2019 Architecture Awards

79 2019 Architecture Awards BUILD May19312 ince its creation in 2001, S&AA has integrated these new issues in order to promote a sensitive architecture that reduces the ecological impact of buildings and promotes “better living together”. Working on a wide range of projects in a variety of practice areas, including healthcare and sustainable buildings, the practice draws on its extensive experience to create unique structures that will overcome tomorrow’s challenges, today. Taking into account the site its works on and the needs of its clients, as well as their service users, S&AA uses a contextual approach on every project. Every project is bespoke so that clients know they will receive the innovative solutions they need when they work with this driven practice. Aiming to provide the local economy with support through its projects, the firm’s goal is not to bring products from the outside, but to support what is local. The team also try to have a virtuous approach from an ecology point of view to ensure that every building it creates is sustainable in line with current trends in the construction market. S&AA Schweitzer et Associes Architectes: Best Healthcare Architecture Studio 2019 - France Based in France and supporting clients around the world, S&AA Schweitzer et Associes Architectes is an innovative architecture firm specialising in healthcare architecture. We profile the practice to find out more about the projects that have helped it to win one of our prestigious 2019 Architecture Awards. S Currently, the firm is working on an exciting project in the field of health. The project, IRCAD Africa, will be an iconic hospital building for Africa, and will train African surgeons in laparoscopic surgery. It follows the IRCAD3 and the IHU that the firm has already completed in France. Looking to the future, S&AA intends to develop even further in Africa, in the field of health but also on the subject of sustainable cities. The population of this continent will double in the next decades; there is a challenge of creating sustainable cities that the firm is highly interested in. The team would also like to develop sustainable cities in other countries around the globe. Company: S&AA Schweitzer et Associes Architectes Contact: Marie Furlan Website: http://schweitzer-associes.com/