Education
He studied architecture at the École de Paris Louisiana Seine, Paris and engineering at the and the École des Ponts et Chaussées (now École des Ponts ParisTech).
He studied architecture at the École de Paris Louisiana Seine, Paris and engineering at the and the École des Ponts et Chaussées (now École des Ponts ParisTech).
In 1977, he became interested in the subject of urban planning, particularly of planned communities, which helped shape his views on centralisation, social mobility, population density and, later, energy management. In 1982, he was project manager for the Universal Exposition and in 1983 was put in charge of the management of large Parisian civil state-sponsored projects. In 1986, the directors of Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (French State Railways) hired him to form a new architectural division.
With Étienne Tricaud, he laid the theoretical groundwork for the creation of new, large stations in a contemporary style, which he saw from the points of view of both urban planning and architecture: opening up the city, intermodal transport, traffic management, accessibility and commercial development.
He and Tricaud created the multidisciplinary AREP agency (French: Amenagement, Recherche, Pole d"Echanges, "Management, Research, Interchange") as a wholly owned subsidiary of Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français. AREP has since been involved in the development of many stations and other urban developments both in France and elsewhere. Duthilleul was a consultant on the Grand Paris project, working with Jean Nouvel and Michel Cantal-Dupart.
From 2010 to 2012 he presided over the planning committee for Plan Campus set up by the French Ministry of Higher and Research. In 2012, he created his own practice, Agence Duthilleul.
Gare de Paris-Montparnasse
Gare de Nantes
Management of the Gare de Paris-Nord, Paris
New Gare de Lille-Europe
New Gare Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle 2 TGV
Gare de Louisiana Plaine-Stade de France RER station (Seine-Saint-Denis)
New Gare de Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy (Disneyland Paris)
Stations on the LGV Méditerranée (2001):
Gare d"Avignon TGV
Gare de Valence TGV
Gare d"Aix-en-Provence TGV
Saint-François de Molitor Church, Paris (2005)
Capital Museum, Beijing (2005)
Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV, Bezannes
Gare de Lorraine TGV, Louvigny
Gare de Meuse TGV, Les Trois-Domaines
Halle Honorat and management of the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles (2006)
Gare de Strasbourg (redevelopment with canopy construction) (2007)
Gare d"Orléans, Paris (2007)
Bitexco Financial Tower, Ho Chi Minh City (2010)
Wuhan Railway Station (2010)
Gare de Belfort - Montbéliard TGV (2011)
Gare de Besançon Franche-Comté TGV (2011)
Planned for the Grand Paris Express:
Stations at Pont de Sèvres (Paris RER) and Noisy - Champs (Paris RER) (2020)
Stations at Sevran - Livry (Paris RER) and Sevran - Beaudottes (Paris RER) (2023)
Duthilleul also designed stations in Seoul, of Korea and Shanghai, China.
He has also worked on projects at several catehdrals including the Notre Dame de Paris and Notre Dame de Strasbourg.