Franck Houndégla
16, rue des moulins-gémeaux
93200 Saint-Denis
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about

Franck Houndégla works on exhibition design, museography, interior and furniture design, development of public spaces and heritage sites.

Project manager in the studio Intégral Philippe Délis in Paris from 1990 to 1996. He created the studio Bi.cks with Jean-Paul Augry and Jean-Luc Mairet - active from 1994 to 2002.

Since 2002, self-employed, he gathers or integrates teams based on projects with partners designers, artists, architects, lighting designers, landscape architects, engineers.

In parallel, he writes articles on design and architecture, and literary texts.

He also use to teach in schools of art and design, and courses on heritage.

Born 22/9/1967 in Paris. Degrees: Master2 and Post-degree in Spatial Design obtained in Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.
Erasmus university exchange at Chelsea College of Art and Design/University of London in Interior and Spatial Design department.
PhD training at Ecole doctorale Ville, Transports, Territoire / Université Paris-Est / Laboratoire IPRAUS - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Belleville



As a designer or consultant he works with various types of content and according different scales of projects:

Exhibitions of contemporary art
"Transfers" in Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels,
"Demarcation" Center Wallonie-Bruxelles in Paris...

Travelling exhibitions
"Design Made in Africa” (Ouagadougou, St-Etienne, Paris, Milan, Bamako, Eindhoven, Cotonou, Brazzaville, Capetown, Windhoek, Londres, Atlanta, Charlotte, NY, Rio de Janeiro, Monterrey, Montreal...),
"Microbes en questions" and “Vaccination” for French Department of Health and Science Museum of Montbéliard...

Exhibition on societies
“Forever Young" at the Museum of History of Luxembourg City,
“A for Africa / A comme Afrique” in National Museum of Kenya
and Musée National du Burkina Faso...

Historical and archaeological museums
Interpretation Center of architecture and heritage of Saint-Denis,
Historical Museum of Abomey (Benin),
Museum of the Land of Frankincense (Sultanate of Oman)...

Scientific and technological museums and exhibitions
Science Museum of Bibliotheca Alexandrina/Library of Alexandria (Egypt),
"Biometrics" and "Bon Appétit" at Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie (Paris)...

Set design for Performing arts
Scenic elements for the play  "J’ai remonté la rue et j’ai croisé des fantômes” written by Philip Minyana, staging Monica Espina, actor Laurent Charpentier

Design of public spaces
Thematic and permanent design of the station “Villejuif-Léo Lagrange”
for the centenary of the Paris metro...

Design of private spaces
Redevelopment of offices and homes...

Programming study / feasibility
Museum of silkworms of Lagorce,
Contemporary Art Center “La Saurisserie” in Boulogne-sur-Mer,
Interpretation Center of architecture of Kerjean Castle (France)
Mission for Unesco for diagnosis of project National Museum of Cameroon (Yaoundé)......

Product and furniture design
Collection "Mobili", design and edition of products and furniture realized in collaboration with craftmen from Mali, Ivory Cost and Bénin.