
1983. The biggest architectural competition in history, both anonymous and open, is launched under the impetus of a new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen. Until then, the fifty-year-old Danish had only built 4 buildings: his home and three small chapels.

Claes Bang
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen
Liv von Spreckelsen

Xavier Dolan
Jean-Louis Subilon

Swann Arlaud
Paul Andreu

Michel Fau
François Mitterrand

Jean des Forêts
Alain Juppé

Micha Lescot
Leloup

Alessandro Bressanello
Marble man
Ilaria Cabras
Marble man's daughter

Viilbjørk Malling Agger
Architect student

Cédric Appietto
Tavelli
Olivier Marguerit
Dewasne
Patrick Sobelman
Saint-Germain
Guillaume Foresti
Forestier

Raphaël Jimenez
Alain Juppé's counselor
Pierre-François Grunewald
François Mitterrand's counselor
Stéphane Demoustier
Stéphane Demoustier
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