Philosophy
The act of designing and building is a life-long learning. It must be full of generosity and knowledge. It must also be responsible and sustainable. The particular context on the island of Saint Barthélemy brings a singular color to our exercise. Its history, its heritage, its climatic context, its isolation, are, for the island architect, as many enriching particularities to take into account. Sensitive and aware of the quality and charm of the vernacular architecture of the island, we are inspired by its identity to create the spaces of today. We acquired a mastery of the territory, the tropical way of life, its climatic constraints and benefit from a recognized know-how.
How to assemble the data of an individual territory to a project each time just as unique?
Our role is in the process is precisely this, to answer the question by translating your words, your feelings, your desires and your needs into living spaces that are similar to reflect you and adapt to the territory both in its constraints and in its assets. The alchemy of place and desires are what make each project unique.
"The act of designing and building is a life-long learning."
NICOLAS GESSAT | architect
Team
NICOLAS GESSAT
ARCHITECT D.P.L.G – FOUNDER OF THE NGA AGENCY
After studying at the Beaux-Arts in Paris and then at the National School of Architecture of Paris La Villette, Nicolas obtained his diploma of architect DPLG in 2000 with the congratulations of the jury. He then collaborated for 4 years with BN Architects in the design and implementation of various projects of public and cultural interests such as theaters, gymnasiums, nurseries and even schools. In 2006, he moved to St Barthélemy to join the ODP design office as an architect and director of project management. In 2011, in association with Olivier Dain, he founded the architecture firm Home by ODP, of which he was managing partner and where he designed no less than fifty projects. In 2018, Home by ODP become NGA: Nicolas Gessat Architecture.
LAURA GARCIA
ARCHITECT H.M.O.N.P
After studying architecture at ENSA and training in space design in Toulouse, she went to India to study Indian collective housing at Chandigarh College of Architecture. She then worked on the design and construction of a wooden pavilion and was the winner of the workshopPenser for construction.
Passionate about architecture across the globe, this globetrotter graduated as an architect in Toulouse in 2014 and her HMONP in 2018. After collaborating with the ATP agency, she decided to move to the West Indies and, more specifically, in Saint-Barthélemy where she has been working with Nicolas Gessat since 2015, first at Home By ODO and now at NGA. This duo, will certainly meet your challenges.
