ABOUT
Studio Coquille is an architecture firm specialised in bridging needs of both species and people, by creating buildings and public spaces that help support local ecosystems. Their eco-centric approach to placemaking gives the framework to restore knowledge - and love - for nurturing and living with the biosphere. They integrate the needs of animals, insects, plants, and other living environments into the design principles.
The studio developed a practice that works across scales and disciplines, which enables a holistic understanding of other life forms that Humans depend on - especially with the current climate and ecological crisis. In that sense, Coquille looks into micro and macro life corridors, as the more-than-human lens fades the difference between buildings and Nature : they form one feral landscape.
Collaboration with biologists, researchers, involving municipalities and citizens is central to their work, to which is brought inspiration from local and foreign vernacular heritage, revealing other forms of beauty. The office develops new typologies that give learnings to face ecological collapse, and contribute in showing a future where more-then-human have a chance to thrive.
Coquille is a design studio founded in 2028 by architects Marion de Lingua de St Blanquat and Frederik Mads Svendsen. The collaboration began in Milan and is now established in Copenhagen. Since then, they have won open architectural competitions and keep researching ecological approaches.
Frederik is a professor at the Aarhus School of Architecture.
Coquille is an architectural practice sharing ideas through talks, exhibitions, and open-competitions.
Awards + Competitions + Exhibitions
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Danish Design Museum spring exhibition 2027
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2026 Oslo Architecture Triennale
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DAC Exhibition (May–Sep 2025-2026)
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Marchmaterials Honorable Mention in the Micro Category.
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CAFX Exhibition (May–Sep 2025)
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"Finalist in Open CALL for the Venice Biennale in the Danish Pavilion with The Habitable Skin."
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Winner: STEDT TÆLLER X Competition – Proposal: Østershaven (Proposal 22937) by Studio Coquille & Aiming Spaces
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Dreyers Legatforløb for Emerging Architectural Firms (2023)
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UIA23 World Congress of Architecture: Winner of Open Call
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Finalist Lebanese Pavilion Venice Biannale - how do we live together
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Honorable Mention: Hydepark Library Open Competition 2018
Publications
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https://www.utzoncenter.dk/da/indhold/arkitektkonkurrence-vilddyr-soeger-bolig-10574
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https://byggeri-arkitektur.dk/5-teams-er-shortlisted-til-kurator-for-Arkitekturbiennalen-2027-
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Stirworld: "UIA 2023 Experimental Pavilions"
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Dagens Byggeri: "Floating CLT in the Year of Architecture"
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Arkitekten magasin -Arkitekten 07 2023
Grants
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Statens Kunstfond (2026): Project Grant
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Statens Kunstfond (2023): Project Grant
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Bevica Fonden (2023): Materials Support
Lectures + Talks + Jury
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Guest lecture KADK 2026
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Guest lecture AArhus arkitektskole 2026
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Talk DAC 2026
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Architect Competition: Vilddyr søger bolig / Frederik M Svendsen invited to be Jury for the competition
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Folkemødet: Elsk 60’er parcelhuset – det skal leve længe endnu (Event Link
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Lecture Dubai : "Delivering a lecture entitled Creating New Ecosystems for the Architecture Studio at the Department of Architecture and Design, Abu Dhabi University, in May 2024."
Coquille is a french word for :
E N G. - shell - f. n.
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A rigid covering protecting certain living organisms or natural structures:
In animals: Calcareous shell of mollusks, brachiopods, or eggs.
In plants: Woody-like covering around certain fruits (e.g., walnut shells). -
In writing: A typographical error or mistake in the transcription of a text.
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In architecture: An object or ornamental motif resembling the shape of a shell.
D K. - skal - sb.
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Hård skal, der beskytter visse levende organismer eller naturlige strukturer:
Kalkholdig skal hos bløddyr, brachiopoder eller æg – skal på visse frugter, som valnøddeskaller. -
I skrivning: En skrivefejl er en typografisk fejl eller en fejl i teksten.
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I arkitektur: Et objekt eller ornamentalt motiv, der ligner en skal.