Coldefy & Associés

13 Rue Jean Prouvé 59000 Lille Francia
151 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
888 Shaanxi S Rd, Dapuqiao, Feng Lin Lu Jie Dao, Xuhui Qu, Shanghai Shi, Cina

www.caau.fr

Thomas Coldefy and Isabel Van Haute are the dynamic duo of Coldefy & Associates Architects Urban Planners, leading the diverse international team based in Lille, France. The firm is characterized by their dynamism and creativity, animated by an international tropism that drives them to participate regularly in professional events around the world as well as in large international competitions.  Their originality and resourcefulness have brought them success in a number of entries, including the Hong Kong Design Institute which they won in 2006 against 162 teams. Complete since 2009 this building has been the subject of numerous international publications as well as being nominated for the AFEX Grand Prize in 2012 and shown in the Venice Architecture Biennale. As a result of this success the firm has opened an office in Hong Kong and more recently in Shanghai, where the architects now visit regularly

PROJECTS

Gallery in steel and glass

Galerie Europe in Lille. Steel and glass are used to facilitate lighting and opening

Galerie Europe, located in the New Mons district, near the town hall and metro station, in the city of Lille, France, was designed and built by Coldefy&Associés in 2015, in order to revive the new district
The common area of the school

Transformed industrial site. History and monumentality characterize the new high school

The industrial complex located in Lille, France, preserves scale, monumentality and spatial quality while leaving room for a new use, a high school complex, incorporated into the imprint of the old factory