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We are architectural doers.
We do architecture
like nobody else,
with a lot of love,
plenty of ideas,
and a bit of magic.
Architects and consultants in Haute-Savoie (France) and Switzerland
Our approach is regenerative*
which means benevolent, efficient, bioclimatic,
ingenious, participative, inclusive, responsive!
OUR motto
“Every creation must contribute to the equilibrium of the environment it belongs to“
Edouard Goldsmith / The Tao of Ecology
We believe that the Vocation of a Project does not lie in the reduction of its impacts on the individual or on the environment, nor in the creation of a masterpiece, however beautiful it may be.
It lies in its capacity to become a resource for its place, its inhabitants and for all stakeholders, as a Living Organism.
Senior consultants, inspired creators for over 30 years, authors, trainers of professionals and committed researchers,
« We believe that a project is seeded in the dreams of our clients.
Our mission is to bring them exactly what they want but never what they expect ».
OUR DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS
Our diagnostic and site analysis process reveal the hidden potential behind every difficulty, and bring out perspectives that solve more problems than those initially raised.
That’s ARCHIDOERS magic!
OUR CREATIVE PROCESS
is inspired by the environment to express its quintessence.
The project becomes a source of well-being for its inhabitants and takes its place naturally in the landscape, like a tree……
* « Regenerative design » Wikipedia definition
OUR ACTIVITY AS ARCHITECTS
project • consulting • professional training
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of regenerative architecture
You are a family or a tribe,
responsible entrepreneur, enlightened project leader…
VILLAS & CO-HABITATS
Your demands and your vision are our priorities.
We accompany you from the creation to the realisation of your project in a participative approach in 4 main steps:
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The Sketch gives shape to your dreams and reveals all the potential of the site, inside and outside
The Preliminary Project concretises the options you have chosen, specifies the technical principles and estimates the costs. The project is adjusted to fit your budget.
The Project prepares the realisation. The detailed plans are drawn up with execution details, in collaboration with the engineers.
The building companies are consulted and selected.
The Management of the Works allows the execution of the project. Our role is to ensure that everyone on the construction site gives the best of themselves in a spirit of co-evolving collaboration.
CORPORATE WORKSPACES & COWORKING
The balance and success of your business are our priorities
We co-create and realize your office space layout from the sketch to the execution of the works, from the design to the arrangement of the furniture…
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Our participative and responsive approach accompanies each step of the project, with adapted collaborative tools and 3D creation tools, in order to facilitate the choices by involving all the employees
COMMERCIAL, RELIGIOUS & CULTURAL PREMISES, HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS
You are looking for architects who will reveal the full potential of your project and accompany you to its completion?
For more than 30 years we have been involved with pioneering projects,…
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… for eco-responsible tourist structures in Haute Savoie and in the Jura, for the first bioclimatic chapel in Europe in Champagne, for multi-generational co-habitats in French-speaking Switzerland, for the creation of a new kind of school in Togo… projects that carry within them the seeds of major social and societal changes.
TESTIMONIALS
« Like many people, we bought a house on a whim, for its potential, for the dreams that we saw in the background of the existing. Corine not only allowed us to make our dreams come true, but above all to « project reality » into them, and to enrich them with Feng Shui harmony.
It is not easy to tell your dreams to a stranger. And it’s quite rare that … …
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… someone you didn’t know a few days ago, manages to color your watermarks, sketch possibilities on your ideas of perspectives. But a few days were enough for our discussions to fully integrate Corine, as a benevolent advisor and arbitrator of balance. Corine has succeeded in projecting the square and regulated world of construction into our dreams: she immediately listened to us, guided us, pushed us to detail our desires and needs. She added her energetic touch, and the interplay of interior and exterior.
So we opened the project with Archidoers. Structured in clear and logical steps, we completed the discussions that allowed Corine to make the first plans for the layout and renovation: the Sketch. We remember the first formal presentation of these plans: we were curious to see how all our ideas would end up in « measurements » and « dimensions ». Curious and prepared in a way, since we had already discussed the content of our imagination. Well, we were not prepared to be surprised. Completely seduced, and completely surprised by ideas that were hiding behind the scenes of the architect.
But besides this creativity and sensitivity, Corine is of course a seasoned professional. She knows the gap between the owner’s expectations and the availability of all the stakeholders who will make the project a reality. At the beginning of the project, we were in a hurry, (as many are) and we did not know the detours of building permits, studies, choices, decisions. We organized ourselves in a fluid and efficient way by sharing files through Dropbox, and tasks through Trello. We agreed to reduce the steps as much as possible while allowing us to do the studies, and to adapt our plans to the results of these studies. And from being in a hurry, we became involved.
When I think about it, today, during the inquiry « pause » between the conception (behind in the past) and the realization (in front in the future), the course of the project has been just perfect. Surely a little tiring for Corine who dedicated herself to our project to remove all the blocking points, all the questions, but of a fluidity and a rare efficiency.
And if I had to condense all that Corine offered us in our ideas and plans, it would be “inout”, a word that does not yet exist elsewhere than at Archidoers and at us….
