with In Sinu Architectes, they bring their creations into harmony with the landscape

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These are encounters that impact the future of those who experience them… Cassandre Verdier and Elena Cadouin, the founders of the In Sinu Architectes Barbizon Paris firm, are the perfect example. It was on the benches of ENSAPVS (National School of Architecture Paris Val de Seine) that they met.

A duo at the head of the firm In Sinu Architectes Barbizon Paris

“We are different and at the same time very complementary,” explains Cassandre Verdier. Elena is the Parisian who comes to spend her weekends in the forest to escape the city and I am the Barbizonnaise who spends hers in the capital. Being so polar opposites of each other could only make for an effective duo.”

No sooner said than done, once their diplomas were in hand, state-certified architect for Elena and architect authorized to manage projects in her own name, for Cassandre, they decided to open their agency, In Sinu Architectes, whose the name already sums up the state of mind well.

For the two partners, In Sinu has a very precise meaning.

“We have to take it in the sense of insinuating the landscape into the work that we create,” explains Cassandre Verdier. In a new program or a major renovation, what we are looking for is harmony between the elements, between the material which forms the home and the framework which surrounds it. We use noble and ancestral materials: wood, stone, hemp to which we give new life. »

To achieve this, the two partners work with local artisans. “Our creations thus have a soul, a story thanks to this vernacular link between the material and the inhabitant,” she smiles.

They readily admit: the setting of the painters’ village was a real source of inspiration for them. This relationship between art and landscape has been a catalyst for what they offer their clients, confronting the setting of the cradle of impressionism with their profession as architects.

“From floor to ceiling”

Awarded in several competitions, the two young women have developed both a private and professional clientele. “We designed the wine cellar of the Teyras de Grandval estate, in the Saumur region, for example, or the Irancy stones project in Yonne where Elena saw her project win, where it was necessary to intervene on abandoned winegrowers’ houses. »

His goal? Bring them back to life and integrate contemporary uses without distorting them. “For the new, like the old, our creations go from floor to ceiling, including for furniture, we offer what goes best together, always with the aim of preserving this harmony and ultimately feeling good in your place of life,” she concludes.

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