Techniques, Research, Innovations for the Building and Urban
Design office for eco-responsible design
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Our ambition respond today to the challenges of tomorrow!

Adapting to climate change, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preserving and regenerating ecosystems, saving resources and waste, guaranteeing the health, comfort and well-being of all. Faced with the complexity of these challenges, we provide a global, holistic and forward-looking vision with the aim of creating buildings, neighborhoods and territories for today and tomorrow. As pioneers in the field of environmental quality, we bring together a diversity of skills in close proximity to the territories.
Experience
Experience
35 Years

at the service of the actors of construction and public and private development

Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinary
35 people

architects, urban planners, general engineers and experts

Proximity
Proximity
3 agencies

Paris, Lyon and Nantes Intervene on all the French territory, metropolis and overseas

For 35 years, we have been supporting a variety of projects and missions. We work on all scales, from buildings to large territories. We adapt our tools and methods to the needs of each mission and favor innovative solutions.
Building and renovating
Building and renovating
500 buildings

In project management or in assistance to project owner and on all the typologies teaching, office, housing, health, social, cultural, sporting,

Furnishing and housekeeping
Furnishing and housekeeping
100 urban projects

From the block, to the neighborhood, to the large territory, we intervene at all scales and at all phases of the project

Experimenting and Sharing
Experimenting and Sharing
75 studies | 15 posts

Prospective studies, research and development, visual and multimedia communication, participative animation, educational tools

Structured as a SCOP, TRIBU is an independent consulting firm driven by one commitment: to create a healthy and comfortable living environment for everyone, without compromising the quality of life of future generations.
Ethics
Ethics

We reject projects that contribute to urban sprawl and soil artificialization, and projects linked to polluting sectors and infrastructures. 

Independence
Independence

Structured as a SCOP (cooperative and participative company), We ensure that we maintain a caring, fair and transparent working environment

Cooperative
Cooperative

The success of the projects depends on the commitment of all the actors. We favor iterative exchanges in a logic of co-design with our partners.  

We are active members of ICEB (Institute for Environmental Building Design) and VAD (Ville et Aménagement Durable).
Partenaires - Tribu
Partenaires - Tribu
Partenaires - Tribu
THEY TRUST US

The Tribe Ecosystem Working Together

All our projects have been successful thanks to the commitment of our partners.
Tribu - Ecosystème

The collaboration with TRIBU allowed us to "hold the line" until the end, despite the many temptations to degrade the initial objectives. I learned a lot and I continue to defend some of the principles: natural ventilation, air renewal rate, great attention to summer comfort,...

Nathalie Weinsten

TRIBU gives the feeling that each operation is unique, and gives each one the time and thought needed to understand what is at stake, with both long experience and creative freshness.

Emmanuelle PATTE

TRIBU gives the feeling that each operation is unique, and gives each one the time and thought needed to understand what is at stake, with both long experience and creative freshness.

David Marcillon et Philippe Thuilier

My workshop works everyday with TRIBU

Philippe MADEC

TRIBU is the requirement to work together without any complacency. The team is not satisfied with speeches or promises, and seeks the result that objectifies the ideas.

Emmanuelle PATTE

Working with TRIBU means breaking down the silos between architects and engineers to form a single group, focused on the "magis", i.e. the more.

Thierry ROCHE
Yves Moch | Ademe
Bernard Blanc | ancien directeur général d'Aquitanis, Adjoint à l'urbanisme, Ville de Bordeaux
Audrey Delaloy | référente Renouvellement urbain, SERL
THEY TRUST US

Our History in the Service of environmental quality

  1. 1986
  2. 1991
  3. 1996
  4. 2000
  5. 2002
  6. 2003
  7. 2009
  8. 2011
  9. 2013
  10. 2016
  11. 2020
  1. C’est l’Histoire de 3 ingénieurs et 1 journaliste
    C’est l’Histoire de 3 ingénieurs et 1 journaliste
    - 1986
  2. Pionniers de l’approche environnementale des bâtiments
    Pionniers de l’approche environnementale des bâtiments
    - 1991
  3. Les premiers bâtiments bioclimatiques et HQE
    Les premiers bâtiments bioclimatiques et HQE
    - 1996
  4. Sortir de la standardisation de la HQE pour innover
    Sortir de la standardisation de la HQE pour innover
    - 2000
  5. Un engagement dans la qualité environnementale des bâtiments
    Un engagement dans la qualité environnementale des bâtiments
    - 2002
  6. L’accompagnement des territoires et quartiers durables
    L’accompagnement des territoires et quartiers durables
    - 2003
  7. Devenir une SCOP
    Devenir une SCOP
    - 2009

    TRIBU affirme son éthique au service de l’humain et pour une société équitable. Elle devient une SCOP : société coopérative et participative.  Cette forme de société est en accord avec nos valeurs fondamentales : prééminence de l’humain, la démocratie, la solidarité et le partage

  8. Plus de 200 opérations livrées
    Plus de 200 opérations livrées
    - 2011
  9. Alain BORNAREL, fondateur, laisse la place à Edith AKIKI et Karine LAPRAY pour la gérance de TRIBU
    Alain BORNAREL, fondateur, laisse la place à Edith AKIKI et Karine LAPRAY pour la gérance de TRIBU
    - 2013
  10. Une démarche de recherche et d’innovation constante
    Une démarche de recherche et d’innovation constante
    - 2016
  11. Un ouvrage qui retrace l’expérience de TRIBU et son évolution
    Un ouvrage qui retrace l’expérience de TRIBU et son évolution
    - 2020