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Project • By K-architectures • Stadiums
PIERRE-PAUL BERNARD STADIUM
« Clouds of mist At the musky edge of the wood Shadows slip in »
CONTEXTln 2016, the «Bordeaux Métropole» community of municipalities appointed K ARCHITECTURES to renovate the stadium’s track and grandstands, as well as to build a maintenance division and, above all, a new sport complex housing indoor practice halls, a dojo, a weight room, an administrative division and spaces of conviviality.
© GUILLAUME AMAT
© GUILLAUME AMAT
© GUILLAUME AMAT
For Karine Herman and Jérôme Sigwalt, Thouars Wood is a living myth. lt’s the representation of a utopia, that of a rustic ideal where mankind has regained the ability to live in symbiosis with the rest of the living world.... More
Project • By K ARCHITECTURES • Heritages
LES FORGES - KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION
THE CONTEXT :
This building is one of the main wings of the former Saint-Etienne arms factory. This industrial estate was built in 1864. It covers an area of twelve hectares to the north of the city centre. Designed in the spirit of the rationalist architecture of the 18th century, such as Claude Nicolas Ledoux’s saltworks or the Grand-Hornu near Mons, the factory is an industrial and military «palace» composed of white stone and red brick. It embodies the aesthetic ideal of an era intoxicated by the fortunes generated by the industrial revolution.
It is also an emblematic site in the history of the city, whose conversion into a creative district hosts prestigious programmes such as the Cité du Design and universi... More