Allée du Parc
Zac Vilgénis, Massy
Lot O4A
Eco-district Clichy Batignolles, Paris / Brisac Gonzalez
Lot O4A
Eco-district Clichy Batignolles, Paris / Brisac Gonzalez
Museum of World Culture
Gothenburg, Sweden / Brisac Gonzalez
Pajol Sports Centre
Paris / Brisac Gonzalez
Atelier Brisac creates places of outstanding spatial quality.
Our strength is to find simple solutions to complex briefs.
We are an international award-winning architectural practice with experience in France, the UK and Scandinavia. We operate in the cultural, sports and leisure, education, housing, mixed-use sectors.
We use light and refined materials to create places which we believe should benefit everyone regardless of budget.
Our long-term vision informs our choices of construction methods and materials to be long-lasting, sustainable and robust. Our strength is to elaborate projects that combine architectural and urban qualities and enrich the site they are situated in.
Our work method is rigorous. We pride ourselves in the fruitful and close collaboration with our clients, resulting in places that truly enhance the experiences and lives of their users.
Atelier Brisac was founded by Cécile Brisac in 2019 in London and Paris.
Cécile studied at the Architectural Association in London, graduating in 1995. She worked in several offices in France, the UK and the United States prior to co-founding Brisac Gonzalez in 1999.
She has been the recipient of several awards, such as the NAJA Young Architects’ award in France, the ARHVA Award for Women Architects in France, and the AJ 40 under 40 Award in the UK. She is a regular lecturer and visiting critic at various universities, taught at the Architectural Association where she is an external examiner, and was a member of the Southwark Design Review Panel for 12 years. She is a member of RIBA, the Architecture Club, the Ordre des Architectes and the Royal Academy of Belgium.
“Cécile led this particularly complex project with great tact and tenacity.”
‘It is a clear, coherent architecture. There is a real sense of space, a lot of rigour without falling into severity. It is very urban, very elegant.”
“Cécile is someone with integrity, she is serious and impartial, aware of all topics, very open-minded and attentive.”
“It is very easy to find one’s way around these buildings, largely thanks to the natural light Cécile managed to bring in, which was not at all obvious.”
Selected projets
Chapelle Charbon Lot F, Paris, FR / Elogie Siemp
40 affordable housing units, retail, shared amenity spaces / 3 630 m2
Sports centre, Persan, FR / Ville de Persan
Sports centre comprising multipurpose hall, martial arts room and dance room / 3 100 m2
Allée du Parc, Vilgénis, Massy, FR / Emerige
137 residential units incl 32 social housing and 4 live-work units, retail, nursery / 11 153 m2
As director of Brisac Gonzalez:
Eco-district Clichy Batignolles – Lot O4A, Paris, FR / Paris Habitat OPH
144 social housing units, primary school, sports centre, retail and parking / 16 747 m2
Corbeville Sports Complex, Saclay, FR / Université Paris Saclay
Sports Centre comprising a multisport hall, dance studio, climbing wall, football pitch and tennis courts / 4600 m²²
Asnières Business Park, Asnières sur Seine, FR / Sogeprom – Altarea Cogedim – Sodéarif
219 residential units, offices, retail / 22 290 m²
Condorcet Library and Learning Centre, Aubervilliers, FR / Ile-de-France Region University research library, archives and learning centre / 23 000 m2
Pajol Sports Centre, Paris 18e / Ville de Paris
Sports Centre comprising a multisport hall, martial arts room and dance studio / 4 060 m2
John Cranko Dance School, Stuttgart, DE / Land Baden-Wurttemberg
Dance school, performance hall and student residence / 9 000 m2
Music and Performance Centre, Six-Fours-les-Plages, FR / Toulon Provence Méditerranée
National music and dance school, performance hall / 6 700 m2 + 6 000 m2 parking
Suchet Sports Centre, Paris 16e / Ville de Paris
Sports Centre comprising a multisport hall, martial arts room, dance studio and climbing wall / 5 010 m²
Boulevard de Charonne, Paris 18e / Paris Habitat OPH
Mixed-use building comprising 100 social housing units, nursery, health centre, retail / 10 500 m²
Museum and Theatre, Doha, QA / Heart of Doha
500-seat theatre and modern art gallery / 14 000 m2
Le Prisme, Aurillac, FR / Communauté d’Agglomération du Bassin d’Aurillac
Multi-purpose hall for concerts, trade fairs and sports events, 2 500 seat / 4 500 capacity / 5 265 m²
Vendespace Arena, Mouilleron-le-Captif, FR / Conseil général de Vendée
5 000-seat cultural and sports arena / 17 300 m²
Cultural Centre, Mont-St-Aignan, FR / Ville de Mont-St-Aignan
Cultural centre, theatre and music school / 3 200 m²
National Academy of Fine Arts, Bergen, NO / Statsbygg
National fine art school / 17 000 m²
Cultural Centre, Sainte-Maxime, FR / Ville de Sainte-Maxime
Cinemas, library and performance hall / 5 000 m²
Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, SE / Statens Fastighestsverk
Exhibition galleries, conservation studios, conference and teaching facilities with auditorium & seminar rooms, restaurant, café, offices, library / 10 950 m²