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Dunes is an architecture firm founded on the belief that transforming existing buildings is one of the major challenges of contemporary architectural creation.
In a context where rehabilitation has become a necessary alternative to new construction, the agency grounds its work in an approach that is both responsible, inventive, and context-driven. Each project is conceived as a stitching operation between past and present, where the existing structure is seen as a resource to be revealed rather than an obstacle to overcome.

Their practice is based on a cross-disciplinary approach that brings together architecture and engineering. This complementarity allows them to fully address the technical, structural, and regulatory issues inherent in interventions on buildings that remain in use. It ensures accurate diagnostics, relevant construction solutions, and coherent spatial and aesthetic choices.

They operate in three main fields:

1. Hospitality and places for reception or living,
2. Rehabilitation and development of workspaces (offices, factories, headquarters),
3. Technical architectural projects with a strong engineering component.

In each of these contexts, they develop an architecture of use, attentive to the quality of atmospheres, materiality, and the coherence of circulation paths.

The agency collaborates with public and private clients, companies, and institutions on projects of varying scales and challenges. Dunes favors a methodology based on listening, analysis, and precision in drawing, in order to provide responses tailored to each situation. This approach fosters a nuanced understanding of needs and constraints, enabling the transformation of sometimes complex sites into functional, legible, and welcoming spaces.

At Dunes, transforming existing buildings is never a purely technical operation: it is an act of enhancement and projection. The goal is to extend the life of a building, reveal its latent qualities, and integrate new uses with accuracy. This attention to what already exists guides their thinking from the earliest studies through to execution, within a logic of sustainability and constructive continuity.

Dunes advocates for a sober, clear architecture rooted in the reality of place, where technology becomes a lever for expression and coherence. Each intervention reflects a shared ambition: to create relevant, durable, and meaningful spaces.

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