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.
Lycee Louis Bleriot Extention in Marignane, France by Christophe Gulizzi
April 27th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
Returning to the site of my first crime, (Gymnase Louis Blériot, Nominated first work 2004), whilst never having understood why nominee and not winner, is like going on a date with your first unrequited love, or at least her sister who was prettier anyway.
Urban land is without desire, void of generosity, in a situation where the institution and housing property developments confront each other. From this tête-à-tête emerges the idea of one power resisting another. The extension settles in the only available place on the plot, which outlines its layout.
Front View (Images Courtesy Philippe Ruault)
Under these conditions of residual layout –critical fate of this public facility – stratification and compressions are imposed functions. Our approach considers the school as a whole, taking into account organisation, usage and image.
Indoor Stadium (Images Courtesy Vincent Fillon)
The declension of the architectural vocabulary is the consolidation of common values forging the identity link, the high schoolers’ sense of belonging to the place and restores the high school’s image as a harmonious whole. The gymnasium’s macro mesh fencing inflects into grey treated concrete, turning into a filter.
Exterior View (Images Courtesy Vincent Fillon)
Following a simple shape, a parallelepiped, and a daring constructive course, the bearing façade is composed of precast concrete.
The architectural project is a beautiful woman whom I desire.
She must be pampered, contemplated and surprised.
Keeping desire alive, means inventing.
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