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AV 170. Lacaton & Vassal

Strategies of the Essential

Publisher:Arquitectura Viva

ISBN: 978-84-6171-764-4

  • Paperback
  • English, Spanish
  • 136 Pages
  • Oct 1, 2014

Formal simplicity, respect for space understood in square meters, and the ongoing search for comfort in all their buildings, residential or public, are the most evident symptoms of the architectural candidness of French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, founders of the studio to which AV devotes its latest monograph.

This volume of AV Monografías sums up a career of almost thirty years with fifteen works and five projects presented by Richard Scoffier, who refers to their buildings as ‘incubators of the everyday,’ coinciding with the opinion of Luis Fernández-Galiano, who praises the ethical commitment of these partners that, as in modern architecture, place construction at the service of life.

Formal simplicity, respect for space understood in square meters, and the ongoing search for comfort in all their buildings, residential or public, are the most evident symptoms of the architectural candidness of French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, founders of the studio to which AV devotes its latest monograph.

This volume of AV Monografías sums up a career of almost thirty years with fifteen works and five projects presented by Richard Scoffier, who refers to their buildings as ‘incubators of the everyday,’ coinciding with the opinion of Luis Fernández-Galiano, who praises the ethical commitment of these partners that, as in modern architecture, place construction at the service of life.

This issue of AV Monografías features:

At the Service of Life, Luis Fernández-Galiano
Incubators: from the Generic to the Everyday, Richard Scoffier

Fifteen Works
Latapie House, 1991-1993, Floriac-Bordeaux (France)
D House, 1996-1998, Lège-Cap-Ferret (France)
Palais de Tokyo, 1999-2001, 2010-2012, Paris (France)
Office Building, 2000-2002, Nantes (France)
Manifesto City, 2001-2005, Mulhouse (France)
Wine Cooperative and Cellar, 2001-2007, Embres-et-Castelmaure (France)
R House, 2003-2005, Keremma, Tréflez (France)
University of Management Sciences, 2003-2006, Bordeaux (France)
School of Architecture, 2003-2008, Nantes (France)
Bois-le-Prêtre Tower Block Transformation, 2005-2011, Paris (France)
53 Housing Units, 2006-2011, Saint-Nazaire (France)
Housing Transformation, 2006-2014, Saint-Nazaire, La Chesnaie (France)
Student’s Hall and Social Housing, 2008-2013, Paris (France)
FRAC Nord Pas de Calais, 2009-2013, Dunkerque (France)
59 Dwellings in Neppert Gardens, 2009-2014, Mulhouse (France)

Five Projects
Five Stars Hotel, 2006-2015, Dakar (Senegal)
Development of a Neighborhood, 2007, Dublin (Ireland)
Porte de la Chapelle Urban Proposal, 2007, Paris (France)
La Vecquerie Eco-Area, 2009, Saint-Nazaire (France)
Transformation of a City Block, 2010, Boulogne-Billancourt (France)

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