Vincent Lavergne Architecture Urbanisme focuses on adapting metropolitan areas to the new imperatives of social, economic, ecological, and climate-related development.

Based in Paris, with offices in Marseille and Barcelona, Vincent Lavergne Architecture Urbanisme is firmly committed to the transformation of cities. Its approach is grounded in the belief that mixity – programmatic, structural, and social, is key to creating a resilient and inclusive city, where ecology and social progress are part of the same dynamic.

Placing the human dimension at the core of its work, the agency draws from the history of the sites it engages with and the social dynamics that shape them. By observing history, it creates meaning and embeds its projects within a form of narrative, making them intelligible and accessible to all.

VLAU’s identity is rooted in dual expertise:
On the one hand, urban planning, with the ambition to promote “city-on-city” regeneration; on the other, low-carbon and geo-sourced construction, enabling ecological and urban strategies to take form at the architectural scale.
By developing hybrid construction systems as alternatives to the all-concrete models that dominated the last century, VLAU has been able to implement its thinking in contexts where urban and architectural dimensions are inseparable: interventions in historic urban fabric, major restructurings, industrial conversions, programmatic layering, and highly constrained sites in dense urban areas.

The agency’s theoretical research and innovations are applied in concrete, operational, and economically viable ways.
Innovation must be sustainable over time and contribute to building know-how across the territory.
In a context of resource-conscious design, Vincent Lavergne Architecture Urbanisme is committed to creating responsible buildings throughout their life cycle, aiming to minimize energy consumption.
Special attention is given to the durability and reversibility of construction systems, conditions that are essential to their long-term sustainability.