PCA-STREAM

PCA-STREAM was founded in Paris in 2000 by architect Philippe Chiambaretta. The practice places architectural production alongside interdisciplinary research, using its STREAM platform to connect architecture and urbanism with art, social science and environmental inquiry. Its work spans offices, retail, cultural programmes and urban transformation.

The studio develops projects through research, simulation and collaboration rather than a predetermined formal language. La Source Vive was conceived by Philippe Chiambaretta with artistic director Patrick Bouchain through two complementary approaches: Bouchain advanced intuitive experiments through material, models and making, while PCA-STREAM used digital analysis and engineering coordination to translate acoustic goals into buildable structure and detail.

The PCA-STREAM team comprised Philippe Chiambaretta, Salomé Rigal, Sébastien Truchot and Francesco Cazzola, with Alliance Engineering Creatives as executive architect. Bollinger+Grohmann provided structural and façade engineering, Meta led acoustic engineering, and Coloco designed the landscape. Acoustician Albert Xu, stage-lighting consultant Philippe Berthomé and specialist craftspeople helped align measurement, handwork and musical experience throughout the process.