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Armagnac / Ateliers Jean Nouvel + Habiter Autrement

Daniel Sánchez — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This former industrial site is just two minutes from the central railway station. In the urban zoning plan, the building was situated in the centre of the plot, so the first important move was to shift the building to the west side of the site. The resulting large clearing to the east will have seasonal plants and flowers; vertical vegetation will create a visual filter between the west facade and the neighbouring housing. The spacious apartments consist of double-oriented lofts situated between these two landscapes.

Cenon / Habiter Autrement + Ateliers Jean Nouvel

Nico Saieh — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Cenon has a typical suburban form of disparate housing blocks spread out over a flat territory, but on an early visit to the site, Habiter Autrement found a beautiful umbrella pine tree growing there, and the idea of making a pine wood became the starting point of the project. The wood creates a specific environment to which the building form can relate and, when full-grown, the trees will help to create a pleasant distance between apartments, giving their inhabitants the feeling of being in their own park without abandoning a vital density.

Lormont Housing / Habiter Autrement + Ateliers Jean Nouvel

Nico Saieh — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

In the Lormont housing project, extraordinary views of the Gironde river and the Aquitaine bridge are the key features of the site. In order to optimize these views, while minimizing visibility between neighbours, each of the 26 apartments was given a unique shape; the result of this arrangement is the building’s overall saw-shaped figure.