Clément Blanchet Architecture [cba]

Clément Blanchet is a French architect, teacher and critic, actively practicing in the fields of architectural theory, urbanism, and cultural investigations. Blanchet is a former associate of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, where he joined in 2004. In 2011, Blanchet was appointed director of OMA France. During his 10 years collaborating with Rem Koolhaas, he has contributed to the development of OMA in France and led several winning project for the firm, including the construction of Serpentine Gallery in London, the design and construction of Caen Library (2017), the design and development of winning entries like the Convention and exhibition Centre in Toulouse ( 2019), the Centrale Engineering school (2018), master plans in Saclay and Bordeaux, and the bridge Simone Weil over the Garonne in Bordeaux (2024). He studied architecture at the AA in London, the Chulalongkorn School in Bangkok and at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He graduated with high honors from the Architectural school of Versailles and has been an invited critic to architectural schools in France, England, Holland, Denmark and Sweden. He teaches at Taubman College since 2014 (USA), currently at TU Vienna (Austria), and Paris Val de Seine School (Paris). In 2014, Clément Blanchet Architecture was founded in Paris. The practice is structured as a laboratory, researching, informing and generating architecture/urbanism in all its forms. The office is invited for several international competitions, in USA, Asia and Europe and is currently focusing on education issues through several winning competitions: the Innovation Campus in Antony (FR), the Carrefour Research And Development Center Saclay (FR). In 2019, CBA won the construction of the 15000 seats new BAUER stadium in Saint Ouen. CBA is currently designing a masterplan and a hotel complex in Tbilisi (Georgia), a new urban development in Shenzhen (Asia) Blanchet has been appointed chief architect of the Annecy area since 2017.