Author: lgi

Investing alongside Hakim Gaouaoui for the strong development of Les Bistrots Pas Parisiens! this summer; investing with Mikael Benfredj and Jordan Chiche, founders of Patchwork, with the project of new offers of hospitality and services for corporate customers, in September; accompanying Leonid Goncharov in the evolution of the capital of Anticafé  in October… Extendam begins the second half of 2019 by reaffirming its support to a new generation of dynamic entrepreneurs revolutionizing the standards of their sectors, all intimately linked to the future of the hotel industry.

The fair accommodation by Karine Pathinvo and Anne Gestin
“The solution of bartering rooms allows parents and students to see the future more serenely by avoiding them to go into debt, and make choices that correspond to their real desires.”
Karine and Anne answer the students’ needs concerning accommodation by offering an economical and sustainable original solution, while helping to restore the social cohesion.

Check their interview in our website’s Changemakers Times section.

October 10-13, discover the Maud Caubet’s approach for the exhibition “Inside/Outside” at the 116th edition of the Autumn Show. Either for architecture or design, Maud Caubet wants to create a close relationship, a continuous dialog, between different scales, spaces and materials in a resilient and fluent way. Whether they are office buildings, housing, family homes or public facilities, these projects are read in relation to their immediate surroundings. Few days are left to visit the exhibition !

On September 26, the jury of the Duo@Work Prize awarded Maud Caubet with the Special Mention Award for its communicating, interactive and autonomous facade, the result of a beautiful collaboration with Exception for LiVE, winner project of Inventing Greater Paris 1 in Bagnolet. This prize highlights her will to innovate in architecture and thus to build new relationships with buildings. Composed of about 335 communicating scales, this facade wakes up the time of dawn and sunrise extending over the 35 m wide and 25 m height of the building. Congratulations to Maud Caubet, Exception and their teams as well as to all the players of the project !

[BONI.D] Every month, we make you discover a project to follow closely because it is always pleasant to discover new ideas! Today, we are talking about Tom & Josette, a network of micronurseries… and retirement homes! This intergenerational solidarity project is developed by Pauline Faivre, Astrid Parmentier and Isabelle Pélissié-du-Rausas, three young women entrepreneurs who see it as the ideal solution to overcome the lack of nurseries and the solitude of our elders ! 

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Find in Forbes the op-ed of Jean-Marc Palhon, President of Extendam, on the role to play by investors in the social and environmental responsibility of the hotel industry.

“[…] The hotel industry is more and more invested in social and environmental concrete approaches.  Sustainable development is indeed more and more important in the strategies of hospitality companies, at different stages of development. In the face of current challenges, we all have a shared responsibility and commitment to take in the acceleration of the movement.We, investors, have a key role. ”

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With Aude Masboungi, for a city that gives way to improvisation !
“Just like our lifestyles that are moving and constantly transforming themselves, we need to think of reversible, evolving spaces.”
She presents her singular vision of urban programming and adresses specifically the opportunities that vacant spaces create in in cities and metropolis.

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This month, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui is dedicating an exceptional Hors-Série to Maud Caubet’s agency and some of her finest projects among which some have never been featured. It displays her manifesto for optimism, but also contributions of Gilles Boeuf and Romain Lecocq. This achievement, to which we are proud to have contributed, is a proof of her commitment to blur boundaries between spaces and disciplines.

A way to discover Changemakers whose approaches and practices inspire (all of) us.

“Architecture must absolutely take part in the debate, anticipate, invest in proposing innovative projects, both demonstrators and with a high impact”
In this very first Changemaker Times, Maud Caubet talks about life, the responsibility of architects and the way she acts to blur boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces.

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