AMÉDÉE SANTALO — CONCEPT DESIGNER & DEVELOPER
The future.
Given form.
Imagining new ways to live.
From the skyline to the shoreline.
THE DESIGNER / THE VISIONARY
Amédée
Santalo.
Amédée Santalo is a French concept designer and developer whose work spans smart cities, architecture, hospitality and experimental design.
His practice connects the scale of an idea with the possibilities of a place—from a single building to an entirely new urban landscape.
Meet Amédée ↗Every new world
begins with an idea.
A city can be more than a place to live. It can open possibilities. A meeting of people, nature and imagination—shaped into spaces for a different tomorrow.
From ambitious urban concepts to life on water, the work explores what our built environment could become.
Vortex
Tower.
A vision for Africa.
A new perspective on the city.
PROPOSED HEIGHT / EXTRAORDINARY AMBITION
03 / SELECTED WORKS
Ideas without
boundaries.
Six perspectives on tomorrow.
One restless imagination.
04 / PROJECT INDEX
SELECT A PROJECT TO EXPLORE ↘05 / A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES
Rooted in curiosity.
Connected globally.
A practice informed by places,
people and perspectives.
AN OPEN FIELD OF IDEAS
A continent of possibility.
From Garden City in Ethiopia to the Vortex Tower vision for Africa, a recurring exploration of cities, community and opportunity.
ETHIOPIA · TANZANIA · SENEGAL · MOROCCO06 / FUTURE ARCHIVE
Tomorrow has
a history.
Selected moments from an
evolving body of ideas.
An idea takes shape
The Vortex concept begins with the movement and proportions of water.
VORTEX TOWER ↗2017Beyond the tower
The surrounding master plan becomes part of a wider urban vision.
MASTER PLANNING ↗2021African futures
A conversation with Forbes Portugal explores smart city development in Africa.
IN CONVERSATION ↗2023Ideas, shared
The Inners Podcast opens a conversation about cities and future living.
THE INNERS PODCAST ↗THE NEXT POSSIBILITY
Beyond the expected.
Towards the possible.
A CONTINUOUS EXPLORATION OF HOW WE COULD LIVE.Vortex Tower · proposed height
Petals shaping the Vortex concept
Selected works in this exhibition
Fields of exploration
08 / PRESS & CONVERSATIONS
Ideas enter
the conversation.
Conversations documented in Amédée’s original archive ↗.
09 / THE NEXT CHAPTER
What do you
want to imagine?
↗A city. A destination. A possibility.
Let’s start with a conversation.
COLLABORATIONS · CONVERSATIONS