Text by Laurent Beaudouin. “The Grasse media library is inspired by the character of Grasse’s urban structure, the tensions and proximities between the buildings. As a counterpoint to this density, the media library offers visual openings onto the neighbourhood and the distance. The project uses the presence of programme elements with a certain independence to [lire la suite].
The hotel Le Lutétia built in 1910 by the architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau and Henri Tauzin is a remarkable and very homogeneous building. The main façade (rue de Sèvres and boulevard Raspail) is adorned with stone sculptures, vine motif and trellis. The corner of rue de Sèvres and boulevard Raspail is the outstanding feature of the [lire la suite].
The Le Galion combined architectural project in the Deux Lions district is characterised by a unique landscape that blends perfectly into the banks of the Cher river. The project includes an office building, a residential building (the Tour Lumière) and a company restaurant, built around a garden that extends out over the Cher river like [lire la suite].
As part of the development of a resort village in Marne-la-Vallée in Seine-et-Marne, the Villages Nature du Val d’Europe entrusted the construction of the water complex to architect Jacques Ferrier. The project comprises three separate entities: the water pavilion containing the swimming pools (110×80 m with a maximum height of 27 metres), the air pavilion [lire la suite].
The 8,300 m² building was completed in July 2017. The main feature of this 6-storey building is a rectangle split longitudinally in its centre, giving the impression of two dissociated parallelepiped-shaped sections. A car park at a basement level is located under the building. Two materials are used for the primary structure: concrete and steel. [lire la suite].
This programme built in the heart of the Monges-Croix du Sud development zone comprises a 1,170 m2 media library and a 1,640 m2 community hall. These two complementary programmes are linked by means of a common hall and conference room. It was necessary to take account of the flood risk when designing the construction with [lire la suite].
“The project is located in the grounds of Péronne Château built under Philippe Auguste in 1204. The Château was seriously damaged during the great war and was restored in 1931 by the chief historic monuments architect Henri Moreau. In 1992 the building to house the Historial was built between the Château and the lake by [lire la suite].
The earthquake resistance work carried out for the building housing the Victor Fouche former maternity hospital, enabled certain reinforcement techniques to be developed such as “nailing” existing foundations by using micropiles, reinforcing hollow body concrete floors by means of pre-stressing and post-tensioning or the development of reinforced concrete retaining walls at variable thicknesses and dimensions [lire la suite].
How do you work with reinforced concrete to make a continuous structure laid out in the form of shear walls, deep beams and a beam and column structure? This project attempts to provide an answer by exploring the possibilities afforded by this material in a constrained context as is often the case in tertiary programmes. [lire la suite].
This silo car park project is located in the vicinity of the Arlequin gallery in the Villeneuve district of Grenoble. This is among the new facilities that are part of the urban renewal of this district. The purpose of this project is to build a clear, bright building whose function is clearly visible from the [lire la suite].