When designing the Club Med Val Thorens, Jacqmin wanted to reinterpret the traditional heaviness attached to certain codes of mountain décor in a contemporary and off-beat manner, highlighting the vitality, effervescence and friendliness which characterizes this new village.
After founding the “Atelier Sophie Jacqmin” in 2001 and collaborating with numerous prestigious professional and public prestigious clients, Sophie Jacqmin naturally oriented herself towards hotels and has now been redefining traditional hospitality for the past 10 years. Sophie Jacqmin has expanded her activity in 2014 with the creation of “Au Loup!” her agency specialized in the creation of decoration projects for children. Jacqmin’s career path has been rich, unusual, and very creative.
With the Club Med Val Thorens, Sophie Jacqmin wanted to reinterpret the traditional heaviness attached to certain codes of mountain décor in a contemporary and off -beat manner, highlighting the vitality, effervescence and friendliness which characterizes this new village.
Jacqmin started her studies in philosophy be – fore making a natural progression towards architecture and design, rapidly becoming in – volved in the conception of unique sceneries. Throughout her encounters, Jacqmin took an interest in edition, design and scenography, working with trend forecasting agencies such as Nelly Rodi. She founded the “Atelier Sophie Jacqmin” in 2011 and soon after began collab – orating with partners such as Cirque du Soleil, the MGM, the designer Hiroyuki Yamakado, Saab, and the Club Med Group… This last col – laboration led to Jacqmin making a number of the groups properties
Since 2004, the hospitality sector has repre – sented an important creative outlet to Sophie Jacqmin as it allows her to give free rein to her imagination by developing new and original sceneries. She is inhabited by the desire to produce new surprising and rich environments In 2013, Sophie Jacqmin designed the “Entre chien et loup” design studio, expending it in 2014 with “Au – loup!” an agency specialized in the creation of decoration projects for children.
A lover of hotel lite, Sophie lacqmin, is offering her savoir-faire and creativity as an architect and scenographer to hospitality groups seeking a new path and wanting to affirm their difference. Her two latest projects are proofs of this: the children and teen area at the Oetker group’s Courchevel Hotel Apogée and the Val-Thorens Club Med. Some of the main players of the hospitality sector have put their trust in her work: Le Club Med, Oetker, Pierre & Vacances, Villages Natures, …
Sophie Jacqmin invites us to discover a new hotel “art de vire” through her elegant architectural signature style
