At the corner of Boulevard de Pesaro and Rue Salvador Allende, the Arche Horizon project, led by Kaufman & Broad and Logipostel, was completed in 2021. The Mikou Studio agency designed a complex of just over 3,900 m² housing 50 apartments, ranging from studios to four-bedroom units (29 for open market sale – 21 for first-time buyers). With its simple and orderly design, Arche Horizon blends in with the surrounding buildings, creating a gateway to the site that is clearly visible from Boulevard Pesaro. A timeless building characterized by large facades and wooden columns.

Arche Horizon is part of the Croissant neighborhood renewal project, launched in 2015. Once isolated and little known, it is taking advantage of the demolition of the old “silo” parking lots along Boulevard de La Défense (D914) to forge a new identity. Under the project management of the TVK-d'Ici-là consortium, the first phase of this renewal saw the completion of several real estate projects, including the Arche Horizon project.

Mikou Design Studio was founded in 2006 by Selma and Salwa Mikou, after many years of collaboration with international architecture firms, notably those of Renzo Piano and Jean Nouvel, on large-scale private and public infrastructure projects, housing, offices, and major public space developments as part of urban and port redevelopment initiatives.

Mikou Design Studio defines itself as a space for creation and experimentation in architecture and its cross-disciplinary aspects. Each project is an opportunity to re-examine and redefine the meaning of a program, a function, an urban, social, or human context in order to invent new ways of living, places for sharing and gathering that are more sensitive, more sensual, and more emotionally engaging.

Mikou Design Studio is currently involved in a wide range of cultural, educational, office, housing, and master plan projects in Brazil, Germany, Lebanon, Morocco, and France.