News
Building permit submitted!
12/03/2025
The building permit for the construction of 23 social rental housing units in Pacé (35), ZAC La Touraudière, has been submitted.
Maurepas-Gayeulles ZAC Competition
10/01/2025
The firm recently participated in the competition for the construction of 70 collective housing units in the new Maurepas-Gayeulles ZAC in Rennes (35).
Studies underway for the Castel project
17/10/2024
Studies for the thermal renovation and interior layout of the building located at the corner of rue du Louvre and rue du Colonel Driant, opposite the Bourse de Commerce (Paris 1st arrondissement), are currently underway.
“Pro-Straw” Certification
15/06/2023
The firm is now Pro-Straw certified!
New publication for the Cité Maraîchère
02/06/2023
Our project, La Cité Maraîchère, was featured in A&C Magazine Korea, in the June 2023 issue.
New Year Wishes 2023
09/01/2023
Proposal submission "Bocage Citadin"
20/12/2022
Competition for the new Nautical Base
06/12/2022
Exhibition of our work at the MUS in Suresnes
13/10/2022
Our work on the Cité Maraîchère in Romainville is featured in the exhibition "The Gardens of Greater Paris since the 19th Century," held from October 13, 2022, to June 25, 2023, at the Urban and Social History Museum of Suresnes.
Competition for the Combat Sports House
20/06/2022
Share is more
10/06/2022
Retrouvez tous nos projets sur le shazam de l’architecture, Share is More !
Selection for the MSC competition in saumur
25/02/2022
We have been selected to compete for the design of a Combat Sports Center (MSC) in Saumur (49)!
Project owner: City of Saumur
Project management: ilimelgo (architects) / Betom (BET TCE) / CDLP (economist) / Cap Terre (BET HQE)
Winner, housing in Pacé
18/02/2022
The agency has been awarded the contract to build 31 rental properties in Pacé (France)!
Project owner: Néotoa
Project management: ilimelgo (architects) / SoLab (fluids and thermal engineering) / Ouest Structure (structural engineering) / Cabinet Lemonnier (cost engineer)
Ilimelgo is looking for an intern
17/02/2022
ilimelgo is looking for an intern in Rennes and Paris!
THE MISSION
We are currently looking for an intern to assist the team with various ongoing projects. You will also be involved in our research and development work on bio-based materials.
CONTACT
Send your application (resume, portfolio, and cover letter) to:
felicie.botton@ilimelgo.com
For further information, call +33 (0)1 43 38 79 46 (Paris) or +33 (0)2 21 68 81 62 (Rennes).
Earth Training at ENSAB
15/02/2022
Designing climates - Chaillot Interviews
14/02/2022
The replay of our conference “Designing Climates” as part of the Entretiens de Chaillot series, recorded on February 14 at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine.
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Conference as part of the “Entretiens de Chaillot” series
14/02/2022
The ilimelgo agency will have the honor of presenting its work on Monday, February 14, at a conference in the auditorium of the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris.
More information ici.
La Cité Maraichère wins the EU Mies Award 22
31/01/2022
La Cité Maraîchère de Romainville fait partie des 40 projets shortlistés à travers l'Europe pour le EU Mies Award 2022 !
Best wishes for 2022
28/01/2022
Tour of the Murébois manufacturing site in Rennes
25/01/2022Discover the Murébois warehouses at L'Hermitage near Rennes, as part of a tour organized by Fibois Bretagne.
Every year, around 45,000 m² of timber frame walls are designed and assembled here using semi-industrial manufacturing techniques.
A truly enriching visit!

Discovering hempcrete
17/12/2021
A rich presentation of this bio-based material by Yannick LEHAGRE from LB Eco Habitat: earth plasters, lime sand, and various applications that we can't wait to try out in the project. Hemp holds (almost) no secrets for the ilimelgo team.
The first vegetable tower in the Paris region!
13/12/2021Critical moments in architecture
01/12/2021Our building in the market gardening town of Romainville under the microscope of the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine's critical meetings.
Isabelle Regnier, Richard Scoffier, Sophie Trelcat, and Philippe Trétiack open the debate with Francis Rambert on current architectural issues.

Eu Mies award 2022
10/09/2021
Mies van der Rohe Award 2022 nomination !
We are pleased to announce that La Cité Maraîchère de Romainville has been nominated to the EU Mies Award 2022 discerned by the Mies Van der Rohe foundation!
Ilimelgo’s interview by « Merci Raymond »
09/04/2021100 people who make the city – Innovapresse 2020
10/11/2020
It is a joy to be named one of the « 100 people who make the city " along with all its inspiring and committed professionals that make up the list. A huge thank to Traits urbains – Innovapresse to have selected me for that 2020 edition.
Congratulatiosn to the ilimelgo team and our partners as we are more than 100 professionals who work daily for a happier brighter future.
Video of the Market Garden City
25/02/2020Special mention to Europan 15 !
05/12/2019
The Europan’s jury honoured 3 out of 31 projects in relation to the Romainville site.
Congratulations to the two other teams honoured :
Atelier Formalocal (honour)
Studio Cross Scale (Special honour)
There were no Prizes won but it started a conversation between the teams and city that had been ongoing since 2020.
