A city is never finished. It changes, reinvents itself, and sometimes rediscovers what it had forgotten. MAIMO was born of this conviction: building the future begins with caring for what already exists, revealing its potential and giving it new life.
L’Atelier 12, Montreuil - conversion of a former garage into housing and coworkingWe see architecture as a connecting line - between the city and the living world, between the history of a place and its new uses, between the ambition of those who build and the lives of those who will live there.
Rather than a city that sprawls, we prefer one that renews itself: denser yet more breathable, where landscape regains its place and every transformation becomes an opportunity to rebuild connections. We believe in projects that reach beyond their own walls: those that repair a fragment of the city, bring back greenery, invent new uses and make desirable what seemed ordinary.
Alongside developers, property companies and public bodies, MAIMO aims to be a common house: a committed partner, present from the first intuition to the reality of the place. A house where architecture, engineering and development expertise meet; where perspectives are shared before decisions are taken.
Because building is not merely adding matter to the city. It is choosing what we want to pass on.
Every project begins with what is already there: a building, a plot, a neighbourhood, a landscape. The existing is not a limit to the project but its first resource. Our approach combines architecture, engineering and client-side expertise to reveal potential, weigh the options and set each transformation within a long-term vision of the territory.
Completed01Refurbish, restructure and convert rather than erase. Every asset is a material to understand before transforming it: keeping what deserves to be kept, revealing what can be revealed, intervening where the project requires it.
Rue de la Paix, Paris 2nd
Under study02The value of an asset lies in the possibilities it holds. We question programme, uses, architecture and context to bring out the scenarios that reveal this potential - in real-estate, architectural, urban and functional terms.
Cités 130, Aubervilliers
Under study03Every development belongs to a wider system: a street, a neighbourhood, a landscape, mobility networks, ecological corridors. We look for the relationships a project can create rather than the limits it must respect.
Île-Saint-Denis
Completed04A building only finds its meaning once it is inhabited. Before floor areas come uses: those that exist, those that evolve and those still to be invented. We design places able to accommodate what we had not foreseen.
Couronnes, Paris 11thTransforming a place is always a collective venture. Property companies, investors, land developers, public operators, developers and clients carry the responsibility of shaping our living environment. MAIMO chooses to stand at their side - not merely as an adviser but as a partner in the project - because the most relevant projects are born of an enlightened client, able to gather the right expertise around a shared vision.
Depending on the project’s needs, MAIMO acts as adviser, assistant, project director or architect. Four types of services, one shared project culture - that of a team that thinks like a designer and decides like a client.
Informing the decision before committing: strategic diagnosis, asset enhancement, capacity and feasibility studies, programming, architectural and technical due diligence.
Alongside the client from set-up to delivery: project organisation, selection and monitoring of design teams, tracking of studies, costs and schedule, decision support.
Running the operation on the client’s behalf under a defined mandate: budget, schedule, contracts, management of consultants, handover and close-out. Project direction to reinforce your teams.
Designing and overseeing construction: refurbishment, restructuring, conversion, extension, rooftop additions and new build, from sketch to handover.
