It begins with a personal story, that of a quest for identity caught between East and West, between two cultures on opposite sides of the world, France and Japan.
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Yuloé represents the hyphen, Yu-loé for Yukari and Cloé.
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Two names for the same identity. The beginning of Japan, the end of France. All by bike. Because we always enter our own history with patience.ā
The Yuloé project is divided into two parts:
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The Next Door, which showcases the diversity of vernacular habitats;
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Journey to Hospitality, a long-term research project questioning the spatial forms of hospitality.
Yuloé, in quest of identity
A curious and committed exploration of the world of housing
And then, through the prism of architecture, the personal story becomes more universal.
Environmental and social crises are threatening the Earth's habitability. The recent IPCC report reveals that almost half the human population is now in a highly vulnerable situation.
Faced with an increasing number of territories rendered uninhabitable, how can we think about and heal our territories and our ways of living today?
To find out, I cycled through 23 countries to explore inspiring habitats and meet their inhabitants.
As a Franco-Japanese architect, I'm particularly interested in vernacular dwellings, whether traditional or contemporary, and the way in which they take care of their territory, conceived in interdependence with their environment.
Through a hybrid posture of cyclo-baroudeuse-archi-photographer, this work paints a dotted portrait of a singular and sensitive architecture.
A 25,000 km solo journey in search of otherness, to highlight architectural singularities and know-how that have a positive social and ecological impact.
By creating portraits of architecture and interviewing its designers, builders and inhabitants, the Yuloé project aims to promote vernacular architecture by sharing it through articles, exhibitions, conferences and books.
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In the face of environmental urgency, this work positively questions our relationship with built and natural environments, seeking through examples of traditional and contemporary habitats to inspire new ways of inhabiting the world.
An architect in search of meaning
Franco-Japanese, my name is Cloé and my middle name is Yukari.
As a young architect, I've been exploring for many years how architecture tells the story of our lifestyles. How our spaces and the sensitive way we inhabit them speak deeply of our cultures.
Trained at ENSA Grenoble in the specialized Master's program Architecture, Environment & Constructive Cultures (AE&CC), I orient my professional practice and my personal commitments in favor of the socio-ecological transition.
In recent years, I have worked with architects in France, India, Cambodia, Guadeloupe, New Caledonia and Lebanon.
In France, I'm also involved with the Nebraska association, which works to develop the load-bearing straw construction sector.