As fluctuations on resources and conditions ( climate, energy, water, materials …) are less and less predictable, it is relevant to create more robust building organizations; a future proof architecture.

The first step to achieve resilient organization is to reduce the dependency on grid (energy, but also water, food, even air…). Indeed, the less the building relies on external fuel, the more able is it to stand and function.

Secondly, as the efficient buildings owing to the most advanced technological systems are also the most fragile, our design work combines two rationales: ensure optimal performance and maximum robustness. We aim to create buildings that mainly rely on the physical capacities of the materials ( insulation, composition, shading..) instead of fallible mechanical systems (heating, cooling, artificial light…).

So sustainable construction is geared not only to more efficient, but also more resilient buildings, capable of maintaining living comfort in spite of climatic and technical vagaries. Nowadays, the passive standard is no longer a question, but a necessary condition if we are to aspire to consistent architecture.

Finally, buildings are resilient not only for their strengths, but also thanks to their flexibility and adaptability. We believe a future proof architecture should evolve with whatever change of destination, climate, usage…

In order to achieve this, we integrate a large variety of tools, from software to on site quality control, as soon as the first sketch is out. There is a pure revolution here in the art of making, as softwares now can include the fourth dimension of time. So architecture can be elaborate not only in terms of assemblies but also in terms of flows ( energy, people, function, seasons, floods, heat, light, moisture..). This unprecedented and integrated approach internalizes the most advanced simulation tools.

Recently, A2M developed the concept of “Permacity”: the application at urban scale of a systemic and global conception.

We conceive building environment as a metabolism, a sustainable ecosystem where each element contributes to a self-regenerating permanent cycle, alternatively producer and resource. Pursuing those goals, we developed not only the first projects net zero energy or climate neutral, but also resilient and future proof architecture…