Espace Libre - Landscape Architecture and Urbanism Studio

Espace Libre is a landscape design and urbanism office, founded in 1990. The office grew with a deep technical expertise profile (assistance to the contracting authority and design offices). Deep botanical knowledge and careful plant selection skills characterize the office work in the early years. Afterwards, the design skills were developed under the guide of M. Saïsse, which entered the office as a landscape designer in 2005. M. Saïsse acquired the company (SARL) in 2006, since July 2009 he leads the team. Since 2018, Johan Galhaut and Anaël Maulay, became partners of the company. Today Espace Libre is an established landscape and urbanism office, whose diverse skills concern all the fields related to the open space design: urban transformation operations, public space design, roads and infrastructures, historic urban cores and squares, bike lanes, strolls, parks and gardens, playgrounds and sports equipment. The team is composed by 11 people, in order to ensure the coverage of all the design phases and the construction site management, regarding landscape and urban projects. Thanks to the diverse professional background of the people involved, we can deal all the design scales with a strong versatility and adaptability. The design approach aims at the valorization of the structuring features of the existing landscape, at the efficient connection between roads and the urban grids, at the definition of strong and unifying spaces, so that they can develop the attraction potential of the sites involved. Landscape designers, engineers and architects share their knowledge at the office, in order to implement a global approach at the projects, to be integrated within the development process of complex territories. The versatility of the team allows the development of a contemporary and multi-scale design with the experience gained through years of successfully accomplished operations.