Bréton family
Attalens CH
« You had a kind of genius in the stroke of the pencil and in the harmony of forms.
This is a reflection of your great sensitivity, which makes it your talent…
Sister Marie-Anne
Community of the Word of Life / France
« The chapel captures the people who visit it, by its lines, its purity, inviting them to prayer…
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… The Community of the Word of Life fully recognised itself in our project and made it possible with the financial support of many donors.
This place is appreciated by the visitors who feel the beneficial effects.
The chapel is magnificent and unanimously pleases all those who visit it!
As we say in our jargon: you have been well inspired! »
Father Jean-Bernard
Community of the Word of Life / Andecy / France
CONSULTING
spaces awakener
LAND
You would like to be guided in your choice of land.
We identify the potential of the site, its strong points and its difficulties. If necessary, we carry out the energetic balancing of the land.
APARTMENT
HOUSE • GARDEN
You need advice to face major changes or difficulties and wish to bring your living space in line with your objectives? Apartment, house or garden…
We offer in-home consultations and remote coaching.
OFFICE
You need advice on the strategic layout of your office space to deal with difficulties within your team or to boost the development of your business…
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We offer you a 3-step diagnosis:
1. Observation of the people, the specificities and values of the company and the place.
2. Analysis of the interrelationships between place-people-company-purpose.
3. Synthesis and regenerative perspectives
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
You wish to bring added value to your activity as a creator or you wish to adopt a new profession…
Become a consultant and learn to decipher the causes of a person’s discomfort in their living or working spaces, and discover how to attune a space with its inhabitants, as one would a musical instrument…
Integrative training based on observation and analysis techniques proven during 15 years of regenerative practice and training, enriched with a vision of Feng Shui architect, geobiologist and radiesthesist.
Testimonials
« Much more than a new theoretical teaching, the teachings of Corine and Jean-François offered me the opportunity to develop a more conscious and open view on our world. I had been looking for a long time to base my choices on universal and meaningful realities for the greater well-being of all. And so I found in their inputs foundations …
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… taking their origin in the laws of Nature and that can be adapted to the particularities of a situation, of a place or of a person. The bases taught, rich, allow to decline their application in an infinity of fields.
The courses are lively since the theory is always combined with practice through exercises, role playing, etc. Their creativity is not lacking and adapts to the energy brought by all. Their support is committed and serious, with carefully thought-out and designed course materials.
Their personalized guidance of the practice in a professional situation allowed me to really grasp the keys of Feng Shui and to put them into shape.
Their two people dancing from their complementarity create a teaching framework that is both masterful and sensitive, attentive to the group. They have the gift of creating safe, warm and human spaces where each person can reveal themselves to themselves and to others with authenticity.
Having put into practice the approach taught in my profession as an architect, I was able to instantly observe the benefits for the people accompanied, which is why I can highly recommend you to train with them!
Catherine Ehrhardt
Architect – Lausanne – Switzerland
« A real opportunity: following a training cycle with Corine and Jean-François.
The courses are structured, dense, thorough, richly illustrated with references and concrete cases, from their culture and their long professional practice.
It was also a real encounter, with a presence filled with ability to listen and benevolence, all this in a carefully prepared setting, conducive to learning and exchange…
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… I also appreciated the long formula in modules, in groups and then in personal follow-up, which left room for a necessary time of maturation.
Because this training provided me with real concrete tools, rigorous and professional analysis protocols, but it did not « confine » me. It is not a simple training or a book of recipes. It is above all an education, sometimes complex but oh so rich, which opens up to perspectives that were initially unsuspected and leaves room for the talent of each person to express itself.
A real professional and personal enrichment.
Corine, Jean-François, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Magali Humblot
Feng Shui consultant / Patrick Humblot landscaper – Annecy – France
« Corine & Jean-François are builders of truth. Their respect and recognition to people & places are highly evolved, that demonstrates great genuine care. They are passionate & dedicated to their students and projects. I have learned so much from them not only in terms of knowledge and techniques but also in terms of human interaction, honesty, listening to others, professionalism and the art of cooperation & co-creation.
It was a joy interacting with them on every level. »
Sarah Enan
Architectural Interior Design – Cairo – Egypt
WHO ARE WE ?
CORINE & JEAN-FRANÇOIS MERMILLOD
ARCHITECT & DESIGNER
Founders and managers of bioclimatic architecture and ecodesign agencies in Haute-Savoie for more than 30 years, whose quest for excellence and innovation has been rewarded by numerous international awards.
FOUNDERS OF ARCHIDOERS, an architectural firm in Annecy / Haute-Savoie and in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, specialised in « regenerative », integrative and participative creation.
CONSULTANTS & CREATORS OF SPACES,
for families, new « tribes », companies and holders of private, public and humanitarian projects.
TRAINERS for 15 years, of professionals in architecture, interior architecture, real estate, design, branding strategy, health/wellness, coaching, in 3 languages on 4 continents (Fr-En-Sp).
CO-AUTHOR of 4 books that open new ways in a regenerative practice of Feng Shui (in 3 languages).
