Theatre in the eastern suburbs of Paris (France). Alvaro Siza’s 1993 master plan – with this State theatre at its heart – attempts to restructure Montreuil’s centre, located east of Paris, following a crude refurbishment in the 1970s. Dominique Coulon has designed a building which mediates between the city centre – with its axis oriented…
The site offers an interface between the town and an inter-municipal park. The project extrapolates this situation in terms of volume, positioning on the plot of land, and internal organisation. The project creates a broad courtyard in front of the park on one side and an alignment with the town on the other. Its volumes…
Freyming-Merlebach is a town with a substantial industrial past, in a part of Lorraine that developed in the 19th century, driven by the coalmining industry. Since the closure of the mines in the 1990s, this part of north-eastern France has seen a sharp increase in unemployment, and culture is seen as one possibility for resolving…
Set in the orthonormal organisation of the town of Mons-en-Barœul, the cultural centre pivots, the better to look at the town hall. The building gains in autonomy and becomes an urban landmark. It contains three music studios, one 500-seat modular auditorium, a bar, an exhibition gallery, and a large rehearsal room. The pivoting of the…
BETWEEN LAND AND SEA, BETWEEN LIVING GARDEN, BELVEDERE AND SKY, BETWEEN MINERAL AND ORGANIC: THE BIRTH OF A NEW URBAN CENTRE A+Architecture has just completed the redevelopment of a new district at the gates of Cap d’Agde. The agency has also completed two major facilities which, like two white concrete pearls, signal the renewal of…
The project is located in the city of Mouvaux in the north of France. It takes place in a urban area in mutation with the creation of a forecourt which connects the sports hall with a theatre, a school, housing and a church. The multi-activities indoor hall is revealed by an imbrication of volumes. Each…
A sculptural building that integrates itself into a new city center by revealing the surrounding landscape, a source of inspiration turned towards Nature. A strategic project in terms of cultural and social impact. In the context of the creation of the new Chaville City Center, we imagined the ECL as a sculptural work and drew…