Hiroko Kusunoki and Nicolas Moreau established Moreau Kusunoki in 2011, a practice with offices in Paris and Sydney. The architecture of Moreau Kusunoki is rooted in the cultural duality of the co-directors' origins. This creative reconciliation is expressed in the constant interplay of scales in space and time, in a gentle oscillation between reason and intuition. Hiroko and Nicolas design in the belief that architecture is best conceived in reserve and introspection, allowing for the emergence of poetic visions towards an architectural ‘in-between’: undefined spaces creating the potential for new meaning and personal experiences through user appropriation.
Moreau Kusunoki has won numerous projects in national and international design competitions, including the award-winning proposal for the Guggenheim Helsinki, Sciences Po’s new university campus in the centre of Paris, the National Lighthouse Museum in Brest, and the Powerhouse Parramatta Museum in Sydney, Australia.