Interview « Mantes Innovaparc »
22/11/2019
Valérian Amalric (ilimelgo), Théodore Badia-Berger (Badia Berger Architects) and Benoît Galan (EDF) answer Innovapresse’s questions about « Mantes Innovaparc » project.
Video of Europlaza Restaurants
03/10/2019Mantes Innovaparc by images
03/10/2019"The hanging gardens ", report on M6
26/10/2018Work site of City Event Hall, Romainville
17/09/2018
Laying the pre-walls underway at the City Event Hall, the room takes shape
The laying of the first stone of the Vertical farm
14/09/2018
This morning the mayoress, Corinne Valls, with her team and partners, were present for laying of the first stone at the Vertical Farm. This event marks a new stape and the prospect of a bright future ahead.
Work site of City Event Hall, Romainville
05/07/2018
Mounting the crane at the City Event Hall
Inauguration of Sense city climatic mini-city
03/04/2018
We were today at the inauguration of Ifsttar’s Sense city climatic mini-city. On this occasion, demonstrations took place inside the building: they made rain and good weather on the mini-city.
Wishes 2018
01/01/2018
The whole team wishes you a happy new year 2018 !
Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris
18/10/2017
We are laureates of Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris (Métropole du Grand Paris and Grand Paris Express) with Miralles Tagliabue EMBT and Pichet Group for the Center’Halle project in Clichy-sous-bois Montfermeil!
Team : Land’Act, Etamine, Ecotech, Terreauciel, La SAUGE, Etudes et Chantiers Ile-de-France
"Is this the future of farming ?" - Interview
07/06/2017Work site of the climatic room Ifsttar
17/03/2017
The construction site of the climatic room under the sun !
Wishes 2017
01/01/2017
ilimelgo wishes you all the best for this new year !
DesignBoom
13/12/2016The vertical farm on Design Boom, in the top 10 most read articles of 2016, social impact category. By this way !
Work site of Ifsttar
28/10/2016
The construction of the climatic mini-city is progressing !
Inauguration of the first consumer safe room
12/10/2016
It was yesterday in Paris, the inauguration of the first consumer safe room in France. Also called supervised injection room, we are proud to have participated in the development and construction of this project carried by the GAIA association and the city of Paris.
The construction work at Montrouge
04/05/2016
The construction of the Multisports Gym keep mooving !
Only one month until work is finalised.
Spring is there !
21/03/2016
In the remit of the Urban farming 48h organised by La Sauge, several innovative projects to vegetalise the city have been introduced during the official opening evening.
It was for us the moment to talk about our project of Vertical farm in Romainville !
Consumer safe room
08/02/2016
Away from all the controversies, alongside the Gaia association we commit ourselves to purposing architectural answers to reducing the risks that drug users are exposed to whilst also taking into account the public security.
In this way, our expertise has to go beyond a simple « management » in the handling of addiction. Painful and serious subject, this major problem of public health has to be thought-out in a human way in the broad sense… resident included !
. It is in this context that we think this place, by sequencies, as so much entrances permiting to accompany serenely the dependant users, since the street to their unit dedicated.
Romainville Vertical Farm
08/02/2016
On the occasion of the press conference organised by Romainville this Thursday, 4th of february, we have the pleasure to publicly announce that we won the Romainville Urban Farming Competition.
Long wished for by Corinne Valls – Romainville’s mayoress – and her team, we hope this virtuous project will see the daylight as soon as possible !
TCK official openning
16/06/2015
Last Saturday happened the Torcy Island Alley official opening took place and was organised by Marne-la-Vallée conurbation committee.
On that occasion, we introduced publicly our Torcy Canoë Kayak Club’s nautical pole. Entirely built of wood, the nautical pole will be at the heart of an exceptional landscape site showacsing the ecosystem of the Marne riverbanks. Overhanging on the riverbanks, the diverse body of the building are placed in order that they evocate a fisherman village built on piles.
Fundamentally an ecologic conception, the new nautical pole is also the first Ile de France handikayak structure.
Floating greenhouse market
22/05/2015
Our greenhouse project progresses and flows like water. ;)
Further to our agronomist partners, we contemplate to define the functional specification of the agricultural cultures soon.
Next step, the reconditioning of the Freycinet barge !
Floral Park construction site
29/08/2014
We are not far from the enclosed stage !
The firm CMF, expert in the horticultural greenhouses environment, prepare the installation of chevrons and ventilation openings after having succesfully installed support posts.
Next week, we will see the implementation of polycarbonate panels selected to clad the greenhouses.
Paris Floral Park construction site
13/06/2014
The Vincennes Floral Parc construction site is progressing; we can now appreciate the Japanese-inspired structure dating from 1969.
Biomass boiler room at Palaiseau
07/04/2014
Façade being assembled
The last step before the completion of the new biomass boiler ... It will soon take part in the Camille Claudel Eco-quartier in Palaiseau, which is currently under construction. Assembly of the facade began today. The slatted panels arranged in cladding along the concrete envelope will create an undulation responding to the place !
The TCK
02/12/2013
A handi-kayak point in the Ile-de-France region in Torcy
If one project is important to us, it is the one we delivered last year to the attention of the TCK canoeing club (Torcy Canoë Kayak).
Labeled Point Handi-Kayak Francilien, the site is open to able-bodied people of all levels, as well as users with disabilities.
We enjoyed working with the team members and thank them for citing us in their article.






