At AR ARCHITECTES water lies at the heart of every design. From raindrops to oceans, each architectural gesture should protect, restore, and celebrate aquatic ecosystems.

This event allowed us to bring together our guests in a convivial setting around this essential theme, showcasing our innovative architectural projects in the field of drinking water protection and security, stormwater management against flood risks, and virtual recycling of graywater through the filtering power of plants .

The agency AR ARCHITECTES, founded and led by Ruba ALABED, has embodied for over 20 years a sensitive, committed approach deeply integrated into the ecological transition.

Our multidisciplinary team develops projects at the crossroads of architectural innovation, environmental responsibility, and the enhancement of natural resources, particularly water.

Our positioning is based on solid environmental experience, a deep understanding of the impacts on natural environments, and a keen awareness of the challenges related to climate and territorial resilience.

A forerunner in the HQE® (High Environmental Quality) approach, our global methodology is structured around key pillars

• The study of the environment, biodiversity, and natural water cycles on each intervention site, urban or rural.
• The integration of geo-sourced and bio-sourced materials, combined with eco-responsible technical solutions.
• User comfort, reversibility, and adaptability of buildings, in connection with a sustainable and vibrant city.
• The enhancement of landscapes and aquatic environments as constitutive elements of the project: urban ponds, blue corridors, vegetated infiltration areas, phytoremediation systems, soft rainwater management, etc.
• The circularity of the water resource: reuse of greywater, optimization of networks, collection and infiltration of rainwater, in a logic of water sobriety and resilience.
• On the occasion of the international summit for ocean protection organized this year in Nice, our agency wishes to emphasize that water is at the heart of all sustainable architecture. Every design gesture must anticipate its impact on groundwater, rivers, wetlands, all the way to coastlines and seas. The sea begins here — in every drop of water collected, filtered, and returned to the natural environment in a healthy state.

We believe in architecture that is useful, functional, but above all restorative. An architecture that protects, restores, and enhances aquatic environments — whether it is an urban infiltration basin, a bank development, a green roof regulating runoff, or a rehabilitation integrating soil permeability.

Our philosophy “Nature Value Builder” is more than a slogan: it is a guiding principle. It is embodied in every project, from public buildings to technical infrastructure, from industrial sites to landscaped public spaces, in international competitions as well as in our consulting or educational missions in project management.

Today more than ever, architecture must play its role in preserving water resources, securing natural environments, and reinventing our territories in the face of climate and water crises. This is the vision we carry, thinking of each project as an opportunity for regeneration — for humans, for nature, for the future.

Sustainable buildings, living landscapes, biodiversity and water sobriety: our commitment to a more resilient planet starts here.