Jean-Michel Wilmotte (born 1948 in

Soissons Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital o ...

) is a French architect.

Biography

Jean-Michel Wilmotte studied interior design at the Camondo school of interior design in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

. Just two years after graduating, he founded his own agency in Paris in 1975. His style influenced a number of personalities, including

François Mitterrand François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he ...

, who asked him to design part of his private apartments in the Elysée Palace in 1982. Soon after, the mayor of Nimes, Jean Bousquet, commissioned the redevelopment of the city hall and the Museum of Fine Arts. Jean-Michel Wilmotte earned his degree in architecture in 1993, allowing him to work on large scale and to develop the concept of "interior design of cities", while maintaining the same attention to the use of "noble materials and extreme attention to finishes" notable in his smaller scaled works. Over the years, the agency has diversified and operates primarily in five key areas:

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...

interior design Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordin ...

museology Museology or museum studies is the study of museums. It explores the history of museums and their role in society, as well as the activities they engage in, including curating, preservation, public programming, and education. Terminology The w ...

urbanism Urbanism is the study of how inhabitants of urban areas, such as towns and cities, interact with the built environment. It is a direct component of disciplines such as urban planning, which is the profession focusing on the physical design and ...

and

design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design' ...

. An attention to details allows Jean-Michel Wilmotte and his team to work from the smallest to the largest scale: moving from a house to a skyscraper, from a shop to a corporate headquarters, from a gallery of art to a museum, and from street furnitures to urban design. Currently, the

Wilmotte & Associates Wilmotte is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Annick Wilmotte, Belgian Antarctic researcher *Jean-Michel Wilmotte Jean-Michel Wilmotte (born 1948 in Soissons) is a French architect. Biography Jean-Michel Wilmotte studied int ...

agency has 185 employees from 40 different countries. It has now taken an international and multicultural dimension, with projects in over twenty countries around the world. The firm is established in four locations in

, one in Sophia-Antipolis, one in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

and one in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

. In 2005, the Wilmotte Foundation was created to promote the urban craft through the W Prize, with the goal of helping and encouraging young architects. In 2010, according to a study by UK magazine ''Building Design'', the agency is listed in the world ranking of the 100 largest architecture firms, holding the 73rd spot in 2011.

Under Construction

(France), ''Palais de la Mutualité'', conversion into a conference center, 13 000 m². *

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The ...

(France), ''Palais des Festivals'', rehabilitation of Auditoriums, 4 000 m². *

Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called ''Isséens'' in French. It is one of Paris' entrances and is located from Notre-Dame Cat ...

(France), ''École de Formation du Barreau'', construction, 10 500 m². *

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative ...

(France), ''

Allianz Riviera Allianz Riviera (also known as the Stade de Nice due to UEFA and FIFA sponsorship regulations) is a multi-use stadium in Nice, France, used mostly for football matches of host OGC Nice and also for occasional home matches of rugby union club T ...

'', stadium, construction, 54 000 m². *

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...

(Switzerland), ''

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'', conception of a Centre of Arts, 3 000 m². *

Montrouge Montrouge () is a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. After a long period of decline, the population has increased again in recent years. ...

(France), ''Campus Montrouge'', conversion and construction, 40 000 m². * Orly (France), ''Coeur d’Orly'', offices, 20 000 m². *

Rueil-Malmaison Rueil-Malmaison () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France region. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2017, it had a population of 78,152. It is one of the wealthiest suburbs of ...

(France), ''Green Office'', 33 500 m². *

Maranello Maranello ( Modenese: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy, 18 km from Modena, with a population of 17,504 as of 2017. It is known worldwide as the home of Ferrari and the Formula 1 ...

- Fiorano (Italy), ''Nuova Gestione Sportiva'', 22 000 m². *

Courchevel Courchevel () is a French Alps ski resort. It is a part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski areas in the world. Courchevel also refers to the towns of Courchevel 1300 (Le Praz), Courchevel 1550, Courchevel 1650 (Moriond), and Cou ...

(France), 80 housing, construction, 6 000 m². *

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, ...

(France), ''Résidence for the Hospital Richaud'', conversion and construction, 20 000 m². *

Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

, ''Giroflées'', residential tower, 29 000 m² *

,'' Teotista'', residential tower, 7 000 m². *

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

(Russia),'' Red October'', lofts, 22 000 m². *

(France), '' Musée d’Orsay'', museographical design of 3 spaces, 2 400 m². *

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

(Nederland), ''

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the ...

