a+u 2024:09 Feature: Dwelling in France
Content
a+u’s September issue features dwellings in France, showcasing a diverse array of projects – newly constructed urban houses, renovated farmhouses, and mixed-use apartment buildings in redevelopment districts. Among the 4 Paris-based projects are social housings by the public agency of the city (RIVP), a multiphase residential complex that blends renovation with new construction in a historic preservation district (PSMV), and student housing on the multicultural campus of Cité internationale universitaire de Paris. These projects highlight the varied efforts of architects and stakeholders when building within this unique and historic city. Additional projects – small houses in a range of locations – reflect the architects’ sensitivity to existing conditions, along with their commitment to creating structures with strong form and character that can both confront and adapt to unique challenges. This issue presents 6 multiunit projects and 12 single-family houses as examples of current work in France that balances the pragmatic with the playful. (a+u)
Lacaton & Vassal
18 Rental Dwellings
Studio Muoto
Stendhal
BAST
M26
M33
A6A / A6A with Araia Studio
Volumes Capables / Capable One
Studio Odile Decq
Maison de Verre à Carantec
Didier Fiúza Faustino
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Jean-Benoît Vétillard
Nana House
GENS
disneyland
BQ+A – Quirot / Lenoble / Blache / Vielle
Renovation of a Private House
Studio Guma
Hécourt House
NP2F
Kennedy House
Avignon Architecte
Twist House
lis & daneau architectes
Fantin Latour
FREAKS Architecture
Viking Seaside Summer House
Atelier du Pont
25 Michel le Comte Street Social Housing
Moussafir Architectes
105 Social Dwellings + 18 SOHOs
Coldefy
Fondation de Chine
Essay:
The Athletes’ Village Paris 2024 – A Reversible District
Dominique Perrault