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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. DWELLINGS in TOULOUSE, FRANCE by MATEO ARQUITECTURAMay 10th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MATEO ARQUITECTURA In Toulouse, near the airport and the river Garonne. A housing development that seeks to optimize the living conditions of each of its cells. The whole is broken down to prioritize the meeting with the domestic rather than insisting on the abstraction of the idea.  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula
 Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula A complex of four independent but conceptually connected volumes (A, B, C and D) arranged around a semi-private garden. A formalizes the street leading to it, its volume exaggerating the perspective.  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula A, B and C are finished in black and white brick, in varying but complementary proportions. A, on the street tarmac, is mainly black (80% black, 20% white).  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula Based on this reasoning, the buildings were constructed with emphasis on the expressive capacity of artisan work as a sensible framework for human relations. The garden is a recreation, using characteristic materials (gravels, sands …) and vegetation (poplars…), of the meander of the nearby river Garonne.  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula  Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula  Image Courtesy © MATEO ARQUITECTURA  Image Courtesy © MATEO ARQUITECTURA  Image Courtesy © MATEO ARQUITECTURA  Image Courtesy © MATEO ARQUITECTURA
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