Architectural career Eekman attended the
École alsacienne before earning a diploma from the
École Spéciale d'Architecture. While there, she received praise for her work surveying
Thoronet Abbey. She received notoriety for her work restoring , a former cinema in Paris. In 1972, she was tasked by
Louis Malle to construct a teahouse in a Japanese garden. In doing so, she constructed a cinema room that contained 175 seats. A plaque at the teahouse was affixed to the entrance of the cinema room honoring her and her co-architect François Debulois. In April 2011,
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University student Aïda Menouer wrote a thesis on Eekman's work, titled ''La Pagode, de la salle de réception au cinéma d'art et d'essai''. Eekman's principal works included
Le Diable des Lombards in
The Marais, the apartments of Louis Malle and his brother , the
Photogalerie, and an apartment building on in the
14th arrondissement of Paris.
Acting While at the École alsacienne, Eekman befriended future film director
Yannick Bellon and appeared in his film ''
. She was close to the theatre troupe Les Théophiliens'', as well as
Roger Planchon's
Théâtre National Populaire. In 1975, she performed in the play
Enluminures autour des minutes du procès de Gilles de Rais at the .
Personal life and death Eekman was the daughter of Flemish painter
Nicolas Eekman and Andrée Herrenschmidt. In her father's honor, she founded
Le Sillon Nicolas Eekman. The association published monographies on the painter and organized exhibits. One such exhibition was held by the . Luce Eekman died in Paris on 2 February 2025, at the age of 91. ==References==