Philosophy

My work in architecture and urban design is a continuous pursuit of balance between content, form, spaces, and volumes, expressed through a resolutely contemporary language that respects traditions and the spirit of each site. Particular care is given to authenticity in the selection and implementation of building materials, with the ultimate goal of ensuring the longevity of projects that are fully integrated into their environment.

I seek the quality of each project in the symbiosis between the emotion it generates and the functionality of its spaces. I maintain constant attention not only to primary spaces but also to the paths that connect them, creating places that aim to offer pleasure to those who pass through them and a sense of well-being to those who inhabit them.

Background

  • Graduated Architect, École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris – June 1987
  • Scientific Service Member, Architect within the Regional Architecture and Construction Unit of the 5th Military Region, Lyon – 1988–1989
  • Salaried practice in architectural firms – 1989–1990
  • Independent architectural practice since 1990
  • Master’s Degree in Environmental Quality Engineering and Management – ESA Paris / CNFPT Montpellier – 2010

Fields of Expertise

Projects of all scales across a wide range of sectors, including public buildings (early childhood facilities, education, sports, leisure, culture, healthcare, administrative services), office and commercial developments, housing, and more.

A diverse range of clients: local authorities, hospital centers, social housing providers, private professionals, associations, and private individuals.

Participation in international architectural competitions.

Yves Wozniak / excerpts from travel notebooks

Inspirations

“Travel memories offer our imagination the most delightful material. Cities, monuments, squares, and beautiful landscapes pass before our eyes once more, and we relive the pleasure of sublime or charming places where we were once happy to stay.”
Camillo Sitte, 1889

“To restore a building is not to maintain it, repair it, or remake it, but to reestablish it in a complete state that may never have existed at any given moment.”
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Architect (1814–1879)
Excerpt from Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture

Engineering & Environmental Quality Management

Bus stop in Angola – Yves Wozniak, excerpt from sketchbooks

“The wisdom of the earth lies in a total complicity between humanity and its environment.”
Pierre-Jakez Hélias (1914–1985)

The Senses of a Sustainable Strategy

Selected excerpt from the Master’s thesis in Environmental Quality Engineering and Management, Yves Wozniak, Architect.

The essential condition for the realization and life of a project with high environmental quality, respectful of sustainable development principles, is that it be a collective work—understood and embraced by all—within which the architect safeguards the artistic foundation of their practice and the value it brings.

This approach is grounded in:
• the philosophical dimensions of a collective, sustainable environmental quality process
• the guiding principles required to ensure a successful collaborative realization
• the essence of creative freedom that allows the architect to preserve their independence

Registered Architect, Ordre des Architectes No. 035406
SIRET No. 378 466 247 00020