Combining Arts, Sciences, Technologies, and Nature to build the future of our civilizations.
The Fondation Jacques Rougerie encourages young generations worldwide to take on current and future global challenges: climate change, rising sea levels, oceanic and space issues, by developing visionary and biomimetic artistic and architectural projects to create new, sustainable, and desirable living environments.
This network of young creators brings together and mobilizes former candidates and winners of the competition, thereby allowing the Foundation to shine on a national and global level and to foster the interest of young architects and researchers in responsible and visionary architecture.
Dan Goldin
Former NASA Administrator
Sylvia Earle
Marine biologist, explorer
Jean-Loup Chrétien
Astronaut
Bertrand Piccard
Explorer, founder of Solar Impulse
Dominique Perrault
Architect, Member of the Académie des beaux-arts - Institut de France
Claudie Haigneré
Astronaut
Kazuyo Sejima
Architect
Jean-François Clervoy
Astronaut
Gonzague de Blignières
Co-founder of Raise
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Founder of Ocean Futures Society
Françoise Gaill
Biologist
Sarah Whiting
Architect
Gilles Bœuf
Biologist, expert in oceanology
Francis Rambert
Director of the Cité de l'Architecture, Corresponding Member of the Académie des beaux-arts - Institut de France
Vladimir Ryabinin
Secretary-General of IOC-UNESCO
Francis Soler
Architect
Carlos Moreno
Scientific Director
Christophe Rioux
Academic, Journalist, Writer
Achinoam Nini
Singer
Marie Tabarly
Navigator
Raphaël DomJan
Explorer
Justin Ahanhanzo
Mission Officer at IOC-UNESCO
Mahmoud El Burai
Senior Advisor at the Real Estate Regulatory Agency, Government of Dubai
Michel Tognini
Astronaut
Cécile Gaspar
Co-founder of the association Te Mana O Te Moana
Philippe Vallette
Oceanographer
Alain Renaudin
President-Founder of Biomim'Expo
Francis Vallat
Former President of the French Maritime Cluster
Franck Zal
Marine biologist
Aquabulle
Aquascope
Aquaspace
Alexandria Underwater Archaeology Museum
City of the Merians
Seaorbiter
Subaquatic village
Galathée
Tetiora
Lunar village
Arc of Light
Pulmo
First projects
I have realized my dreams thanks to encounters with women and men who believed in my vision of a forward-looking, biomimetic, bio-inspired architecture and helped me bring it to life. Without them, many of these projects would not have come to fruition. Today, I wish to pass on this passion that has always inspired me by helping new generations imagine their future and build their own dreams. This is my commitment and that of the Foundation, for it is from the ocean and space that the destiny of future civilizations will emerge.
Upcoming events
Exhibition inauguration
Award Ceremony
Start of the Venice Architecture Biennale
The Foundation will be present among the stands at the Venice Biennale.
United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC)
The Foundation will be present among the organizers of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC).
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Together, let’s nurture our dreams until they become reality.
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