Curved Architecture
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Project • By Patrick Arotcharen Architecte • Offices
Aldapa Residence
Located on a neglected urban fragment, between a disused railway line and a roadway descending from the Marracq plateau toward the Nive alluvial plain, the building embraces the natural slope, following the elongated and graceful curve traced by both the road and the former rail infrastructure.
Emmy Martens
From bottom to top, the structure accommodates retail spaces, office premises, penthouse apartments, and a parking facility, positioned in superstructure and connected to the street network along the sloping access.
Emmy Martens
This stratification of programmes generates a curved horizontality that energises the perception of the building along the urban route. It is further accentuated by the setback of the top-floor apartm... More
Project • By Patrick Arotcharen Architecte • Stadiums
Francis Rongiéras Stadium rehabilitation
This project concerns the renovation of the Plaine des Sports in Périgueux, centred around the grandstand of the rugby stadium known as Rongieras. This sports esplanade is located along the Isle River, at the foot of the hills overlooking the watercourse, within an alluvial plain that also hosts the SNCF railway station as well as commercial and office buildings.
Agnès Clotis
Agnès Clotis
This location, in a natural depression that frames the Rongieras grandstand from the city to the east and the hills to the west, makes this facility a major landmark in both the urban and landscape setting. The grandstand, positioned as a focal point, in turn offers from its seating tiers or reception areas sweeping views of... More
Project • By Patrick Arotcharen Architecte • Private Houses
Villa Bouscat
Designed on a landlocked plot interwoven within an urban fabric composed of small houses, distinguished residences, and a few collective buildings, this single-family home proposes an approach to site occupation that departs from the usual concepts of either a mineral monolith set at the centre of the parcel or a frontage aligned directly with the street.
Agnès Clotis
The house occupies a complex layout core, creating four landscaped alcoves, elipse shaped. This layout generates an organic composition embracing the gardens made from unfolding concavities and branching extensions. Conceived as singular entities, each garden—positioned at the four cardinal points—form spatial continuities with the interior volume, rev... More