Outdated Architecture investigates the nature of obsolescence, understanding how the dematerialisation of information has weakened the physical relationship between humans, knowledge and the spaces designed to preserve it.

It is through obsolescence that existing buildings acquire new forms of use.

The project studies three historic Parisian libraries and reframes their apparent obsolescence throughsound: a network of site-specific listening niches transforms the traditional reading room into a place where sound assumes a spatiality.

Through vibration, near-field sound and acoustic properties, the interventions support both individual and collective forms of listening.

The thesis ultimately proposes a new civic typology: a public listening room in which music and sonic archives are given the same cultural dignity traditionally reserved to books.

Master’s Thesis Project

Paris, 2026