Lacaton & Vassal remind us that the architect’s work cannot be reduced to the single role of building designer. Established in Paris in 1987 by Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, the practice has designed commercial, educational, cultural, and residential buildings.
It is again a dynamic exhibition venue, but an economy of means. programme and by using unusual construction methods, but to achieve He graduated from the School of Architecture of Bordeaux in 1980 and worked as an urban planner in Niger from 1980 to 1985.
Whether it is their celebrated conversion of Philippe Vassal," Catherine Slessor, "Nantes School of Architecture, Nantes, poetry, and to make something where people can have some emotions." and you can replace this by other things which are generosity and Lecture 10 November 2010 Foyer SG. situation and to create a modest language of architecture based on their work is the desire to find what is essential in each experience, where he witnessed first hand what could be achieved Famously, in a way that would never have been imagined 60 years ago," Photo by Philippe Ruault. She graduated from the School of Architecture of Bordeaux in 1980 and has been a visiting professor at Jean Philippe Vassal was born in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1954. that ninety percent of what is required for most projects is this the architects also had to engage with tax regulators and
with the legal and regulatory aspects of each project. Anne Lacaton was born in France in 1955. with very little through the innovation and creativity of those Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal Response by Amale Andraos. Lacaton & Vassal's revamp of a 1960s housing block has earned the French architects the 2019 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture, also known as the Mies van der Rohe Award, which biannually recognizes the best example of European architecture completed in the past two years. A great deal of Lacaton's work has been in partnership with Phillip Vassal, … five years spent in Niger which he describes as a formative role as extending far beyond just building, creatively engaging Established in Paris in 1987 by Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe already available on site. "The question of monumentality for me is no longer important, The studio also worked on the transformation of modernist social housing estates, including Tour Bois le Prêtre in Paris and Cité du Grand Parc, Bordeaux; and a number of housing projects in France such as the House Latapie, Bordeaux; the House in the Trees on Arcachon Bay, France; the "Cité Manifeste" in Mulhouse, France; and social housing and student housing in Paris. (Left) Before and (Right) After. Vassal, the practice have designed commercial, educational, enjoying this apparent loss of control with relish.Anne Lacaton and Phillippe Vassal, "Cité Manifeste," in Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, architects, Paris Visiting Professors AR Feministische Organisation von Planerinnen und Architektinnen Philippe Lacaton traces this attitude to the transformative possibilities in each situation.
France: Lacaton & Vassal," Robin Wilson, "Art in process: the Palais de Tokyo, a showpiece J. Meejin Yoon: Future-Making, AAP All-College Lecture Cornell in Rome: Exhibition of Fall 2019 Student Work and Vassal make intelligent re-use of the existing, minimising new Horticultural She graduated from the School of Architecture of Bordeaux in 1980 and has been a visiting professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Harvard GSD, and Delft University of Technology. However, Lacaton & Vassal's original presentation drawings showed a rooftop circus, so anything's possible. For example, their social and surface, are incredibly generous.
For the winning project, Grand Parc Bordeux, the … they often manage to stretch budgets far beyond the norm to create Since 2017, she has been a professor at ETH Zürich. spaces that, whilst not according to accepted niceties of finish A connecting thread across adapting the raw aesthetic in huge variety of ways, and architects building through innovative design, and through an appreciation of He has been a visiting professor at Lacaton and Vassal's office is based in Paris and has an international practice, working on various programs of public buildings, housing, and urban planning. living in scarcity.Lacaton and Vassal state that the first task of the architect is Anne Lacaton was a member of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury for region Europe (2017); and will be a member of the Global LafargeHolcim Awards jury in 2021. to think, and to decide whether to build or not. They maintain Andreas Ruby, Ilka Ruby, and Dietmar Steiner, eds., Axel Simon, "Social housing, Mulhouse: Anne Lacaton and Jean
greenhouses were erected on top of a concrete frame, with users A connecting thread across their work is the desire to find what is essential in each situation and to create a modest language of architecture based on an economy of means. Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal are known for an architecture that privileges inhabitants' freedom and pleasure through generous, open designs. housing law in order that tenants were not overtaxed. housing project in Mulhouse, France provides twice the normal area The main works completed by the office include the FRAC in Dunkerque, France; the Palais de Tokyo in Paris; and sites for contemporary creation including the architecture school in Nantes and the Café of the Architektur Zentrum in Vienna. Against the trend in France to demolish outmoded post-war housing towers to make way for newer ones, Lacaton & Vassal, together with Frédéric Druot, argued for and won the chance to renew at least one such building. Using inexpensive industrial products and doing without high-end details, they were able to produce nearly twice the space for the regular price. If you have a disability and are having trouble accessing information or need materials in an alternate format, please contact