Integration of Biodiversity in the Urban Project Approach. Interview with Magali Volkwein and Sébastien Roussel (Agence Devillers et Associés, Paris)

Founded in 1991 by Christian Devillers, the D&A studio specialises in urban projects with the ambition of managing the city, from the vast territory to the kerb. Composed of architects, urban planners and landscape architects, engineers and sociologists, the studio has gradually diversified its fields of action and works on metropolitan strategies, eco-districts or urban renewal projects, the insertion of mobility infrastructures into the landscape and the creation of parks or gardens. Magali Volkwein has been president of the studio since 2021, and Sébastien Roussel has been a landscape architect associated since 2021. The interview focused on the gradual inclusion of biodiversity issues in the urban project approach and the importance of ecology in producing the city.