COMMITTED HUMANISTS having worked within several international organizations (UNESCO, UNDP, UIA, Foundation of Emergency Architects), trained in regenerative process, coaching, geobiology and Feng Shui, and practicing Tai Chi Chuan, yoga and meditation.
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Corine MERMILLOD
- Architecte dplg France 1983.
- Master’s degree in bioclimatic architecture – New Mexico University USA 1988.
- Registered with the Rhône-Alpes Order of Architects 1996.
- Registered in the A Register of Architects and CAMAC Switzerland 2016.
- Speaker Ted X Geneva 2016.
- Certified « The regenerative practitioner series », Bay area cohort San Francisco 2019.
Jean-François MERMILLOD
- Design diploma ENSAAMA École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Art. Paris 1973.
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Certified Professional Coach (Lunion Formation) 2005.
- Certified Feng Shui Advisor from the Taoist School of Intuitive Form 2002.
OUR ACTIVITY
IN FIGURES
AWARDS
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS
PRODUCT DESIGNS
THEY TRUSTED US
portfolio
REGENERATIVE ARCHITECTURE
For 30 years we have been creating and
carrying out the living spaces of your future,
for your well-being and the pleasure of everyone.
You have entrusted us with your ideas, your expectations and your needs and sometimes even your wildest dreams.
Listening to you, we translated and expressed them in architectural creations and qualities of spaces, inside and outside. Your dreams became reality, for your greatest happiness.
Thus with you, we are « future revealers“ for all your projects.
success story… discover our creations
Maison de commune de Granges Veveyse CH 1614.
Le défi: Faire pulser le cœur du village avec ses 800 habitant-e-s, avec la création d'un espace dédié à 6 logements et à des activités partagées qui favorisent le partage dans l'action et les rencontres.
Le projet s'inscrit dans le volume de l'ancienne ferme qui a du être démolie. L'enveloppe du bâtiment et l'aménagement de son entrée en terrasse favorisent l'interaction entre la vie de cet espace vivant, et le village.
L'entrée avec sa terrasse végétalisée et avec sa fontaine capte l'attention et invite à se poser et à animer le cœur de Granges par sa présence active.
Début des travaux de démolition Mars 2022.
Pose de la première pierre le 9 Mars 2022 avec le conseil communal au complet. Voir l’article du journal local LE MESSAGER.
Conception Archidoers
Réalisation MS constructions SA
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archidoers
Maison de commune de Granges Veveyse CH1614.
Le défi: Faire pulser le cœur du village avec ses 800 habitant-e-s, avec la création d'un espace dédié à 6 logements et à des activités partagées qui favorisent le partage dans l'action et les rencontres.
Le projet s'inscrit dans le volume de l'ancienne ferme qui a du être démolie. L'enveloppe du bâtiment et l'aménagement de son entrée en terrasse favorisent l'interaction entre la vie de cet espace vivant, et le village.
L'entrée avec sa terrasse végétalisée et avec sa fontaine capte l'attention et invite à se poser et à animer le cœur de Granges par sa présence active.
Début des travaux de démolition Mars 2022.
Pose de la première pierre le 9 Mars 2022 avec le conseil communal au complet.
Conception Archidoers
Réalisation MS constructions SA
#kindnessarchitecture #peacefularchitecture #architecture_hunter #sketcharchitecture #archisketcher #finearchitecture #architecturephotography #architecture_a_vivre #architecturevivante #espacefengshui #beautifulhome #finearchitecture #archilovers #sketch #inspiration #lifestyle #archi_students #architecte_archidoers #kindnessarchitecture
Villa bioclimatique en cours de construction
Perchée telle un nid au dessus de la baie de Talloire, avec une vue de rêve sur le “petit Lac“ d’Annecy, cette villa s’ouvre à la lumière et la beauté du lieu. Il s’en dégage un charme apaisant, et le sentiment d’être arrivé à bon port.
Conception Archidoers
Réalisation Eden Home
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What may be your vocation?
photos by jf.mermillod
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Art Event in St Paul-de-Vence located in Provence - France designed by Erick Ifergan photos by jf.mermillod
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#archidoers Chalet familial situé au pied des falaises du Parmelan au dessus d’Annecy by @archidoers photos by jf.mermillod
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Messery House. Archidoers architect.
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Messery House. Archidoers architect. Ambiance feutrée en Rez de Jardin.
#kindnessarchitecture #peacefularchitecture #architecture_hunter #sketcharchitecture #amazingarchitecture #archisketcher #architecturephotography #architecture_a_vivre #architecturevivante #espacefengshui #beautifulhome #archilovers #sketch #inspiration #lifestyle
LET US KNOW !
Tell us about your project…
You are welcome at either one of our addresses, on appointment.
ARCHIDOERS sarl d’architecture
1bis Avenue d’Albigny • 74000 Annecy
+33 607 15 34 85 • +33 637 56 46 12
jfc@archidoers.com • archidoers.com
ARCHIDOERS Succursale Suisse
Chemin de la Diey 7 • 1614 Granges V
+41 21 525 38 02 • +41 78 800 29 18
jfc@archidoers.ch • www.archidoers.ch