'', museographical design, 12 000m². * Val-de-Chalvagne (France), '' Le domaine de la Chaume'', lodging, hotel-spa, farm, 45 000 m². * Saint-Quentin (France), ''Quai Gayant'', 12 ha. * ''

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Ky ...

Business Park'' (Ukraine), tower and theater, 600 000 m² on 19 ha. *

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

(Brazil), '' Rio Centro'', construction of a new pavilion, hotel and FIFA offices, 54 000 m².

Selected Projects

*1988–2000 :

(France), ''

Musée du Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

'' – Grand Louvre, Aile Richelieu, Aile Rohan, Pavillon des Sessions : Muséography, shops, restaurants. *1989 :

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

(Japan), ''Cultural Centre of Bunkamura'', 3,000 m². *1991–1998 :

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

(France),'' Museum of Fine Arts'', Palace St Pierre, museography, 14,000 m². *1994 :

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits w ...

(Portugal), '' National Museum of Contemporary Art'', restructuration, 3 400 m². *1994 :

(France), ''

Champs-Élysées The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (, ; ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is l ...

'', new street furniture, lighting, benches and traffic lights. *1995 :

Karuizawa is a resort town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 20,323 in 9897 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Karuizawa is one of the oldest and most ...

(Japan), '' Museum of art Mercian'', rehabilitation of a former distillery, 3,000 m². *1996–1998 :

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

, ''Bank of Luxembourg'', furnitures for the headquarters, and design for the agencies of the Station and Kirschberg. *1996 :

Cognac Cognac ( , also , ) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime. Cognac production falls under French appella ...

(France), '' Showroom Hennessy'', construction of a museum and renovation of offices, 5,500 m². *1998–2004 :

(France),''

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment ('' grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris n ...

'', restructuration, extension, 25 700 m². *2000 :

(South Korea), '' Incheon International Airport'', interior design, 300,000 m². *2000–2006 : Sarran (France), '' Museum of President Jacques-Chirac'', construction and museography, 1,500 m². *2000–2010 : '' Cartier,

Chaumet The House of Chaumet (), founded in 1780, is a jeweller based in Paris. Chaumet is a jewellery and watchmaking designer founded in 1780 by Marie-Étienne Nitot. Fourteen artisans ply their trade in the workshop on Place Vendôme under the dire ...

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, Montblanc International'' : new concept stores in Europe, USA and Asia. *2000–2006 : ''

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

'', ''

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...

'' (France): Tramway. *2000– 2002 :

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectu ...

(France), '' Rue Sainte-Catherine'' urban design, 1,7 km, creation of a square. *2001– 2010 :

Le Puy-en-Velay Le Puy-en-Velay (, literally ''Le Puy in Velay''; oc, Lo Puèi de Velai ) is the prefecture of the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Located near the river Loire, the city is famous for its c ...

(France), ''Hôtel du Département'', ''Hôtel Dieu'', extension and restructuration. *2003 :

(France), '' Palais des Congrès'', extension and restructuration, 10 890 m². *2003 - 2005 :

Seongnam Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential ci ...

(South Korea), '' le site wilmotte'', Ecological residential complex, 9,714 m². *2004 :

(France), ''

LVMH LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (), commonly known as LVMH, is a French holding multinational corporation and conglomerate specializing in luxury goods, headquartered in Paris. The company was formed in 1987 through the merger of fashion house ...

'', interior design of the new headquarters, 4,000 m². *2004 :

(France), '' Avenue de France'', restructuration and street furnitures. *2005 :

(France), ''Banque Populaire du Sud Ouest'', construction of the new headquarters, 12,000 m². *2005 : Lisbonne (Portugal), ''

Bouygues Bouygues S.A. () is a French industrial group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bouygues is listed on the Euronext Paris exchange and is a blue chip in the CAC 40 stock market index. The company was founded in 1952 by F ...

Immobiliaria'', construction, 8,000 m². *2005 :

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...

(Russia) : '' Docks Central'', Master Plan. *2006 :

(France), ''

'', restructuration of the headquarters, 7,500 m². *2006 :

Ivry-sur-Seine Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the ...

(France), ''Le Partitio-Issylec'', construction and restructuration, 62,500 m². *2006 :

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlie ...

