FRES architectes
LAURENT GRAVIER
2010 Founded Fres Geneve with Sara Martin Camara.
2004 Founded Fres Paris with Sara Martin Camara.
2003-2004 Worked for Jakob+MacFarlane Architectes, Paris.
2002 Visiting Professor at the Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam.
2002-2003 Worked for Claus en Kaan Architecten, Amsterdam.
2000-2001 Worked for Köther en Salman Architekten, Amsterdam.
1998-2000 Post-graduate degree at the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville.
1997 Erasmus at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts de Copenhagen.
1994-1998 Architecture studies at the ENSAI, Strasbourg.
SARA MARTIN CAMARA
2011 Teaching assistant at the EPFL, Lausanne.
2010 Founded Fres Geneve with Laurent Gravier.
2004 Founded Fres Paris with Laurent Gravier.
2003 Worked for Nicolas Michelin Architectes, Paris.
2002 Direction of the Biennial Architecture Workshops at Málaga.
2000-2003 Worked for Claus en Kaan Architecten, Rotterdam.
1999 Erasmus at the TU Eindhoven, Netherlands.
1998-2000 Worked for CMD Arquitectos, Málaga.
1993-2001 Architecture studies at the ETSA de Sevilla. Spain.
OFFICES
FRES PARIS
20 rue Primo Lévi
75013 paris france
T +33 (0)1 45 42 44 99
FRES GENEVE
29 route de Jussy
1226 Thônex suisse
T +41 (0)22 348 91 45
atelier@fres.fr
www.fres.fr
The work of the office focuses on searching for each project the strategic concept that allows a contemporary transformation of a site by a specific answer. The concept is developped by an open process that integrates pluridisciplinar teams, turning conditions into positive creative inputs in the project, in aim to achieve a coherent final result.
The office has won several international competitions, like europan 7 in Paris and the The Comedie Theater in Geneva, and the first housing project has been nominated for the best first realized building. Laurent Gravier integrates Europan experts team and Sara Martin Camara is envolved in teaching at EPFL in Lausanne, both activities being complementary to the practice in the office.