Multi unit housing

Black silhouettes, fissures, a golden canyon, a green flow, 110 dwellings. And on the smallest plot, a pink house, lit by its streetlamp, open to a panorama in dialogue with the tallest tower of the block. elua® Between Rue Lucien Faure and Rue de la Faïencerie, bounded by two landscaped pathways, the new housing of the Bassins à Flot district displays its smooth, dark profile, cutting into the sky with sharp, abrupt forms, the contemporary reinterpretations of the broad silhouettes that once shaped the site’s industrial landscape. Yet the material is inhabited, carved, and open at its core, revealing its interiority, its layers, its cliffs, and the nuances of a landscape that turns golden under changing light.... More

The initial project faced serious challenges in terms of cost and construction deadlines.  The collective Plan01 (Jean Bocabeille Architecte, Atelier du Pont, Ignacio Prego Architectures, Koz, and Philéas) , which consists of 5 architecture firms, decided to respond in chorus to the question, “How do you bring architectural quality and diversity to a large-scale building within a tight deadline and at a construction cost of 1,450€ /m2 (of habitable surface), parking included?”   Answers :  - collective terraces instead of individual balconies,  - underground parking that was nevertheless open-air and surrounded by greenery,  - a building width that corresponded to the parking area’s str... More

Project : SCP Wuhan Qingshan InCity Master Plan Location: Wuhan, China Type: Mixed-Use Size: 370,000 sqm Client: Szitic Commercial Property Co. Ltd Design: Girimun Ltd 2012 Opening: 2016 We create SPC Wuhan Qingshan InCity as a truly integrated mixed-use development: a large 7-levels shopping centre connects all building and functions on site amidst a vibrant indoor/outdoor urban experience through a sequence of interconnected public spaces, plazas and event areas. The retail routes are conceived as pedestrian short cut circulation from the underground metro connections towards the iconic hotel/office tower to the West and the residential towers and commercial outdoor street to the East. Girimun Architects: http://girimun.co... More

Project：Porto Olimpico Location：Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Type：Mixed-use master plan Size：1,000,000 m2 Client：Competition Design：Girimun Ltd 2011 with DG Opening：n/a As part of a package of investments for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the regeneration of 85 hectares of land near the old docks will create more than 1 million sqm of apartments, hotels, office buildings and a convention centre. The project addresses two moments: the completion of support facilities for the 2016 Olympic Games (10,600-room accommodation for media and referees, a media-centre and 3 to 5-star hotels) and its transformation post-Games into a vibrant mixed-use extension of the city centre. A green loop circuit of public spaces embraces the whole m... More

Project: Longfor Baoshan Mixed-use Complex Location: Shanghai, PRC Type: Mixed-use Size: 175,000 m2 Client: Longfor Real Estate Co. Ltd. Design: Girimun Ltd 2014 Architect: Mauro Resnitzky Opening: 2016 This mixed-use development consists of a 5-storeys retail podium and retail basement of 74,800 sqm and two SoHo 86m-tall towers housing 1040 individual units. It will bring a fresh air of contemporary urban lifestyle to this outskirt area of Shanghai. The shopping environment with its fluid sequence of spaces, atriums and corridors is integrated seamlessly with the surroundings and the vicinity as a whole through multi-level links, bridges and passages that brings together the local metro station to the local residential neighborho... More