Giraffe Childcare Center / Hondelatte Laporte Architectes
Architects: Hondelatte Laporte Architectes
Location: Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Project Manager: Virginie Davo
Project Team: Charlotte Fagart
Engineering: Studetech
Client: SAEM Val de Seine Aménagement
Cost: 3,744,000€
Area: 1,450 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Philippe Ruault
Video: Paris in Motion / Mayeul Akpovi
Mayeul Akpovi shared with us a time lapse video he made, which goes through a sequence of experiences and places, highlighting the day and night life of the big city. ‘Paris in Motion’ includes about 3500 photos as he successfully creates a video, accompanied by music, which draws you in and fast forwards through time.
Strip of Six Apartments in Eze / CAB Architects
Architects: CAB Architects
Location: Route de Beausoleil, France
Design Team: Jean-Patrice Calori, Bita Azimi, Marc Botineau
Area: 550 sqm
Year: 2007
Photographs: Serge Demailly
Véolia Environnement Centre Est / Arte Charpentier Architectes
Architects: Arte Charpentier Architectes
Location: Rue Lionel Terray, Jonage, France
Architect In Charge: Jérôme le Gall, Sylvie Levallois & Gregoire Mussat
Interiors: Edith Richard & Clémence Rabin Le Gall
Landscape : Nathalie Leroy
Area: 8,7oo sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Geraldine Bruneel, Paul Kozlowski
Chocolaterie Bovetti / CA/PA Architectes
Architects: CA/PA Architectes
Location: Lavilledieu, Terrasson-Lavilledieu, France
Client: Bovetti Chocolats
Budget: 1.8M€
Area: 2,641 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of CA/PA Architectes
Villa L2 / Barré Lambot Architectes
Architects: Barré Lambot Architectes
Location: Olonne-sur-Mer, France
Building Services Engineering: ISOCRATE
Economist: ROUSSEAU
Area: 100 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Philippe Ruault
The Lodge School Ricaut XIII / Metek Architecture
Located in a residential street, near the lively neighborhood of Place d’Italie, the new lodge of the School Ricaut displays its large yellow cube, which replaces the old entrance, refining the main access point and offering a work space that is simultaneously visible and independent of the adjoining staff accommodation. Designed by Metek Architecture, the yellow module of the new lodge fits into the openings of the building, just like the toy building blocks used by children. Prefabricated with a light wood frame, the lodge is conceived as a piece of urban furniture. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Children’s Day Care Center in La Trintite / CAB Architects
Architects: CAB Architects
Location: La Trinité, France
Architect In Charge: Giancarlo Ranalli
Design Team: Jean-Patrice Calori, Bita Azimi, Marc Botineau
Architect Assistant: Sophie Delage
Area: 1,287 sqm
Year: 2007
Photographs: Aldo Amoretti, Serge Demailly
ARTEM Campus / ANMA
Architects: ANMA
Location: Haussonville, France
Design Team: N. Michelin, M. Delplace, C. Trétout
Landscaping Associate: APCA
Area: 18,000 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Stéphane Chalmeau
13 Class Primary School in Beausoleil / CAB Architects
Architects: CAB Architects
Location: Beausoleil, France
Design Team: Jean-Patrice Calori, Bita Azimi, Marc Botineau
Area: 3,482 sqm
Year: 2009
Photographs: Serge Demailly
Development of the ‘Terrasses des Ponchettes’ Competition Entry / CAB Architects
Known for being a popular location for strolls during the 19th century, the Terrasses des Ponchettes is one of Nice’s historical areas that has declined considerably since the 60’s. CAB Architects has aimed their proposal around two case studies. The first one deals with the articulation between the “Quai des Etats-Unis” and the “Cours Saleya”: “the lower part”. The second one concerning the raised terraces of the “Ponchettes” with a beautiful view over the sea: “The upper part”. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Centre Léonce Georges / Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas Arquitectes
Architects: Pilar Calderon, Marc Folch (Calderon Folch Sarsanedas arquitectes) – Gérald Lafond
Location: Chauffailles, France
Area: 3541.37 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: P. Viladoms
Louvre Lens / SANAA
French photographer Julien Lanoo has shared with us a first look at the Musée du Louvre’s new sister gallery: Louvre Lens. The design, first conceived as part of an international competition in 2006, was created by the Pritzker Prize laureates of SANAA, in collaboration with New York studio Imrey Culbert, landscape designer Catherine Mosbach and museographer Studio Adrien Gardère.
The 360 meter long, steel and glass structure is integrated within a 20 hectare wasteland that was originally used as a coal mine before the 1960s. It is expected to attract 500,000 visitors every year and envisioned to help revitalize the post-industrial town.
Continue reading for the architects’ description.
Multi-Sports Complex Competition Winning Proposal / Archi5 + Tecnova Architecture
The winning proposal for the multi-sports complex in the city of Antony, France responds to the strong political will of a new urban ambition for the neighborhood. The context is heterogeneous linear collective housing on one side and unique botanical heritage of the Park on the other. Designed by Archi5 + Tecnova Architecture, this project includes a theme for each function including gathering, meeting, sports activities, and events. This becomes evident in all aspects of the building at all levels. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Mervau / Tetrarc Architects
Architects: Tetrarc Architects
Location: Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France
Project Director: Josselin Bourneuf
Project Manager: Claude Jolly
Client: VENDEE HABITAT
Area: 2,757.5 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Stéphane Chalmeau
Footbridge Over the Railways / DVVD | Architectes – Designers
Architects: DVVD | Architectes – Designers
Location: Villetaneuse, France
Year: 2010
Photographs: Cyril Sancereau, Jean-Paul Houdry
Complex School in Bobigny / Mikou Design Studio
Architects: Mikou Design Studio
Location: Bobigny, France
Area: 5,000 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Florian Kleinfenn
Paloma / Tetrarc Architects
Architects: Tetrarc Architects
Location: Nîmes, France
Project Director: Michel Bertreux
Project Manager: Rémi Tymen
Study: Olivier Perocheau, Richard Sicard, Florent Delaboudinière, Timothée Naux
Landscape Designer: Louise Follin
Construction Site: Guillaume Blanchard, Marc-Antoine Bouyer, Alice Pedel
Computer Graphics Designer: Mikaël Trocmé
Area: 5,611 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Stéphane Chalmeau
62 Housing Units in the Mozart ZAC / Tectoniques Architects
Architects: Tectoniques Architects
Location: Saint-Priest, France
Engineers: Quadriplus
Environment: Etamine
Area: 6,479 sqm
Photographs: Renaud Araud
Gymnasium Régis Racine / Atelier d’Architecture Alexandre Dreyssé
Architects: Atelier d’Architecture Alexandre Dreyssé
Location: Drancy, France
Project Director: Alexandre Dreyssé
Architectural Assistant: Sébastien Muller
Area: 1,581 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Clément Guillaume
Dortoir Familial / NADAAA
The Dortoir Familial, designed by NADAAA, focuses on merging with the landscape as the slipped court provides simultaneous interiority and exteriority—protected and private as well as extroverted and engaged. The most significant result of this integration of landscape and house is the production of a monumental vaulted threshold to a central courtyard. More images and architects’ description after the break.
