Roman Theatre
ARLES / This 2,000-year-old Unesco World Heritage site now fully assumes its identity as a two-faced, transformative Janus: as an archaeological site and a summer festival stage.
ARLES / This 2,000-year-old Unesco World Heritage site now fully assumes its identity as a two-faced, transformative Janus: as an archaeological site and a summer festival stage.
NOMINATED @ European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. CONNECTIONS / “The violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, red house” by Raphaël Hefti . . .
STRASBOURG / At the centre of a park, the renovation and extension of this mixed-use community centre strengthens the intergenerational bonds between seniors and young children.
LAMPERTHEIM / Facing urban noise and nuisance, this child care centre raises up a protective lattice street side. In the gardens behind, the centre opens up with a play of facades drawing on the imaginary world of tree houses.
PORT-SAINT-LOUIS-DU-RHONE / At the gateway to the Camargue, the urban redevelopment of the harbour basin (40,000 m2) brings into the present a minerality perpetually exposed to sun and wind.
NOMINATED @ European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. ARLES / The complete renovation of a former private mansion in Arles exactly responded to the Foundation’s desire to bring a contemporary perspective on the work of Vincent van Gogh to life.
FULL vs. EMPTY / All scenography plays with empty and full spaces. The design of the Colmar Houssen Beach configures these shapes . . .
OSTWALD / Located at the entrance of an ambitious eco-neighbourhood, this child care centre sets the ecological tone while also fulfilling its role as a public building.
COLMAR HOUSSEN / Located within 215 hectares bordered by motorways, this ‘other world’ transports a summer day-tripper onto the playful and bare stage of a vast seaside theatre.
NOMINATED @ European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. REVIEW / "Born from a complex web of desires, the architectural design of the Vincent van Gogh Foundation . . .