Filtering light,
framing the facade.
A large-scale retrofit performed in occupation.
Part of the France Relance program, the project renovates two buildings of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Lille—used daily by students and researchers.
The intervention reinterprets a key feature of the 1950s architecture: its vertical prefabricated structural rhythm.
Through parametric design, a new façade of vertical fins responds to solar exposure, controlling heat gains while enhancing daylight.
The result is a continuous vertical pattern that reflects the surrounding skyline, transforming energy performance into spatial expression.
Not a technical upgrade—
but a reinterpretation of modern heritage through climate.