The island of Porquerolles (France) is a real natural monument. Given its location in the very heart of a natural park, the protection of the site is a key dimension of the project.
Due to its belonging to the Natura 2000 perimeter, any land use for construction is prohibited. The creation Contemporary Art Foundation is therefore proposed as an extension of a Provencal villa. It is to secure a spatial configuration and an architectural language that integrate into the building, while demonstrating its contemporary character.
This project takes place in the urban planning of the Plateau de Saclay, along the public spaces chain, defined by XDGA and MDP. Within a coherent architecture, it links together the metropolitan scale of the site and a more intimism and domestic scale related to the dwellings.
In order to conserve the size of the urban composition, this area composed of three plots has been thought as one entire block with big courtyards, crossed on one of its diagonal by a pedestrian path. The Canyon, element of the urban composition, is emphasized by a linear and stepping building aligned on the north limit, where is located the main part of the program.
The issue at stake in this project is to integrate the building into its context by burying a part of it into the ground. When discovering the site, the building appears as “hidden” in the landscape. The building first unifies and then divides the topographic levels of the slope.
The choice was made to implement a rectangular and compact form largely open on two sides. The patio situated at the heart of the building lets natural light gain the association’s room and the corridors. A concrete terrace situated on the green roof allows the contemplation of the sports field, the town of Kintzheim and the surrounding scenery of the mountains.
The project concerns the interior design of an atelier which was used as by an artist, on whom we realized a new space of work as archives.
These existing spaces intended in office/archives which are used by the artist reminded us first to use of the natural light coming from skylight.
We created this project by using the panels of the expanded metal and throwing of the Japanese paper pulp which will give a soft atmosphere to the space of former industrial inspiration.
The building is implanted on one of the last plots of the Brabois technopole, in Nancy's suburbs. This typical 80s business park is exceptional in the sense that it is located in the middle of a forest of deciduous trees, through which runs the A330 motorway. The plot is located very close to the road, which is the source of important noise disturbance and contrasts with the normally calm forest of the Champelle.
The program consists in creating administrative and technical headquarters, including R&D laboratories, for a dermatological product company.
Les Dada East is a hair & styling salon located near Bastille in the heart of Paris. Its Italian founder Edoardo Seghi has created a salon that offers more than haircuts and a barbershop. The salon hosts cultural events such as art expositions and openings. The salon’s name is an homage to the 20th century Dada art movement. Edoardo commissioned Joshua Florquin Architecture to create a new concept and interior design that was in line with its philosophy and the Italian eco-inspired cosmetic brand Davines that they use.
Atelier d'Architecture Perraudin, in collaboration with Wyswyg Architecture in Lyon, proved with this project that designing inexpensive houses while using noble materials such as massive stone and wood is possible. Walls are made of 40cm thick Fontvieille stone, while roof’s joinery (interior and exterior) is made of larch wood. This house, sized on the golden rectangle proportions, is developed on two levels. In fact, the plot being located in the sub-sector UD of the municipality of Montélimar, flood prescriptions imply special provisions such as a limited footprint and raising the living space at 173 cm above the ground.
Article source: JTB Architecture and mobile architectural office
In La Courneuve, two buildings and 18 duplex units provide a great diversity of housing. A meticulous architectural style contributes to the regeneration of the Cité des 4000.
The “Cité des 4000” projects many images, points of view and studies across the political, urban and artistic disciplines. Built in 1956 by the Ville de Paris, this large-scale operation was designed as an estate composed of blocks sited alongside each other. This siting principle generated undefined and unused free spaces, preventing the appropriation of public spaces which are wasted. The regeneration of the Cité des 4000 has endeavoured to suppress the effect of uniform and impersonal blocks to give, once again, meaning to the public space with a true landscape and human dimension.
FGMF Arquitetos, led by the trio Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz, went to AccorHotels headquarters in Paris to present its new project, winner of the Americas stage of a global contest organized by AccorHotels’ Design area to renovate ibis hotels. In addition to the design created by FGMF, two other layouts, one by Innocad (Europe) and one by Soda (Asia) were also selected, as part of the brand’s new flexible, personalized approach to turn its hotels into vibrant spaces. The concepts presented by these firms may be used by ibis hotel worldwide, instead of following a single standard as they have done until now.
Article source: Baumschlager Eberle Architekten and SCAPE
Green Office® ENJOY is the first office block in Paris to produce more energy than it consumes. The surplus comes courtesy of the 1,700m² of solar panels installed on the roof of the building, itself constructed largely from wood. This ability to generate 23% more energy than is needed to run it forms an integral part of the concept behind the sustainable design developed by Baumschlager Eberle Architekten and SCAPE, whose definition of sustainability encompasses a range of values: technical, architectural and, above all, human.
The decision to choose a renewable building material in the form of wood was made on sustainability grounds, but also for pragmatic reason. Straddling a railway line in Paris’s Clichy-Batignolles quarter, the site demanded the lightest-weight construction method possible. This is where the wood came into its own, being easy to use in the building process. Above Green Office® ENJOY’s baseplate rises a classic beam-and-post structure of glued spruce and pine laminate, its floors made of cross-laminated pine. As for the façades, they are constructed using a solid timber frame with sterling board (OSB) and mineral wool, and finished with aluminium cassettes.
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