Nina Antin
Nina Antin graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Saint-Etienne in 2013. She completed her Master's degree on the Gournay brickworks, adapting the programme to the monument at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris Belleville under the supervision of Philippe Prost, before joining the École de Chaillot (2016-2018).
At the same time, from 2014 to 2021, Nina Antin took continuing education courses in building and civil engineering at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris and Lyon.
In 2020-2021, she joined the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon to follow the H.M.O.N.P. course and wrote a dissertation on Le Viaduc des Rochers Noirs, an engineering structure and monument, under the supervision of Boris Bregman.
Nina Antin worked as a project assistant in Paris at the Philippe Prost Architecture Agency, AAPP, in 2014-2015, then in London at Giles Quarme & Associates in 2016-2018. She has been a project manager at RL&Associés in Lyon since 2018.
The future of 20th-century collective housing in the United States
Collaborative work between residents, architects and public authorities for the evolution of this inhabited heritage
It is through both her personal and professional commitment to promoting and developing 20th-century collective housing that Nina Antin wishes to conduct research as part of the Richard Morris Hunt Prize.
During the summer of 2024, a trip along the east coast of the United States, from Boston to Miami, allowed Nina Antin to travel through the urban spaces between major cities, experience the incredible expanse of American suburbs, and visit 20th-century collective housing.
In addition, since 2022, Nina Antin has been living in the Moncey Nord residence, the first experimental housing complex in the Part-Dieu district of Lyon, and is an active member of the building's residents' association. The residence, designed by architect Jean Zumbrunnen in the early 1960s, has undergone numerous restoration and renovation projects since Zumbrunnen's death in 1975.
Furthermore, in November 2023, RL&Associés was awarded the project management assistance contract for the renovation and residential conversion of 891 homes in the Maladrerie district of Aubervilliers. Nina Antin was put in charge of this project, which was completed in May 2025.
Finally, RL&Associés is currently carrying out a heritage assessment and renovating the façades of the Érables building, constructed in 1967 on the La Duchère plateau (Lyon 9th arrondissement) by Jean Dubuisson, a complex of 374 housing units now labelled "Remarkable Contemporary Architecture".
Its architecture, like the issues faced by its residents, bears strong similarities to those of the Moncey Nord residence.
Nina Antin therefore proposed to the Érables residents' association that they organise reciprocal visits to the two blocks, to enable residents to discover other iconic 20th-century buildings, better appreciate the value of their heritage and imagine the future of their building together.
Towards a search for the Richard Morris Hunt Prize
Nina Antin's research will focus on several questions:
- What types of collective housing developed in the United States in the 20th century and in what context did they appear?
- In some of the cases studied, what are the advantages and limitations of each model from an architectural and social perspective and in terms of usage?
- How have these complexes evolved over time?
- Can we identify forms of collective housing that should be prioritised for future architectural production, depending on the society and territory?
- Who are the actors involved in the maintenance, transformation and transmission of this inhabited heritage?
- Finally, what methods of collective work between residents, architects and public authorities could be proposed to ensure its future preservation, adaptation and enhancement?