LOCAL

LOCAL is an architecture and urbanism studio with offices in Bergen, Brussels and Paris, founded by Matthieu Boustany, Benoist Desfonds, Gilles Guyot, Elida Mosquera and Jérôme Picard. A Europe 40 under 40 practice awarded Europan 15 and a Seoul Biennale prize, it calls itself forward-thinking, surprising and pragmatic, translating situations into ideas.

The studio minimises material impact and rethinks resources, bridging scales to shape resilient, inclusive and intergenerational communities. Its work is structured around three themes: sport and activities, with inclusive arenas such as the winning Latvian Paralympic Centre in Riga; transformation and conservation, through adaptive reuse such as the awarded CFE office conversion; and health, embodied in Greymatter, a framework in which seniors take a central role in urban renewal.