In 2006, after leaving school, his talent was noticed while working for the architect Nicolas Michelin and he was invited to participate as a landscaper in the competition the French Embassy in Tokyo. Architect Tadao Ando, who chaired the competition jury, declared the team the winner thanks to the quality of the landscaping project, which launched his career. He recently won on a 13-hectare site. the Campus of the new French University of Egypt in Cairo with architects Jakob Macfarlane and the park of the 4 elements of Cognac with Jean-Michel Wilmotte.
The Prismatic Columns of the French Embassy in Tokyo © SEMPERVIRENS LANDSCAPERS (Direction Frédéric-Charles AILLET, R Favory and P Sarrien Co-authors)
Over the course of the projects across the worldFrédéric-Charles AILLET has developed a knowledge of ecosystems adapted to extreme conditions. Studies of marine, mountain and desert ecosystems allow him to propose technical innovations applied to green architecture, water recycling and phyto-purification or the creation of xerophilic dry gardens. He is part of a biomimetic spirit by integrating ecosystem services into projects, for example to reduce air pollution.
Concept of a building planted with an aquaponic system in Bagneux currently under construction © SEMPERVIRENS LANDSCAPERS (Illustration Z. Chauvet)
Its gardens evoke the beauty of the struggle for life and the poetry of the natural elements: the wind, the course of the sun, the water cycle staged according to the project sites.
© SEMPERVIRENS Urban Planners MANDATE LINKCITY - Confidential site - City side and Field side
© SEMPERVIRENS Urban Planners MANDATE LINKCITY - Confidential site - Ecological Corridor City
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:
Landscape designer for the French pavilion outside the walls of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 - Vivre Avec/ Living With Winner to represent France Jakob MacFarlane
FRENCH DESIGN 100 - Campus of the New French University of Egypt with Jakob Macfarlane - 2024
Eiffel Prize for Architecture - Espace Mayenne with Hérault Arnod - 2023
Architizer A Awards - Chateaulin Swimming Pool with Dubuisson Architecture - 2023
Fimbacte Living Environment Trophy - Espace Mayenne with Hérault Arnod - 2022
Special Prize at the Victoires du Paysage for the Prismatic Plant Columns of the French Embassy in Tokyo - 2014
American Institute of Architects Prize - AIA Prize - 2012
Japanese BCS (Building Contractors Society) Award - 2011