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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. Urban Collage in Champigny-sur-Marne, France by Maison Edouard FrançoisApril 26th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Maison Edouard François At Champigny-sur-Marne, respect of the context and the refusal to interpret it led us to take a unique position. The site is a grand ensemble that was built in the 1970’s : a large zone of housing filled with towers and multi-story housing blocks near the old town center. The program asked for an urban renewal plan based on a new town center with shops and housing.  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery
 Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery Assuming that the city is a complex body, we superimposed elements found on site: townhouses at the base, a housing block from the 1950’s in the middle, and on the roof, single family homes. We organized them as archetypes to be read from bottom to top. The complexity of this project lies in the vertical superposition of these structural elements, shifting the three typologies independently.  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery Beyond the creation a new retail shops,, the perception of centrality is also reinforced by the creation of numerous entries, gateways, lines of sight, and alleys that open the block to passers-by. These anchor the project in its context. The townhouses have separate entries from the sidewalk. Their copper, zinc, and tile facades complete the scenography.  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery The quality of the housing plays a central role in this new story: the apartments open on two opposite sides and meet the highest standards of energy efficiency.  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery  Image Courtesy © Paul Raftery  Image Courtesy Maison Edouard François  Image Courtesy Maison Edouard François
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