Le Corbusier stated in his seminal text, Towards a New Architecture, that “...man looks at the creation of architecture with his eyes, which are 5 feet 6 inches from the ground.” Logical and rational codes such as this form the standard for much of architectural production - but of course, these "norms" are as constructed as architecture itself. This particular standard is especially irrelevant when designing for children, for whom the adult-centric assumptions of architecture do not and should not apply.

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NP2F, in collaboration with Marion Bernard, Point Supreme and Jacques Lucan, has won the competition for a new institute on Porte d’Aix Plaza in Marseille, France. A combination of research and education at a Mediterranean scale, the Mediterranean Institute of Cities and Territories will link three programmatic volumes: the Atelier Building, the Forum Building and the Experimentation and Research Building. The three forms compound a "progressive system and precise composition" oriented around a Y-shaped courtyard.

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• Architects

  NP2F

• Location

  Paris, France

• Area

  2900.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Antoine Espinasseau

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• Architects

  NP2F

• Location

  Alfortville, France

• Area

  2050.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2011

• Photographs

  Antoine Espinasseau

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• Architects

  TVK - Trévelo & Viger-Kohler, NP2F

• Location

  Place de la République, Paris, France

• Design Team

  Pierre-Alain Trévelo, Antoine Viger-Kohler , Victor Francisco, Vincent Hertenberger, Agathe Lavielle

• Area

  162.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Clément Guillaume, Antoine Espinasseau