Olivier SOUQUETChairman, DE-SO Asia

Olivier Souquet was born in 1966 in Grenoble.

He is Chairman of the DE-SO Asia architecture workshop based in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam with about twenty-five collaborators and a branch in Hanoi of 4 people.

Olivier Souquet has 30 years of experience in architecture, he is the president of DE-SO Asia and founding partner of DE-SO.

The DE-SO agency was created in 2005 with François Defrain in Paris and DE-SO Asia in 2016 in Vietnam.

A member of AFEX (French Architects for Export), Olivier Souquet began its activity in Asia in 2008 by winning the international competition for public spaces in Thu Thiem, the future heart of the city of Ho Chi Minh City.

In 2014 the DE-SO agency was selected to create the Museum of Architecture and Urbanism (CPEC), and in 2019 the Ho Chi Minh memorial in Nghe An.

The DE-SO Asia agency develops architectural and landscape urban planning projects in Southeast Asia, North and South Vietnam, in mountain and mangrove areas, and in special, protected sites. Currently, the DE-SO Asia agency is carrying out several Resort projects in Vietnam

Olivier Souquet receives 2021 the grand prize for urban planning in Vietnam.

The DE-SO agency based in Paris is made up of about twenty employees with 4 partners, the agency produces many public and educational facilities and has received several distinctions and architectural prizes.

Since 2019 DE-SO has been in charge of Louis Vuitton's leather goods workshops in France.

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“Architecture is an art of assembly.

It is about anchoring a project in a site.

Finely combine geography and geometry, revealing the genius of the place.

Compose windows on the landscape and the multiple horizons that exist. »

The attention paid to the geographical and geographical specificity of each project is found in our architectural achievements as well as in our urban planning projects.

The uses features and materials of each project are all underpinned by our mastery of design, where geometry meets geography.

Our regular participation in national and international competitions reflects the many areas of research in which we are involved.

We work on projects in the fields of culture and heritage, education, services, health, and housing. We create master plans for large territories and carry out animation missions, urban planning projects, and the enhancement of remarkable sites.