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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. Ecotone in Paris, France by TriptyqueNovember 16th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Triptyque The group of architects Triptyque, Duncan Lewis, Oxo and Parc with the Compagnie de Phalsbourg alongside Engie Avenue, Encoders & Company, Hertel Investissement win the “Le Coteau” site in Arcueil (France), as part as the public contest “Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris”. A new South gate for the Metropole du Grand Paris The site “Le Coteau” is an exceptional location at the southern entrance of the metropolis. Overhanging the A6, Paris and its monuments, it benefits from metropolitan accessibility – A6, RER B, and in the near future, lines 14 and 15 of the Grand Paris Express – and is at the heart of important health and digital economy clusters.
A new type of building between city and nature “Our project is to make on this privileged site the link between the city and the nature and to present a building that can interface these two environments. This transition zone bridging two ecosystems is called an ecotone in biology. ” World-wide incarnation for wood construction and the sustainable city, ECOTONE will be the largest wood construction in Europe. In times of global ecological crisis, ECOTONE aims to become a statement, signaling the commitment of Paris to its metropolis. A landscape building dedicated to biomimetic research Architecture is inspired by Nature. From the bird’s nest to the hive of bees, the Nature knows better than Men how to design its habitat by ensuring structuralqualities, thermal and exceptional applications. ECOTONE emphasizes the landscape. It takes the form of a terraced building along the slope and dug out of patios allowing interior illumination of living and working places. About TRIPTYQUE Since 2000, Triptyque Architecture explores the tools serving the contemporary and sustainable world. Currently headquarted in São Paulo and Paris, the agency created by GrégoryBousquet, Carolina Bueno, Guillaume Sibaudand Olivier Raffaëlli is celebrating 16 years of creation. Simultaneously in Brazil, a country full of energy that has been calling the attention worldwide, and in the Old Continent, birthplace of several principles of the contemporary culture, Triptyque benefits from both cultures. Contact Triptyque
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