The project is based on the idea of highlighting the existing early 20th century house and creating an open space for a new bookstore as well as adding spaces for cultural activities.
This is a friendly school that encourages domestic and family treatment among students and teachers. The horizontal and serene buildings sit naturally in the field. The building aspect of clean form reflects the clarity of their role: they are the platform for teaching.
The site is characterized, on the south and west side, by a homogeneous low-rise urban texture. To the north side, the site faces a long and narrow urban park which is stretched along a major circulatory artery. On the north side of the main road, high-rise housing block are distributed along the circulatory axis. On a urban level, one of the challenges of the project was to reconnect the diverse building scales existing in the surroundings area while providing the local community with an eye-catching, friendly integrated new public library.
The project consists in the renovation of the current city hall in the city of Illkirch, France, taking into account a contemporary re-interpretation of the existing facades, as well as the creation of a new entrance volume which enhances the image of the city, and communicates a modern image of this administration.
The “Maison des Ensembles” located in Paris in the District of Aligre, is a rehabilitation project for two buildings, with a heritage and provides equipment to vocation Associational, social and cultural creation. The building contemporary includes multipurpose rooms and music room. Its position in withdrawal of the street has inspired a \”staged implementation\” its unique façade as dynamic interface of communication with the city and passers-by.
The extension project of the chocolate factory covers the three objectives outlined by the client.
Increases the production surface in the context of the existing factory,
Expands the administrative areas,
Restores the museum and shop.
With a contemporary spirit in mind, the materials and the colours used also fits into the traditional method of chocolate presentation. The wood evokes the colour of the cocoa export boxes, while the the top inset glass windows are framed with dark brown metal, reminding the onlooker of the paper wrapper of the goods.
Situated nearby an ex-Soviet military town, which housed a nuclear submarine training base, Villa Locator deliberately advances the theme of its desolate surroundings. Starting point was an old army barrack made of calcium silicate bricks. The client’s brief was to reinterpret the surrounding military environment and keep the bulky 65-cm-thick existing walls as load bearing external walls. Renovated brick walls are visible in the interior of the house.
The building reveals its preciousness at first sight. Its pure, sophisticated geometry situates it as a public building. The deliberate areas of transparency reveal its content. The reading rooms present the building to the town in the manner of an invitation. The multimedia library is covered with large white veils that reflect the light.
Team:Dominique Coulon et associés, Architectes , Dominique Coulon, architect, Olivier Nicollas, Project Director, Steve Letho Duclos, Sarah Brebbia, Project Architects, Agence Olivier Werner Architecte, (architect on the construction site), Philippe Clément, BATISERF, Structural Engineer, G. Jost, Mechanical Engineer, E3 Economie, Cost calculation, ESP, acoustic
The main idea of the offered solution is transformation of Pushkinsky cinema while preserving its original historical volume. Modern expressive elements «sprout» through the semicentennial structure, symbolically connecting the old and the new by means of the shape and materials.
This is a small residential house , built in Kobe-city, Hyogo prefecture.It is located in a quiet of a residential area.Three families live.Since the minimum was carefully selected out of much request, the design was able to be begun.The required space was distributed to four layers and simple space composition was maintained.
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