Porota

An eco-friendly aspects of architecture, an architectural solution which is important from the aspects of preserving the environment and helps fighting abundant carbon dioxide emissions.

Founder, Sameh  Farid Architects

Olivier Leclercq
Architect, urbanist
Vice President of the House of Architecture Ile de France.
I studied architecture at UCL in Tournai (Belgium), at TU Karlsruhe in Germany, and urban planning at ENSA Lille. In parallel, I learned photography at the House of Culture Tournai. In 1997, I worked in London and Warsaw for the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
I worked for two years in Abidjan as an architect, partly for humanitarian projects.
I live and work in the Paris region, associated with Cyrille Hanappe to form AIR architecture office in 2001. We realize mixed urban projects, innovative housing, public buildings and integrate co-design with inhabitants in all our projects.
Since 2016, I am also Secretary General of Actes & Cités, an association for slum clearance and refugee reception.
In parallel, I continue a research at Ecole d’Architecture de La Villette about the valorization of the land by the users expertise in operations of urban prefigurations.

I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. THUS, I ALSO ADVOCATE FOR AN ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE.

The role of the architect is arguably the most critical for mankind in ensuring an environment appropriate to our sustainable future on this planet. The social and scientific changes that occur rapidly over time must be carefully tracked and responded to by the architect, as the need for shelter and safe environments are essentials for all to share as a basis for humanity.