Nicolas Dorval-Bory

We are pleased to announce that Hugo Taillardat, a long-time collaborator, has now become a partner in the office. Over the course of these nine fruitful years, during which he rose from intern to office manager, Hugo quickly became involved in every aspect of the firm. Through his intelligence, precision, and enthusiasm, he has contributed to improving the quality of the work we have produced over the years. I am very proud to have the honor of now considering him a partner. This milestone marks a new chapter in the office’s history, with, we hope, even more new cool projects and exciting adventures ahead! I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that my team is something truly precious. I have been particularly fortunate to meet and collaborate with talented young architects over the years, and I thank those who define my firm today (Hugo, Bruno, Sandrine, and the more recent newcomers) and those who have contributed immensely to it in the past (the list would be long, but I think first of Clément, Stephania, and Chloé). Thank you all Hugo, congratulations and thank you! @hugotaill

Out there, on the other side of the moon, thanks to @nasa Orion’s crew. Photos shot on April 6, 2026. « Artemis II was a crewed lunar flyby mission on April 1–11, 2026. It was the first crewed flight of the NASA-led Artemis program and the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. » wiki

Logements Corbeville, 2025-ongoing 94 apartments building + cultural center. External access galleries on the East side, large balconies on the West façade. Dual orientation, natural ventilation and solar protection. Fragment scale model, 1/10 (thanks Renée-Lou @julou_lou ) Part of the 246 housing units project in Orsay @orsaynotreville (ZAC Corbeville), on the Saclay plateau, in collaboration with our dear friends Dyvik Kahlen @dyvikkahlen (South-East plot) and DATA @data.architectes (North plot). Landscape by @agenceaugust Clients : Sogeprom/Care/3F Urban design : @u_a_p_s for @paris_saclay Team NDBA : Hugo Taillardat @hugotaill , Chloé Gillespie, Alice Braastad, Laure Muller.

Logements Corbeville, 2025-ongoing We are very pleased to announce that we won, a few months ago, the competition for the construction of 246 housing units and a socio-cultural center in Orsay @orsaynotreville (ZAC Corbeville), on the Saclay plateau, in collaboration with our dear friends Dyvik Kahlen @dyvikkahlen (South-East plot) and DATA @data.architectes (North plot). Our own part consists of four buildings located to the south-west of the Corbeville avenue (three residential buildings comprising 94 apartments, as well as the cultural center), organized around external access galleries and large balconies. All the apartments, with dual east–west orientation, promote natural ventilation and are protected from solar exposure by an external structural framework. Floor plan Landscape by @agenceaugust Clients : Sogeprom/Care/3F Urban design : @u_a_p_s for @paris_saclay Team NDBA : Hugo Taillardat, Chloé Gillespie, Alice Braastad, Laure Muller.

Logements Corbeville, 2025-ongoing We are very pleased to announce that we won, a few months ago, the competition for the construction of 246 housing units and a socio-cultural center in Orsay @orsaynotreville (ZAC Corbeville), on the Saclay plateau, in collaboration with our dear friends Dyvik Kahlen @dyvikkahlen (South-East plot) and DATA @data.architectes (North plot). Our own part consists of four buildings located to the south-west of the Corbeville avenue (three residential buildings comprising 94 apartments, as well as the cultural center), organized around external access galleries and large balconies. All the apartments, with dual east–west orientation, promote natural ventilation and are protected from solar exposure by an external structural framework. Images by @ethandeclerk Landscape by @agenceaugust Clients : Sogeprom/Care/3F Urban design : @u_a_p_s for @paris_saclay Team NDBA : Hugo Taillardat, Chloé Gillespie, Alice Braastad, Laure Muller.

Logements Corbeville, 2025-ongoing We are very pleased to announce that we won, a few months ago, the competition for the construction of 246 housing units and a socio-cultural center in Orsay @orsaynotreville (ZAC Corbeville), on the Saclay plateau, in collaboration with our dear friends Dyvik Kahlen @dyvikkahlen (South-East plot) and DATA @data.architectes (North plot). Our own part consists of four buildings located to the south-west of the Corbeville avenue (three residential buildings comprising 94 apartments, as well as the cultural center), organized around external access galleries and large balconies. All the apartments, with dual east–west orientation, promote natural ventilation and are protected from solar exposure by an external structural framework. Group scale model, 1/250 Landscape by @agenceaugust Clients : Sogeprom/Care/3F Urban design : @u_a_p_s for @paris_saclay Team NDBA : Hugo Taillardat, Chloé Gillespie, Alice Braastad, Laure Muller.

A house in the Sun, 2025 Installation for SHIFT, the 6th Chicago Architecture Biennial @chicagoarchitecturebiennial The grid, the cosmos and the habitable environment. Our project, a simplified heliodon, explores the relationship between cardinal orientation and thermodynamics, through a technical and primitive shelter model, getting energy or loosing energy as the Earth rotates. Thanks @flor_ness for the invitation and the whole team of the biennial Title of our installation borrowed from Daniel Barber @abdbcb excellent eponymous books (thanks!) Metalwork by Chris Corcoran Team NDBA : Chloé Gillespie, Alice Braastad, Hugo Taillardat @chloegillespie_ @alicebraa @hugotaill #heliodon #yerkesobservatory

A house in the Sun, 2025 Installation for SHIFT, the 6th Chicago Architecture Biennial @chicagoarchitecturebiennial The grid, the cosmos and the habitable environment. Our project, a simplified heliodon, explores the relationship between cardinal orientation and thermodynamics, through a technical and primitive shelter model, getting energy or loosing energy as the Earth rotates. Thanks @flor_ness for the invitation and the whole team of the biennial Title of our installation borrowed from Daniel Barber @abdbcb excellent eponymous books (thanks!) Metalwork by Chris Corcoran Team NDBA : Chloé Gillespie, Alice Braastad, Hugo Taillardat @chloegillespie_ @alicebraa @hugotaill #heliodon #yerkesobservatory Link to booklet : /scl/fi/bhkf76vvp90yx8kwnozxy/Exhibition-booklet.pdf?rlkey=i45d1c2wneraxv7nf9d8buw4q&st=afhe3mjn&dl=0

A house in the Sun, 2025 Installation for SHIFT, the 6th Chicago Architecture Biennial @chicagoarchitecturebiennial The grid, the cosmos and the habitable environment. Our project, a simplified heliodon, explores the relationship between cardinal orientation and thermodynamics, through a technical and primitive shelter model, getting energy or loosing energy as the Earth rotates. Thanks @flor_ness for the invitation and the whole team of the biennial Movie in the background by Berndnaut Smilde (not our work, but a happy coincidence) Title of our installation borrowed from Daniel Barber @abdbcb excellent eponymous books (thanks!) Metalwork by Chris Corcoran Team NDBA : Chloé Gillespie, Alice Braastad, Hugo Taillardat @chloegillespie_ @alicebraa @hugotaill

Office, 2025 Sun path, heating, artificial light. Cosmic orientations.

Office, 2025 Floor opening, ⌀30mm tube with heating wire, oriented along the North/South axis for maximum sunlight.

Office, 2025 Handrail, ⌀30mm tube, 400mm bending radius.