odile decq studio visit

odile decq studio in paris, france images © designboom

while the designboom team was in paris, we visited odile decq and her studio to get a sneak peek at the office space as well as some recent projects. located on a narrow street north of the seine, the firm occupies the upper floor of a 5-storey building.

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upper level office image © designboom

housed in a gable ceiling volume, the layout of the working space is largely open and permeable for open communication and dialogue. circulation is defined by free standing book shelves holding binders, books and references. though the original gut of the building has been removed, architectural elements and details such as the old structural frames are left intact.

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new wing of the MACRO museum in rome by odil decq (2010) image courtesy MACRO photo by luigi filetici

image courtesy MACRO photo by luigi filetici for more images, click here for our coverage of the project.

model making station image © designboom

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the office from above image © designboom

tubes of drawings of past projects image © designboom

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model of ‘shanghai shiatzy’ image © designboom

‘shanghai shiatzy’ in shanghai, china by ODBC (2007) images © ODBC

structural detail image © ODBC

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collage portrait of odile decq image © designboom

stairs leading up to the kitchen area image © designboom

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‘FRAC bretagne’ in rennes, france competition win in construction images © ODBC

interior images © ODBC

odile decq portrait © designboom

the studio building image © designboom