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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. Îlot Saint-Jean in Bordeaux, France by Leibar-SeigneurinSeptember 1st, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Leibar-Seigneurin In scale with the neighbourhood, our proposal fits in with a general policy of creating closed blocks with buildings running continuously alongside the roads and featuring huge private central areas. The guidelines and recommendations thus fixed are clearly consistent with the idea of creating streets and lead to the conception of buildings which fit in with this project. This kind of urban development makes it possible to phase out the building work and the demolition work, both characteristic of this sort of project, in a coherent fashion.  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara
 Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara The extremely heterogeneous nature of the immediate surroundings, (in which “tower blocks”, “long blocks”, old stone single-storey houses typical of Bordeaux “échoppes”, and small apartment blocks) leads us to propose architecture which is not just another kind of singular structure, but which, on the contrary, does its best to build up a form of continuity with the decidedly distinctive typology of the building in Bordeaux which structures the architectural landscape. This choice does not aim at all at formal imitation but rather at a new way of seeing things, which does its best to respect certain guidelines so that the building fits into the surroundings.  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara This is all the more important as it is a sensitive project socially speaking. This principle can be seen in the rue Eugène Leroy. Particular care was given to the emblematic elements namely the exterior joinery (in wood with shutters for closure), the edges of the roofs (zinc roofing with concrete eaves), the downpipes (incorporated into the façades), and the reinforced thickness of the settings of the ground-floor openings.  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara This care given to the architectural quality provided in these detailed elements is a characteristic of our way of working. Opposed to the moderate-sized openings on the south façade looking out onto the road, the openings which look over the central area are big, with the creation of large loggias leading off the main rooms of the accommodation.  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara  Image Courtesy © Martin y Zentol et Patrick Miara  Image Courtesy © Leibar-Seigneurin  Image Courtesy © Leibar-Seigneurin  Image Courtesy © Leibar-Seigneurin
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