map existing buildings, identify potential resources for reuse, as well as reveal past and current uses of the site. It also aimed at opening the site to the neighborhood. A lot of information to provide concrete input for the Guideline Document and the first plot sheets in the coming months.

The selection jury for the first plot of the Zac Bois Perrin in Rennes met on February 07. The 4 candidates selected for This future open-air nursery’s competition will sketch out the first architectures of the operation, in dialogue with the existing buildings and ensuring a large part to vegetation

The team won the tender for the “Route de Rennes” project for Nantes Métropole. Together with Une Fabrique de la ville, Etablissement, Acadie and Ingerop, Particules will be in charge of the urban renewal project for this key city entrance. This includes several tasks : guide plan - urban, architectural and landscape coordination, tactical urban planning for public spaces - support for urban project consultation. We took Nantes Métropole's desire to change its model very seriously, to stop thinking in terms of development for and by the car. We therefore developed a methodology that invites us to look at this route de Rennes With renewed eyes, looking for transverse paths, thicknesses, situated uses and everyday polarities.

Ecofeminism and bioregionalism: an introduction; As part of the Territoire liquides Master's studio at ENSAN, Fabienne sketches out the links between ecofeminist thought and action and bioregionalist approaches. "Living animate nature was declared dead, while dead inanimate money was endowed with life. Nature, women, blacks and workers were given a new status as 'natural' and human resources offered to the modern world system. Perhaps the ultimate irony of these transformations lies in the new name they were given: rationality." Carolyn Merchant The Death of Nature.

Particules wins the tender for urban project management for the ZAC Bois Perrin in Rennes. The Particules team includes SOJA (heritage), Cuesta (cultural urban planning), Zefco (environment and low-carbon) and HBLA (landscape). Following on from H2O's guide plan, Particules will Elaborate the general guidelines document and the specific plots principles, and oversee coordination. Alongside Cuesta, Particules will initiate a cultural urban planning approach In order to open up the site to the neighborhood, in conjunction with Transitory practices currently present on site: EUR Caps de Rennes2, Cœur Résistants, the CCAS, etc.

Particules spent 5 days in northern italy: between Milan, Venise and Valdobbiadene In Milan, we met the metropolitan city’s department in charge of the Parc Agricolo Sud project. A very instructive morning discussing strategies for maintaining agricultural activities in the heart of Milan's metropolis. At the Venice Biennale we smelled the mycelium, and in Valdobbiadene we tasted Prosecco.

As part of the ADS ADP study for the sustainable development of the resort and beaches of La Tremblade with the GIP littoral, the team is organizing workshops with local stakeholders and partners to explore a number of issues in greater depth and gather concerns/questions/ideas. Topics covered: - Enhancing La Tremblade's year-round appeal - Supporting changes in mobility - Adapting tourism practices to climate change - Designing La Tremblade's future urban development in line with its identity - The future of the town's beaches

NOXI is the winner of the Caisse des Dépôts sponsorship program. This sponsorship will enable us to complete the publication of the first issue of NOXI magazine, scheduled for autumn 2024.

On the eve of 2023’s summer, which once again promises to be particularly worrying, and which will undoubtedly mark a new acceleration in the awareness of climate change, it is with both enthusiasm and concern that our team approaches this new mission for the sustainable development project for the beaches and territory of La Tremblade, launched by the Commune and the GIP littoral. Situated on a sandy peninsula on the Atlantic coast formed by two estuaries, the commune of La Tremblade is in a remarkable geographical position for thinking about a territory in motion, beyond risk management. In this very special environment, we will have to reconsider anthropic uses in order to preserve ecosystems in a context of climate change. The team is composed by: Particules (team leader) D'ICI LA paysagistes concepteurs, Vraiment Vraiment, Egis conseil , Voltere by Egis.

Festive feedback day for the Lanester Urban study “s’entrainer sans trainer”. After a year and a half, the urban definition study and the s'entrainer sans trainer approach were presented to the public at the junior sustainable development fair in Lanester. How do we overcome the difficulty of projecting ourselves into the ecological bifurcation that is so necessary? "Solving the climate crisis is the biggest and most ambitious challenge ever faced by Homo Sapiens. Yet the solution is so simple that even a child could understand it (...). But what exactly can be done when there is no political will?" (Greta Thunberg). And at the local level, if this will can exist, what can we do when there is no cohesion, no common movement, no shared impetus? What stories must we invent to have the strength to change course? It's all about training... and not dragging your feet!

The team is in residence in Villerupt. workshop; visit to the Working-class villlages being renovated by the EPA (Public development establishment walk along the river (the Alzette), and survey by the monumental retaining walls and the open-air mines, only elements preserved from last century’s steelmaking era.

Jury for the national urban planning award 2023 Fabienne is invited to participate in the jury for the national urban planning award 2023. Very happy with the jury's choice.

Conference open to the public organised by NOXI at the Grenoble Cinémathèque. Visit to the “cité de l'abbaye”; screening of Yasmina Benabderrahmane's film and discussion with the artist; three round tables entitled: " Transitory and laissez-faire, how far can we go? mediated by Pascale Dubois, urban planner; Laboratory - Local democracy: the safeguards mediated by Justinien Tribillon, urban planner and essayist; Between Saturn and Europe mediated by Joseph Hanimann, writer and journalist.

Particules won the tender for the urban renewal of the Belvedere working-class village neighborhood in Villerupt for the Alzette Belval EPA. Our team includes Particules, Michel Desvigne paysagiste (MDP), Soja, architectural firm specializing in heritage, and Arcadis, an engineering consultancy, with skills in VRD, structures, polluted sites and soils, and geotechnics. In this formerly industrial area, cross-border dynamism and site geo-morphology are vectors of a new narrative