Elsa Ricaud , 2012 RMHP Fellow and expert in raw-earth construction materials, participated in the École de Chaillot’s 10th annual Journée d’études on May 17, 2019, revealing some of the secrets surrounding historic uses of the materiel, whether in its raw or kiln-fired form.
Elsa is responsible for a class given by the École de Chaillot, a class which is also offered in Morocco, on restoration techniques for built heritage in earthen materials. She also teaches at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles in its master’s-level research program “Architecture et ses territoires”.
Elsa is associate at the Sunmetron architectural firm in Paris.
Founded in 1990, the Richard Morris Hunt Prize is awarded annually to architects specialized in historic preservation, alternating each year between French and American practitioners.
An award of excellence, the Prize brings together a network of experts sharing the common mission to study questions relating to the co-habitation of historic and contemporary architecture.
The Prize honors the memory of Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895), the first American architect to graduate from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and founder of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
