Manifeste A

A CLEAR STAND   Manifesto A., signed by a hundred professionals, is an essay on the new methods of city making. It offers a “new way of doing things” that is available at different scales of the city, building and housing. It shows how in Bordeaux,...

L’urbanisme négocié

A CASE STUDY FOR NEGOTIATED URBAN PLANNING   The Bassins à Flot, one of Bordeaux’s industrial rights-of-way, is the subject of a large-scale urban project. As part of a project and idea negotiation workshop, architects and town planners meet in order to...

Hôtel Centre Gare

un nouveau signal pour la zac de la gare   Implanté sur le parvis de la gare, l’hôtel s’insère sur la 3e tranche de son parking public, comme un repère au sein de la ZAC de la Gare. Par sa hauteur et sa volumétrie, il a pour ambition de devenir un bâtiment signal...

Bayonnes Housing

an evolving guide plan     As part of the consultation for the construction of 400 housing units in Herblay in the Bayonnes area, our team decided to broaden its thinking to encompass the entire territory concerned. Starting from the main principles of the...

Law court

triangular volume internal transparency   The Caen courthouse project was developed as part of a Public-Private Partnership competition in three selection phases. The site of the building, at the tip of the peninsula, is bordered by a park and faces the OMA Media...