“RAL#1, curated by Studio NEiDA’s Jeanne Autran-Edorh & Fabiola Büchele included a strong female line-up who foregrounded West Africa’s complex and rich history regarding its built environment. These architectural practitioners operating in the region today have inherited a fascinating legacy of traditional construction methods, available resources, and environmental and economic realities. An ever-growing population brought an influx of people to cities that needed adequate architectural infrastructure. Challenges abound, but so do innovation and solutions, especially if guided by the principles of conservation and transformation. When these two approaches occur in unison, architecture emerges that considers existing methods and buildings as a starting point for innovation to serve today’s needs.” 
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Rencontres Architecturales de Lomé (RAL#1) at Palais de Lomé, Togo by Brendon Bell-Roberts for Art Africa

“The idea for RAL#1 was born in 2023, as part of a research project undertaken by NEiDA in Lomé regarding the relationship between architecture and politics, and the role of built heritage in the creation of a national identity. “The Palais de Lomé is an ideal subject because of the way its renovation reappropriates its colonial heritage. We also worked on the Hôtel de la Paix, an astonishing modern ruin under threat of destruction that has informally become one of the most iconic images of Togolese pop culture. From our observations the theme Conservation/Transformation of RAL#1 emerged. It aims to bring this dialogue to a pan-African dimension and to consider African architectural heritage as a whole. Today's architects in West Africa are confronted with a rich and complex heritage of methodology and knowledge; simultaneously, contemporary reality confronts them in regards to environmental, economic and social contexts that demand relevant and contextual responses. When conservation and transformation are in symbiosis, existing ways of construction and architecture become the starting point for innovation that can meet the demands of our time”, says Jeanne Autran-Edorh.” (translated from French) 
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Le retour aux sources des architectes africains by Loraine Adam for Jeune Afrique

“Organised by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in collaboration with the Sub-Saharan Africa Initiative of German Business (SAFRI), the event aims to honour outstanding African researchers and project ideas, highlighting initiatives that contribute to sustainable progress on the African continent. Togo was also in the spotlight during this ceremony. Indeed, the trophies received by the winners were made by the engineering of Studio NEiDA, based in Togo and co-founded by Mrs. Jeanne Autran-Edorh, a Franco-Togolese architect and Mrs. Fabiola Büchele of Austrian origin.” 
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Togo in the spotlight at the GAIIA award ceremony by Togo Embassy  

“Beneath mango trees in the lush garden of the Palais de Lomé, an oceanside estate in the Togolese capital, dozens of students from the African School of Architecture and Urban Planning (EAMAU) were taking sessions on archiving.….In November, she (Sonia Lawson) and Studio Neida, an interdisciplinary architecture, design and curatorial firm based between Togo and Germany, hosted the first Lomé Architectural Encounters forum.… The Palais de Lomé, an exception to the norm, is the case study that tiny Togo is presenting to kickstart a conversation on resuscitating and archiving architecture in Africa.” 
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Restore, destroy, or left to rot? Battle lines drawn over west Africa’s cultural heritage. by Eromo Egbejule for The Guardian

“French-Togolese architect Jeanne Autran-Edorh and Austrian writer Fabiola Büchele partnered with the state-owned cultural institute Palais de Lomé to curate the two-day event that kicked it all off. The co-founders of architecture and research practice Studio NEiDA centred discussions around the conservation and ongoing transformation of the region’s built environment. "It seemed to us that these two things – conservation and transformation – are the dual forces that are happening at the moment in architecture here," Büchele says. Autran-Edorh and Büchele were keen to shape an event in Togo that captured period-defining contemporary themes. "People are trying to conserve things that are traditional and ancient, and have often been forgotten and have often been dismissed, not least because during colonial times, these things were not valued. But at the same time, there's a lot of transformation happening." Meanwhile, a photography exhibition within the galleries of Palais de Lomé, showcasing some of Togo’s most widely known architecture serves as a souvenir of the entire event. Hung across two rooms, the show will remain at the institute until March 2025, tracing design histories in Togo and broadening the scope of how we think about West African architecture.” 
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‍‘Architecture Encounters’ traces period-defining built environment stories in Togo and West Africa? by Ijeoma Ndukwe for Wallpaper Magazine

‍"An extract from a V-Zug panel held in Berlin this year to discuss the topic of timelessness. We hear from print designer Erik Spiekermann as well as industrial designer and creative director Konstantin Grcic, plus architect and co-founder of Studio Neida, Jeanne Autran-Edorh.”
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‍Timelessness in Architecture hosted by Nic Monisse for Monocle by Design

‍"As an architect, if I'm designing a home for someone else, I work really hard to understand their character, as well as their taste and what inspires them. I also like to ask what their ideal day looks like. This is different to asking what your daily routine is. I'm more interested in what your dream is. In an ideal world, how would you want to start your day? Where would you want to spend your time? What would you want to look at?”
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‍INTERIOR MONOLOGUES HOME TRUTHS: 15 musings on the meaning of home by Nic Monisse for Monocle

‍"Our methodology at Studio NEİDA revolves around anchoring projects within the local economy, promoting local employment and traditional craftsmanship over industrialized imports. We view materials not just as building elements, but as cultural and historical anchors that inform every aspect of our design and construction process. By deeply exploring the context and history of materials, including their socio-economic and ecological implications, we aim to create architecture that truly belongs to its environment.”
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‍BCB Member Profile: BCB x Studio NEiDA by the Black Creative Builders Newsletter

‍“Interdisciplinary practices such as Studio Neida, led by architect Jeanne Autran-Edorh and curator and writer Fabiola Büchele, have worked on interesting collaborations in the metaverse that blend music and design. Their project Snow Dome, created for neo-soul musician Wayne Snow, visualizes the artist’s transcendent soundscapes to create an immersive and interactive experience that couldn’t be achieved in the real world.”
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‍Can the Metaverse help architecture break free of real-world constraints? by Shawn Adams for Frame Magazine