Benjamin Bancel

Background

About Benjamin Bancel

Urge for creativity In the urge for shared creativity, Ivana Barbarito and Benjamin Bancel founded their namesake agency Barbarito Bancel Architectes in 2011, after more than 10 years of unique experiences. Their different life paths and complementary perspectives are united by the common desire to innovate with each new project: the pleasure of elegance as timeless beauty, the reflection of the space drawn by light, the aesthetics of design, teamwork, human encounters, experimenting with new techniques and materials, and a close concern for detail. Their approach is developed in full awareness of the need to meet deadlines, budgetary imperatives and societal issues. Poetry and rationality The practice pursues perpetual transformation, in the quest to achieve a balance between fantasy, rigour, sensitivity, method, intuition, reason, delicacy, discussions, listening and many drawings. The aphorism “imagine the obvious” expresses the heart of the team's singular approach, fusing poetry and rationality. Air and light, the first architectural materials, then give rise to place. From the visible to the inexpressible In search of a form of truth and the architectural essence: the timelessness of elegance and the universality of feelings mark our actions.