“”Valuing heritage starts with awareness, through documentation, writing and storytelling. In this way, even those who see these cultural expressions every day might start to see them differently, as something worth preserving. Our role is to contribute to this process of awareness and creation of value. From there, hopefully, policy makers will take note and start supporting conservation initiatives.”” (Translated from Italian)
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Ar­chi­tet­tura e iden­tità al cen­tro del primo pa­di­glione to­go­lese by Sophie Marie Piccoli for Espazium

“Another remarkable first-time participation comes from Togo, the only West African country represented this year. […] Jeanne Autran-“A celebration of Togolese craftsmanship – still largely unknown on the Western architectural scene – this scenography, conceived by Studio NEiDA (co-founded by Franco- Togolese architect Jeanne Autran- Edorh and Austrian curator Fabiola Büchele, working between Lomé and Berlin), was first shown during the Rencontres Architecturales de Lomé #1 (Lomé Architectural Encounters), held at the Palais de Lomé in November 2024.”
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Welcome to Togo by AA

“Another remarkable first-time participation comes from Togo, the only West African country represented this year. […] Jeanne Autran-Edorh states: “If bringing this project to Venice helps to shine a light on our architectural heritage, perhaps our institutions will change their approach.” The firm has proposed rehabilitation plans that would allow for the preservation of some buildings, but there has been no response from the institutions so far.” (translated from French)
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à Venise une architecture ouverte sur le grand large by Luisa Nannipieri for Afrique Magazine

"The fast fashion industry dumps textile waste in Africa, exacerbating environmental degradation and global social injustice. The installation Out of Fashion is made with discarded jeans sourced at the market. It draws attention to the issue while showcasing the creative potential of transforming waste material through design."
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Guide to Inequalities, 24th Triennale Milano International Exhibition by Arch Daily

“The message from Togo’s country pavilion is brief and punchy: “Your wardrobe is a coloniser.”” (translated from German)
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Das Magazin zum Monatsanfang - Diagonal Stellt Vor by Christine Scheucher for ORF

“We’re bringing the waste back to where it came from,” say curators Jeanne Autran-Edorh and Fabiola Büchele of Studio NEiDA. “This is pollution caused by the Global North but dumped on the Global South! This needs to stop. European fashion houses set trends, fast fashion copies, and waste colonialism thrives. This issue must be confronted in the industry’s epicenters like Milan. At the same time, we want to spotlight the creative ingenuity in Togo, where people transform this global injustice through ingenious design practices.”
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Togo’s Debut at the 24th Triennale Milano International Exhibition: “Out of Fashion” Installation Challenges Fast-Fashion Waste and Inequality by Africans Column

“The exhibition Considering Togo's Architectural Heritage presents an Africa of reinforced concrete, that is solid, monumental, and in stark contrast to the raw earth and thatch often emphasized in contemporary narratives. It captures a hopeful moment in time, when Togo, like many of its neighbors, sought to “define its own path within the broader discourse on modernity.” At the heart of the exhibition is a fundamental question posed by its curators regarding the specificity and relevance of the architecture on display: “What can be considered Togolese architecture, and what can we learn from it?” The answer remains (thankfully) open-ended, awaiting deeper study, perhaps extending across multiple African nations.”
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Togo’s striking brutalist architecture by Alessandro Benetti for Domus  

“Out of Fashion is an installation that, with few materials and a stripped-down narrative, speaks volumes — of globalization, waste and responsibility.[…]the space offers itself as a narrative and urban threshold — not a pavilion understood as a building, but as a porous membrane, where fabric becomes architectural and political matter. A sharp reflection on a possible new regenerative design, inspired by the informal practices of local economies.”
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Interiors With a View on Inequalities. The National Pavilions of the 24th International Exhibition at the Triennale di Milano by Ciro Marco Musella for Elle Decor

“The Surprise Go-To: Togo Pavilion - “[…] I’ve always had a deep interest in modernist architecture, photography, and African culture, and this one brings those three worlds together beautifully. […] It’s heartbreaking to see such history and beauty being lost. This pavilion feels like a tribute and a call to preserve what’s left.”
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First Impressions: The Venice Biennale 2025 by Peter Schlesinger for Indagare 

