Olivier Palatre

After having worked as a project manager for french and international agencies among which Naço and Architecture-Studio, Olivier Palatre created in 2006 his own agency: it is present in the public and private sectors, working on projects of different nature (education, cinemas, offices, buildings...). We are laureate of the Europe 40 under 40 prize. This prize rewards the 40 most promising architects and designers under 40 in Europe. Our agency has a lot of experience in the construction and renovation of nurseries, kindergartens and schools (projects like the colorful Preschool Pajol and the Second Chance School in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, the Max Jacob nurseries in the 13th arrondissement of Paris). For our team, a school or kindergarten is as much a place of learning school fundamentals as of good manners for young children, and must therefore reflect the image of a positive building, turned towards the youngest, promoting play, meeting and social interaction. The peculiarity of our architecture lies in its sensitivity and in the forms/subjects/colors articulation. It is a question of offering sensory experiences which go with the « everyday life ».