A qualified DPLG (Diplômé par le Gouvernement) architect, is registered with both the French Architects’ Order and the Colegio de Arquitectos de España. He gained experience working at various firms including C. Bapst & B. Pantz, F. Hammoutene, H.P. Maillard, and E. Sire & J.P. Moneste from 1988 to 1990. After this period, he traveled around the world in 1991 and served as a National Service Cooperating Officer, traveling through a dozen countries in Central and East Africa in 1993 and 1994.

After living in Cameroon until 1995 as an independent architect, Simon established and developed a subsidiary of the Groupe Lesmon focused on computer-generated imagery, collaborating with firms such as Chaix & Morel, J. Rougerie, Koffi & Diabate, and companies like FR3 and Renault. From 1998 to 2001, he worked at Les Architectes CVZ in Barcelona, and in 2002 he joined Arte Charpentier in Paris, engaging in projects in France and China before moving to ZUO in 2003.

In 2006, Simon co-founded ZUO Montpellier, where he focuses on expanding the firm’s reach both in Southern France and internationally, notably in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, and Senegal.