“[…]the exhibition furthers a long-overdue reconsideration of West African architecture, not only for its historical and aesthetic achievements, but for its innovation in climate-compatible design."
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5 of the Most Exciting National Pavilions at 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale by Jesse Dorris for Galerie Magazine 

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Der Mensch ist ungleich geboren (Humans are born unequal) by Eberhard Spreng for Deutschlandfunk

"Studio NEiDA emphasizes that Togo’s built environment, ranging from ingenious clay structures to bold and sometimes eccentric modernist experiments, serves as a guidepost for future development. Their curation doesn’t shy away from the realities of degradation: the pavilion features buildings currently in disrepair, such as the Hotel de la Paix and Bourse du Travail, while also celebrating restoration projects like the Hotel 2 Février and the ongoing Palais des Congrès renovation."
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Togo Debuts at Venice Biennale with Showcase of Modernist Heritage by Yagmur Baydir for Parametric Architecture 

""We love this architecture," Studio Neida co-founder Fabiola Büchele told Dezeen. "Lomé is filled with really intriguing stuff, and it just doesn't get the credit and the value, both locally and internationally, that we think it's due." Displayed in the exhibition on double-sided textile banners weighted with handmade Togolese pottery, the buildings include the 1974 Hotel de la Paix – of the aforementioned kissing facade – by French architect Daniel Chenut.[…]"It's iconic in Lomé's landscape because of its eccentricity, it's quite amazing," said Studio Neida co-founder Jeanne Autran-Edorh. "There are a lot of funny details in the shapes of the facade, like the profile of two faces kissing, and the mosaics on the facade are still in a really good state." Studio Neida hopes that by boosting awareness about the building, it can be saved from the constant threat of demolition."
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Togo centres its "eccentric" modernist architecture in Venice Biennale debut by Rima Sabina Aouf for Dezeen  

“The exhibition presents a detailed study of architectural developments in Togo from the early 20th century to the present, focusing on themes of conservation and transformation. It documents a range of building typologies and construction methods, establishing a comparative framework between traditional and modernist architectural practices. Through this approach, the exhibition aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the spatial and material evolution of the built environment in Togo."
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Togo's first pavilion at the venice biennale considers the country's architectural heritage Designboom  

“Studio NEiDA’s work embraces this elasticity of definition, and ranges from built to industrial design to curation, as with Rencontres, writing, and most fundamentally, research. The studio’s built projects in Africa frame the freedoms and limits of built design there as fruitful conditions, generative of their result. Their Adakpamé Guesthouse was built over ten years of adaptation and experimentation. The rhythms of Lomé life underwrote this process, but Autran-Edorh and Büchele chose to channel these rhythms as design aids and prompts to research."
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An Architecture of Encounters by Ryan Carter for Wallpaper* China 

“ "Togo's architectural heritage, which spans ancient clay structures to complex histories and outlandish modernist experiments, is an incredible source of inspiration for our work. This built legacy—at times ingenious, at times eccentric—is a powerful guide for future architectural approaches that are contextual and climate compatible." — Studio NEiDA, curators of the pavilion."
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Togo’s First Participation in the Venice Architecture Biennale Presents a Curated View of Its National Heritage by Antonia Piñeiro for ArchDaily  

“ "Although many biennales claim to be international, they often fall short of being truly global. Countries that have not historically been invited or included tend not to have the systems in place that long-established participants have developed over decades. This is not just about visibility. It is also about access,” the curators tell STIR on the skewed dynamics of national representation at the Biennale. The duo stressed about the administrative and financial barriers African countries often face compared to European countries, highlighting the imbalance that makes it harder for underrepresented countries to participate. “More experienced countries could mentor newcomers. Funding could be made more accessible to those with fewer resources,” suggests the studio. “We hope that this is just the beginning for Togo and that the path becomes easier for others to follow." ” 
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At the Venice Biennale 2025, four inaugural pavilions herald community and heritage by Bansari Paghdar for STIR  

