Pascale Guédot

[1] She studied architecture in Toulouse and at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville (ENSAB) under Henri Ciriani, after which she teamed up with Olivier Chaslin to design an extension for the Faculty of Law at Sceaux, a Nursing School at Abbeville and a showroom for Hermès in Pantin.

[1] In 2010 she was the first woman to receive the Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent,[1] presented to her in Paris for her Médiathèque at Oloron-Sainte-Marie.

[2] The building sits on a concrete base concealing a private power station at the confluence of the town's two gaves (mountain rivers).

The upper level is covered with a wooden lattice with openings that suggest the local beret and chocolate industries.

"[2] Known to be an organised perfectionist, Guédot works in the Mouzaïa district of the 19th arrondissement of Paris and lives in an 8th floor apartment next to the Saint-Martin canal.