{"id":1853,"date":"2025-12-22T10:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcad-studio.com\/romain-cougnaud\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:52:49","slug":"romain-cougnaud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arcad-studio.com\/en\/the-studio\/romain-cougnaud\/","title":{"rendered":"Romain Cougnaud"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1853\" class=\"elementor elementor-1853 elementor-91\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21a1ae35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"21a1ae35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;waves&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Romain <br>Cougnaud<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cdd8a82 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cdd8a82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Managing Architect of ARCAD Studio<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ff4883 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43ff4883\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71d1cabe elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71d1cabe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The roots of a profession<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5749a19 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5749a19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed9e580 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed9e580\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab8d202 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab8d202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Expertise born<br>in the field<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b0a62 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56b0a62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f7637a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f7637a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pt-3 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"><div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"user\" data-message-id=\"c0c2c6cd-a1f2-47e2-8b35-7eaae1c0ddca\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden items-end rtl:items-start\"><div class=\"user-message-bubble-color corner-superellipse\/1.1 relative rounded-[18px] px-4 py-1.5 data-[multiline]:py-3 max-w-[var(--user-chat-width,70%)]\" data-multiline=\"\"><div class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap\">The beginning of my working life was spent working with materials outdoors, on construction sites, as a tile and mosaic installer\u2014a period that enabled me to mature, to understand the environments in which people live, to understand textures and materials, and to develop professional integrity.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c283059 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c283059\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d8e60b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d8e60b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97f892f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97f892f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Training <br>the eye and the hand<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b166501 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b166501\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f703c5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f703c5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This integrity, combined with an inherent curiosity, has enabled me to continually push my reflective limits a little further. Working with raw materials\u2014sand, cement, wood, stone\u2014contributes to the \u201ceducation\u201d of the eye and the sense of touch. <\/p><p> <\/p><p>This work, which is relatively demanding, shapes you and leads the mind to seek how it can optimize the effort of execution without affecting the final result, without diminishing the outcome.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Little by little, the questioning turns to understanding space and the issues associated with it, which requires developing skills in order to improve it more effectively.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9066c5a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9066c5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c868b79 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c868b79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a9f2a2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a9f2a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Becoming an architect\u2014why not?\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448c8d3 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"448c8d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A profession that enables creation: architecture is an art, and the architect must be creative. But why create? And what can one create?  <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building is an intelligent art; it requires diverse abilities\u2014observation, logic, technical expertise, and inventiveness.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b21477a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b21477a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For millennia, human beings have worked to improve their homes and their entire built environment, continually gaining comfort and autonomy, and developing ways of living that allow them not to be hungry, not to be cold, and to be in good health.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09718a0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09718a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de849b2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de849b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/arcad-studio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Romain-Cougnaud-Architecte-Sallanches-Arcad-Studio-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1856\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcad-studio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Romain-Cougnaud-Architecte-Sallanches-Arcad-Studio-3.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/arcad-studio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Romain-Cougnaud-Architecte-Sallanches-Arcad-Studio-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arcad-studio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Romain-Cougnaud-Architecte-Sallanches-Arcad-Studio-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/arcad-studio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Romain-Cougnaud-Architecte-Sallanches-Arcad-Studio-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa1210d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa1210d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39b699c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39b699c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce4a54b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce4a54b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I believe that this is also why architecture draws on essential human values, and why it resonated with me so strongly. It reflects the result of an evolution in human knowledge and stimulates the development of intelligence in order to solve essential challenges. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1d362 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a1d362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Five years of study at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure d\u2019Architecture de Lyon, completed alongside a full-time job at Atelier S in Meg\u00e8ve, then mainly at Haag&amp;Baquet Architectes in Sallanches, enabled me to put things into practice and to work concretely on substantial projects.<\/p><p>Hotels, a high-mountain refuge (Le Couvercle), a wide variety of chalets, as well as public-access buildings and multi-family 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class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41db142 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41db142\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-830004a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"830004a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, I manage my own architecture firm and see it as an achievement\u2014the logical continuation of a path that many describe as atypical\u2014and one that will allow me to thrive professionally by drawing on the experience gained over the years.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d074c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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