The Open Architecture Research Group is experimenting with an approach to explore territories through the practice of drawing. Its goal is to enhance the role of drawing in architectural research.

It offers research missions (scientific and graphic) in France and abroad.

It organizes drawing workshops, collective mapping sessions, and awareness programs on architect tools.

The group disseminates its observations through web and paper publications intended for the general public.















Sketchbook’s drawers - Margot Stuckelberger, Achille Pelletier,
Florent Quintard, Lucie Perrier, Thomas Brun et Cyril Costes.
Drawn places - Ouagadougou, Istanbul, Ho chi minh-ville, and others.
All rights reserved @GRAOU 2024















The Open Architecture Research Group is experimenting with an approach to explore territories through the practice of drawing. Its goal is to enhance the role of drawing in architectural research.

It offers research missions (scientific and graphic) in France and abroad.

It organizes drawing workshops, collective mapping sessions, and awareness programs on architect tools.

The group disseminates its observations through web and paper publications intended for the general public.















Sketchbook’s drawers - Margot Stuckelberger, Achille Pelletier,
Florent Quintard, Lucie Perrier, Thomas Brun et Cyril Costes.
Drawn places - Ouagadougou, Istanbul, Ho chi minh-ville, and others.
All rights reserved @GRAOU 2024