“In 2025, Togo will be one of only three African nations represented, alongside Egypt and Morocco, which is a bitter pill to swallow. Lesley Lokko's main exhibition in 2023 clearly failed to make a lasting impression on the Architecture Biennale. Let's see what inspiration and ideas Carlo Ratti can bring to Venice.” 
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Preview of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale by Jeannette Kunsmann for DETAIL  

“With their Studio NEiDA, founded in 2023 and based in Berlin and Lomé, they are now working to document West African architecture as such, along with the increasing care and documentation work being carried out by the women involved in this context [...] According to Büchele, it is all the more important to make the cultural work of these countries visible, to shed stereotypical narratives, and to help ensure that the architectural treasures from the 1970s and 1980s are not eventually demolished under the grinding gears of capitalist real estate interests and Chinese construction corporations.” (translated from German) 
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Wie eine Gruppe von Frauen die Baudenkmäler Westafrikas retten will. by Wojciech Czaja for Der Standard  

“The Togo Pavilion debuts with Considering Togo’s Architectural Heritage, an exhibition curated by Studio NEiDA, the architecture and research duo of Jeanne Autran-Edorh and Fabiola Büchele. […] Through documented case studies, the pavilion explores the layered materiality of West Africa’s architecture—from the sculptural forms of the Tatas Tamberma to the striking silhouettes of Hotel Sarakawa and the Bourse du Travail. Several structures remain in use, while others stand as haunting ruins of an optimistic era. These juxtapositions invite reflection on the challenges and opportunities of preservation in the face of rapid change.” 
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Designboom's ultimate guide to venice architecture biennale 2025 by Myrto Katsikopoulou for designboom   

“"When I was twelve years old, my parents moved to Uganda for work reasons. Later on, I also got to know Ethiopia and Tunisia," says Fabiola Büchele, who, together with Jeanne Autran-Edorh, runs the transdisciplinary duo Studio NEiDA, based in Berlin and Lomé. "I’ve observed the ignorance and structural discrimination towards Africa from a European perspective since I was a child, and the way in which the truly diverse cultures of the African continent are treated has, for the most part, remained unchanged to this day. Postcolonialism continues to prevail." It was precisely for these reasons that Büchele and Autran-Edorh, who previously worked as lead architect and creative director in the studio of Pritzker Prize winner Diébédo Francis Kéré,  felt a strong commitment to making the rich heritage of West African architecture visible.  "And not in Europe, where, as an invited African female architect, one is once again expected to show gratitude and conform to stereotypical narratives, but right here in West Africa, in Togo, where both the old and the more recent historical architectures are falling into disrepair and risk being forgotten. With our conference, which has now taken place for the first time, we want to bring this architectural treasure to light and contribute to a long-overdue mental decolonisation.” (translated from German) 
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Ein Archiv namens Afrika by Wojciech Czaja for Bauwelt 08.2025  

“Jeanne Autran-Edorh, a French-Togolese architect and co-founder of Studio NEiDA, embodies a design philosophy that intertwines contemporary African architecture with material innovation and collaborative ethos. (...) Through Studio NEiDA, Autran-Edorh is crafting a legacy that bridges continents and disciplines, proving architecture can be a vibrant, living conversation—one that honors tradition, embraces innovation, and dances to the rhythm of its people.” 
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50 Influential African Women Architects (2025 Edition) by Africans Column  

“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

‍"In a landmark event for African architecture, Palais de Lomé has announced its inaugural Architecture Encounters, Les Rencontres Architecturales Africaines (RAA #1), set to take place from November 28 to 30, 2024. ... Architecture Encounters (RAA #1) promises to be a pivotal moment in West African architecture, paving the way for deeper discussions on the future of the continent’s built environments. ”
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Palais de Lomé Launches First-Ever Architecture Encounters (RAA #1) Curated by Studio NEiDA by Africans Column

‍"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