For over a year (March 2010-May 2011) Guillaume Foresti has followed the construction of the building on site at Bure and at the panel’s manufactory in Angers. Executive producer and director: Année Zéro, Stéphane Demoustier Distribution : Archibooks
After numerous trials and comparisons between several volumetric options, the block with a central courtyard proved the most convincing and most capable of fulfilling the project’s different urban and architectural ambitions.
Our second Focus on video explains how Lille’s office and retails building for Sogeprom/Projetim has been conceived. The competition brief was to design the last free plot in the first phase of the Euralille district, begun in 1988 with the OMA project, in association with François Delhay.
For this first Focus On, Umberto Napolitano and Venezia Ferret present a housing project in Bègles. The project principle underlying the approach was that of stacking containers, and careful study of new habitat modes. The idea of variable compactness introduced the notion of a housing unit’s adaptability to seasons and times of day.
27 is a joint venture between a filmmaker, two architects and a graphic designer travelling together to meet people engaged in the process of making the Europe of tomorrow. 27 involves 27 countries and 27 practices, all led by young architects recognized in their own country and abroad.