PCA-STREAM

After training at Ponts et Chaussées and MIT and gaining experience in finance and strategic consulting, Philippe Chiambaretta directed Ricardo Bofill’s studio and even made a foray into painting before becoming an architect at the age of 36. PCA-STREAM, which he founded in 2000, is home to architects, art historians, urban planners, landscape architects, engineers and more.
PCA-STREAM offers an equally multidisciplinary approach to architecture, the only approach capable of addressing major contemporary issues. PCA-STREAM thus functions in a dual manner. Its research arm (STREAM), which has its own budget, involves 150 researchers worldwide working on three-year protocols. Fed by this research, the production arm maintains a constant dialogue that enriches the studio’s work. Over 15 years, PCA has applied the research done by STREAM to more than 180 000m2 of emblematic headquarters and offices for businesses that are leaders in their fields, including Facebook, BlaBlaCar, Chanel, Total, Gide, Lazard.