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- Future
The city is something more than a conglomeration of individual men and social conveniences; something more, also, than a mere constellation of administrative institutions and devices. The city is rather a state of mind: a set of customs and traditions, organized attitudes, and sentiments that are inherent in these customs, transmitted with this tradition. In other words, the city is not simply a physical mechanism and an artificial construction. It is involved in the vital processes of the population that composes it; it is a product of nature and, particularly, of human nature.
Robert Park, 1925
Sociologist
Genesis
is an engineering workshop specializing in urban infrastructure, established in 2015. After careers in leading French engineering groups, we wanted to meet the expectations of our clients and partners with a small, agile, open, responsive structure, and recognized cutting-edge expertise.
We design infrastructure projects in France and in more than 18 countries on 4 continents: eco-districts in Senegal and Ivory Coast, urban renovations in Ukraine, downtown redevelopment projects in the heart of French regions, hydraulic expertise in French Guiana, wind turbine projects in Martinique, and more. A real diversity of projects, scales, partners, and encounters that enrich our daily lives.
We firmly believe that the city of tomorrow must be efficient, sustainable, and resilient, developed in synergy with all stakeholders: residents, decision-makers, developers, planners, architects, urbanists, and landscapers. Within these project teams, our role as engineers is to provide effective, pragmatic, and sustainable solutions: project management, upstream diagnostics, project management, optimization search, and expertise.
Technical mastery and design philosophy
B4 D&E’s design philosophy is guided by the integration of technically suitable solutions tailored to the local context, ensuring the feasibility and viability of the project while also guaranteeing its overall economy, environmental impact, and resilience. It is through the integration of these key aspects that B4 D&E will realize a shared, responsible, and sustainable project.
The city is built around a population and is shaped by its economy, mobility, environment, residents, way of life, policies, and organization. B4 Design & Engineering’s philosophy is based on integrating each urban project into its unique context, defined by the identity of the city that welcomes it.
- Flow management
- Smart city
- Innovation
- Sustainable waste management
- Smart lighting
- Sustainable urbanization
- Autonomous project
- Economic efficiency
- Social equity
- Environmental integrity
- Renewable energy
- Greening
- Accessibility
- Shared public space
- Urban resilience
- Green network
- Crisis management strategy
- Sustainable mobility
- Urban engineering
- Flood risk management
- Climate-related management
- Preserving the water cycle
- Existing network expertise
- Risk analysis
- Hydraulic expertise
- Infiltration
- Hydraulic transparency
- Filtration basin
- Phytoremediation
- Swale
- Lagoon
- Blue network
A responsive and agile team that tailors a customized offer for you.
Karim BENSIAM
Associate Engineer
Karim Bensiam, an EUDIL Engineer in Geotechnical and Civil Engineering with a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, is a partner at the B4 Design & Engineering technical consultancy firm. His diverse professional background, including work in the construction industry and as the Director of Major Urban Projects at the Egis Group, prior to joining B4 Design & Engineering, has made him an expert in the management and leadership of complex projects, particularly in urban engineering and public infrastructure (including network rehabilitation components). With over 23 years of professional experience, including more than 14 years on the international stage, he has overseen complex projects both in France and abroad. His expertise spans various domains, including public infrastructure development, new city planning, seaside and mountain tourism projects, neighborhood revitalization, and economic zone creation.
Furthermore, Karim Bensiam has extensive experience in conducting assessments and interventions in crisis and post-crisis areas, with missions in the Caucasus, Sierra Leone, Libya, Algeria, South Sudan, Myanmar, Burkina Faso, and Mali.
Bertrand SAINTE-MARIE
Associate Engineer
Bertrand SAINTE-MARIE, a graduate engineer from ESTP Paris, is a partner at the B4 Design & Engineering technical consulting firm, which he co-founded in 2015.
His experiences, initially as a land surveyor in a surveyor’s office and later in an engineering group before becoming a partner at B4 D&E, make him a specialist in urban planning, topography, and land issues. He has over fifteen years of experience in urban technical studies, particularly in the development of new cities, neighborhood redevelopment, and the creation of economic and tourist zones. These projects often involve recurring and major challenges related to the contextualization of technical projects, the consideration of hazards and vulnerabilities, and hydraulic issues.
He is accustomed to managing complex technical studies for urban development in various contexts and has worked in Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Republic of Congo, Gabon), the Middle East (Qatar, Oman), Asia (India, Myanmar), the United States (California), the Caribbean (Haiti), and Europe (France, Bulgaria).
Bertrand furthered his education with MOOCs on the redevelopment of precarious neighborhoods in Africa (EPFL Lausanne) and on the city and climate change (UN Habitat/UNITAR).
He also teaches the “smart cities” module at the ESTP Dijon campus.
Rémi TARGET
BIM Coordinator in apprenticeship
Antriana KOUMI
Intern Civil Engineer
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Our experts combine expertise in French, English, and Arabic across 43 countries.
Since 2015, our expertise has been serving multiple projects
15
NEW CITY projects
16
CITY EXPANSION projects
26
Tourist and residential projects
21
INDUSTRIAL projects
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