Pengzi Zhang-Renaud
Architect
External consultant
Pengzi is both a musician and an architect and knows the in-and-outs of Europe and China strengths. She is our essential partner in Asian performing arts projects.
24 years of experience.
Fluent in Chinese, French, English.
Former member of littler Flower Arts Groupe of GuiYang City, China.
Education
2018-2019 Master 2 in Architecture and HMNOP (licensed architect), École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-Val de Seine, France.
2001-2004 Engineering Diploma (wood construction), ESB (Nantes Engineering School), France.
1996-2001 Architect Diploma, Shanghai University, China.
Musical Education
Since mid 1980 GuZheng & Ruan (Traditional Chinese Instruments).
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Pengzi Zhang-Renaud.
Professional Experience
Since April 2020, external consultant at Kahle Acoustics, Belgium.
Since 2023, founder and CEO of FCETA, Paris, France.
Since 2013, founder and CEO of PLUS Architecture Practice, Paris, France.
2026 Shenzhen Opera House, Guangdong Province, China • Ateliers Jean Nouvel.
2025 Moutai Paris Headquarters, France • PLUS Architecture Practice.
2023 Beijing Performing Arts Centre, Tongzhou District, China • BIAD.
2021 Diplomate Residence of China Embassy in France • A26.
2016 Nantong Grand Theater, Arts Museum, Centre Exposition, Nantong, China • Paul Andreu Architecte • PLUS Architecture Practice • BIAD.
2015 General Consulate of China Embassy in France • ART.
2014 Guizhou Future Arch Grand Theater, China • Paul Andreu Architecte • Richez Associés • BIAD.
2013 Shandong Grand Theater, Jinan, China • Paul Andreu Architecte • Richez Associés • BIAD.
2007 Taiyuan Museum, China • Paul Andreu Architecte.
Vice-president of the Association des entreprises du Guizhou en France, France.
Pengzi Zhang-Renaud Key Reference Projects
Pengzi Zhang-Renaud Biography
Education
Pengzi Zhang-Renaud, born in Shanghai, China, studied architecture there and in 2021 in Paris, France, with a specialisation in wood constructions.
Musical Experience
GuZheng & Ruan, traditional Chinese instruments, practiced since mid 1980's both at the Guiyang Conservatory and as a self-taught musician. Former member of littler Flower Arts Groupe of GuiYang City.
Professional Experience
Head of Chinese projects at Paul Andreu Architecture Agency, she founds PLUS in 2013, a French-registered architecture agency specialised in construction projects between China and France. PLUS is renowned for its consultancy and project management work, notably in the projects of the Embassy of China in France.
In October 2023 she founds the FCETA, a best practice sharing platform between China and France on technical and artistic architectural techniques.
Kahle Acoustics Reference Projects
In 2010, Pengzi Zhang-Renaud starts collaborating with Kahle Acoustics on the Shandong Grand Theater project as an architect. A decade later she becomes our interface for projects in China, be it the Tongzhou Performing Arts Centre (open in September 2023) or the Shenzhen Opera House (2026, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris).