(France), ''Place de la Libération'', 6,000 m². *2006 :

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a '' comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Vi ...

, (Italy), ''San Domenico'', restructuration, museography and furnitures, 5,000 m². *2006 :

(France), urban furnitures for the new line of the '' Tramway des Maréchaux Sud''. *2007 :

,''

Novotel Novotel is a French midscale hotel brand owned by Accor. Created in 1967 in France, the company grew into what became the Accor group in 1983, and Novotel remained a pillar brand of Accor's multi-brand strategy. Novotel manages 559 hotels in 6 ...

'', construction, 218 rooms, 22 flats, 15 146 m². *2007 : Latina (Italy), Master plan for downtown. *2007 :

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...

(China),''

Ullens Center for Contemporary Art UCCA Center for Contemporary Art or UCCA () is a leading Chinese independent institution of contemporary art. Founded in 2007. Located at the heart of the 798 Art District in, China, it welcomes more than one million visitors a year. Originally ...

'', rehabilitation of a factory into a museum of contemporary art, 7,500 m². *2008 :

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor (city), Al Khor, it is home to m ...

(Qatar),''

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) is a museum on one end of the Corniche in Doha, Qatar. As per the architect I. M. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional '' dhow'' ha ...

'', restructuration and museography, 5 250 m². *2008 :

(France), '' Collège des Bernardins'', restructuration, 5,000 m². *2008 :

Béziers Béziers (; oc, Besièrs) is a subprefecture of the Hérault department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Every August Béziers hosts the famous ''Feria de Béziers'', which is centred on bullfighting. A million visitors are attra ...

(France), ''Médiathèque André Malraux'', construction, 9,000 m². *2009 : Ramatuelle (France), ''Hôtel La Réserve'', restructuration and interior design, 8 280 m². *2009 :

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population ...

(France), '' Docks 76'', rehabilitation, extension to create a mall, 47,000 m². *2010 :

(France), '' Brain and Spine Institute'', construction, 22,000 m². *2010 :

Fréjus Fréjus (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 54,458. It neighbours Saint-Raphaël, effectively forming one urban agglomeration. The north ...

(France), '' Theater'', 5 300 m². *2010 :

(France), ''

Fiat Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (, , ; originally FIAT, it, Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino, lit=Italian Automobiles Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer, formerly part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and since 2021 a subsidiar ...

Motor Village'', restructuration, interior design for the show-room, 1 340 m². *2011 :

(France), ''Mandarin Oriental Hotel'', rehabilitation of offices into an hotel 5*, 22,000 m². *2014 :

(France), ''

Russian Cultural Center The Russian Cultural Center (russian: Российский центр науки и культуры в Вашингтоне) is a museum and building in Washington, D.C., supporting Russian culture in the United States and preserving its causes a ...

', Quai Branly and Avenue Rapp « Une église pas si orthodoxe dans le ciel de Paris », Jean-Jacques Larrochelle, ''Le Monde'', 5 February 2014

/ref> *2017 :

(France), ''

Station F Station F is a business incubator for startups, located in 13th arrondissement of Paris. It is noted as the world's largest startup facility. Situated in a former rail freight depot previously known as la Halle Freyssinet (thereof the "F" in S ...

'', rehabilitation of a historic rail depot into a startup business facility, 34,000 m². *2021 :

(France), '' Grand Palais Éphémère'', exhibition hall, 10 000 m².

Bibliography

* ''Ceci n'est pas un parc'', entretien avec Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Éditions Libel, Lyon (France), 2010 * ''Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Architecture – Ecriture'', Dane McDowell, Éditions Aubanel, Paris (France), 2009 * ''Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Architectures à l'oeuvre'', François Lamarre, Pascal Tournaire, Stéphane Paoli, Éditions Le Moniteur, Paris (France), 2008 * '' Wilmotte, l'instinct architecte'', Jean Grisoni, Jean-Baptiste Loubeyre, Éditions Le Passage, Paris (France), 2005 * ''Architecture intérieure des villes'', Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Paul Virilio, Éditions du Moniteur, Paris (France), 1999 * ''Jean-Michel Wilmotte'', Francis Rambert, Éditions du Regard, Paris (France), 1996 * ''Réalisations et projets'', Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Éditions du Moniteur, Paris (France), 1993 * ''Wilmotte'', Jean-Louis Pradel, Éditions Electa Moniteur, Paris (France), 1988

References

External links

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