SCAPE ARCHITECTURE

SCAPE was founded in 2004, and is currently based in Paris. SCAPE work covers a wide span of programmes: the Railway Operation Centre in Pantin (2021); the extension of MAXXI Museum in Rome (2026); the logistics hub built for the Établissements Vilatte in Massy (2022). Through those projects, SCAPE recent research focuses on the role of productive buildings in the heart of the contemporary city’s fabric. This investigation is aimed to redefine those which usually are seen as backstage buildings, through a new way of living in and using them. Furthermore, SCAPE portfolio encompasses a long list of projects, expressing the desire and the experience of a broader research: a housing project in Milan, a timber office building in Paris-Batignolles, the Italian National Judaïsm Museum in Ferrara. Ludovica Di Falco, SCAPE founding partner, was born in Naples in 1975. She studied architecture in Rome and TU Wien. Brought up by an Italian and Swiss family, Ludovica’s cultural background is profoundly European and deeply Mediterranean. Her practice is focused in finding the balance between the overwhelming idea of architecture as a solution to political, social, and cultural problems, and the superficial attitude of bringing simplistic solutions to complex matters. Being an architect means being flexible, which is an antidote to avoid mechanical thinking. Mathilde Mouchel contributes to this philosophy, in her capacity of Project Director at SCAPE since 2016. SCAPE follows every project from the very first conception phases until completion and considers itself the trait d’union between the multiple stakeholders at every stage. Architecture is not limited to its creative part: it’s a responsibility, where the first drawings lead to complex construction sites. A project is therefore conceived with having in mind what follows next and with the awareness of the long-term impact of the building practice.