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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. Simonne-Mathieu tennis court in Paris, France by MARC MIMRAM ARCHITECTURE & ASSOCIESJune 2nd, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MIMRAM ARCHITECTURE & ASSOCIES The Jardin des serres d’Auteuil built in the nineteenth century is characterized by the botanical greenhouses built by Jean Camille Formigé, architect for the garden walks and plants department of Paris (Service des Promenades et Plantations), who created a historical landmark made of steel and glass emblematic of the architecture of the time. By contrast, the eastern part of the garden is marked by the presence of technical buildings and temporary greenhouses of no cultural interest. The sports project of the Fédération Française de Tennis and the Direction des Espaces Verts et de l’Environnement de la Ville de Paris takes its place here based on 3 characteristics: – build a high-performance building for sport and its public  Image Courtesy © Camille Gharbi
 Image Courtesy © Camille Gharbi The opportunity is thus offered to improve the situation in every sense of the word. That of the garden, by embellishing the eastern part in connection with the boulevard d’Auteuil to create a unity which, between the contemporary garden and the boulevard d’Auteuil, can dialogue with the original composition of greenhouses by removing the impact of the storage areas. The garden this way should find greater coherence. The construction of the new greenhouses is based on a new botanical project to explore the flora of four continents (America, Asia, Africa and Oceania) echoing the five historic greenhouses dedicated to endangered ecosystems.  Image Courtesy © Camille Gharbi  Image Courtesy © Camille Gharbi The sports project of the Fédération Française de Tennis is coherent and the construction of the new tennis court is in dialogue with the existing buildings based on a contemporary vocabulary. The Simonne-Mathieu court is both a showcase for high performance sport and a renewed botanical development. A Building Integrated To Its Garden While the building is developed perimetrically to the existing tennis court prompting the perambulation of the public through the new greenhouses, it is no less orientated in its relationship with the historic garden. To the North, through the contemporary garden, the tennis court is in direct connection with the garden of the poets from the Porte d’Auteuil. To the South, behind its gated park fence, the stadium appears as a showcase along the boulevard d’Auteuil facing the Molitor Swimming Pool and the tennis courts of the Jean Bouin training stadium.The new gate could constitute, beyond the tournament period, a specific access for the uses that the facilities would have throughout the year.  Image Courtesy © Camille Gharbi  Image Courtesy © Camille Gharbi To the East, the garden maintenance areas are reorganized in a more inconspicuous manner. To the west is the direct link to the main site and Gordon Bennett Avenue, amongst millstone buildings of very different functional status and open to different audiences, especially during the tournament. Thus, the new Simonne-Mathieu tennis court must at the same time maintain a strong coherence in relation to the gardens and clearly define itself along enhanced public access and circulation routes.  Image Courtesy © Camille Gharbi  Image Courtesy © Camille Gharbi  Image Courtesy © Camille Gharbi  Image Courtesy © Camille Gharbi
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