French-Moroccan architects and twin sisters Salwa and Selma Mikoü have developed a practice that brings together architecture, engineering, craftsmanship, and cultural memory. Founders of the Paris-based Mikoü Architecture, the sisters draw on their different approaches to design as well as their experience growing up between Morocco and France. In a recent interview with Louisiana Channel, they discuss the influence of Moroccan architecture on their work, their collaborative process, and their interest in bringing contemporary construction technologies into dialogue with craft traditions.
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“Living with Contrasts Is Something Very Meaningful:” Salwa and Selma Mikoü on Architecture and Craft in Louisiana Channel Interview
https://www.archdaily.com/1184803/living-with-contrasts-is-something-very-meaningful-salwa-and-selma-mikou-on-architecture-and-craft-in-louisiana-channel-interviewReyyan Dogan
Valenciennes Technopole for Sustainable Mobility Competition Entry / Mikou Design Studio
The Transalley Technopole is a metropolitan scientific and technological project of an international dimension, dedicated to transportation and mobility, located on a strategic site of the Valenciennes urban area. The competition proposal by Mikou Design Studio aims to be a real ecosystem of innovation, and it will host the Institut des Transports Durables (Sustainable Transport Institute), the Institut International de Management, and the head office of IRT Railenium, which will be a major research and development center dedicated to railway infrastructure. More images and architects’ description after the break.
https://www.archdaily.com/322254/valenciennes-technopole-for-sustainable-mobility-competition-entry-mikou-design-studioAlison Furuto