Sam architecture was founded in 2007 by Stefan Matthys and Boris Schneider.
Winner of the Nouveaux Albums des Jeunes Architectes in 2008, the practice has been led by Boris Schneider since 2009. Of Franco-German origin, Boris Schneider graduated from ENSA Strasbourg after studying architecture in Strasbourg, Milan and Marseille. Attached to a plural European culture, he trained with Mario Bellini, Jean Nouvel, Francis Soler, Renzo Piano and Paul Andreu. Considering architecture first and foremost as a craft of building, he furthered his training with a carpenter and in an engineering office in Germany.
Since 2010, Boris Schneider has taught architectural design and structures at ENSA Paris-Val-de-Seine, in continuity with the themes developed within the practice: creating spaces of freedom within a rational context, with particular attention paid to the materialisation of the building. It was at that time that he met Lucas Eydoux at ENSA Paris- Val-de-Seine, who became a partner in 2024 after leading three major projects within the practice: the construction of the Maison d’Égypte at the CIUP, and the construction of school complexes in Nanterre and Gennevilliers. This partnership is the logical continuation of a fruitful collaboration initiated more than 15 years ago.
Today, sam architecture mainly works on public facilities and social housing projects, as well as in the tertiary and residential sectors.
Building on its growing experience in school architecture, the practice is now engaged in both theoretical and practical research on the transformation of learning environments. Supporting the evolution of educational programmes, encouraging new uses, adapting construction techniques, and facilitating the adaptability and resilience of buildings are themes that run through the practice’s work.
