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Cobloc shapes an architecture that draws from what already exists to invent new narratives. Here, building is not simply about creating forms, but about shaping living spaces, deeply rooted in their environment and capable of evolving over time and through changing needs.

Our story

2014: Creation of the Agency

Founded in Paris in 2014, Cobloc is an international and multidisciplinary architecture studio born from the encounter between French architect Clarisse Krause and French-Beninese architect Ola Faladé.

2018: Opening of the Benin Offices

In 2018, the agency relocated its offices to Cotonou, Benin, expanding its field of exploration toward new materials, new ways of designing space, and new ways of inhabiting it.

Multidisciplinary Team

Cobloc brings together a team of architects, engineers, designers, as well as artisan and research partners, building bridges between expertise and experimentation.

Each project is a dialogue, an exchange of perspectives and techniques that enriches the creative process.

In 2025, the agency brings together around twenty collaborators from diverse cultural and geographical backgrounds, nurturing a vision in which every project becomes an exploration.

Sectors

Cobloc works across all types of public and private projects, from concept to execution, in France and internationally:

residential projects and mixed-use districts
campuses and headquarters
retail and leisure
hospitality
large-scale facilities
construction management
offices
housing

Expertise

Committed to delivering a global and coherent approach, Cobloc brings together the following areas of expertise:

Architecture
Programming
Project Development
Research & Innovation
Image Creation & Model Making
BIM Management
Construction Supervision
Urban Planning

Clarisse Krause, co-founder of Cobloc.

Clarisse Krause has shaped her career through a transversal approach, combining design and execution, research and practice.

Graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Val de Seine and certified in Project Management, the French architect began her professional journey within several agencies, in Paris and internationally.

Her time at Giancarlo Mazzanti’s studio in Colombia marked a decisive step in her career: it was there that her first reflections on climate-related challenges emerged, shaping her perspective on construction and sustainable innovation.

Back in Paris, she joined the agency Hamonic+Masson & Associés, where she refined her expertise in construction supervision. She notably led the construction of “Home”, the first residential tower (50 metres high) built in Paris since the 1970s, located in the Masséna-Bruneseau district. Developed by Bouygues Immobilier, the project marked a turning point in the Parisian architectural landscape with its 96 private housing units and 92 social housing units.

In 2014, she co-founded Cobloc with Olayimika Faladé, advocating for an architecture that is both contemporary and deeply rooted in its environment.

Precise and committed, Clarisse Krause approaches each project as a search for balance, where technique meets sensitivity, and where every space tells a story deeply anchored in its context.

Olayimika Faladé, co-founder of Cobloc.

Graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Val de Seine, French-Beninese architect Olayimika Faladé quickly developed a transversal approach to architecture, at the intersection of innovation and sustainable development. He began his career within several Parisian agencies, including SRA Architectes, where he specialized in the design of High-Rise Buildings with High Environmental Quality standards.

In 2010, he founded ZBIM Architecture in Paris, already expressing a desire to structure a practice that extends beyond traditional architectural project management. The following year, in Cotonou, Benin, his country of origin, he created a second agency, OF Architecture, anchoring his work in a direct dialogue with the territory and its inhabitants.

Convinced that architecture is a driver of innovation and social transformation, he complemented his architectural education with a specialised Master’s degree in Innovation and Development at the École Nationale d’Arts et Métiers in Paris. This training further nourished his multidisciplinary approach and encouraged him to rethink architectural design and fabrication processes.

In 2014, he co-founded Cobloc with Clarisse Krause.

Today, Olayimika Faladé brings to Cobloc a dynamic driven by experimentation and innovation. For him, each project is an exploration, where architecture becomes a reflection of contemporary challenges and future transformations.

He approaches every project as an equation to be solved, where constraints and intuition meet to create spaces deeply rooted in their environment, carrying both meaning and durability.

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