PATCHWORK CITY

Together with my friends from OCTAGON Architekturkollektiv, we've been shortlisted for the 2nd phase of a master plan in Luxembourg city.

LIRE ICI

 🎞🍿 From movies to books 📚☕️

The city of Metz (FR) launched an open call to takeover its former cinema. We teamed up with the bookshop Hisler Even to propose a concept store dedicated to books.

🥈 The project got the 2nd place.

BEL VAL SPLASH

BEL VAL SPLASH : A didactic pavilion hosting an exhibition revealed by throwing water on walls !

The Bel-Val water was one of Luxembourg’s biggest success story. It gave its name to the current Belval district but this incredible story was forgotten.

Invited to design a pavilion that reanimates the story of this water shipped worldwide, we proposed to use concrete pipes as the main constructive components, since they are the elements that transport water. These pipes are built in Luxembourg by CONTERN who assured us that they will get the pipes back and reuse them, the day the pavilion will get dismantled (no material waste).

The inner scenography is made through a partial hydrophobic treatment with stencils and will be entirely invisible until somebody throws water on it. The contrast between the dry and wet parts reveals the rich iconography of this amazing story. As the presence of water turned a banal farm into a success story, it turns here some basic concrete elements into a rich and poetic panorama.

COMPETITION : 2nd PRIZE + SPECIAL MENTION

TEAM : YO studio, LACORD Architecte, Julie Marthe Hoffmann (FF)

RENDERS : yosoymaestro

Müllerthal Mini Trail | 1st Prize

Together with Lacord architecte, we took part to a small competition to design the starting point of the Müllerthal Trail in the charming city of Echternach (LU). We were supposed to design a piece of art that could be placed on a public square, but our proposal was to reshape to whole square. And we won the 1st Prize  ! We can't wait for this to be implemented! More about the project here

FAIRE | Fence Invader

Together with BEJOUE, we made a proposal to the open call "FAIRE PARIS". The idea was to use all the fences around the construction sites in Paris, as big screens to play video games on the street.

Pensimo Charrette Gretag | LAND DORF STADT

As I wrote in a previous post  we got selected to work on a big scale housing project in Zurich together with Octagon, Tripolis and GM013. Here is a preview of our proposal. Renders by Ponnie.

Weiß Quartier Terrassen

Proposal for the Weißquartierplatz competition in "Landau in der Pfalz", Germany. 

The challenge was to improve the quality of this square (that is currently used as a parking) while increasing the number of parking spots. 
The proposed solution is a stepped garage offering terraces with different character and a view on the city center.

BAMMATTA school

A competition we did, together with LACORD architecte last summer. We had to design an additional primary school in an existing campus in Naters, Switzerland.

Pensimo Charette | Rap application

Another rap application, in german this time. We applied with Octagon and Tripolis to an architecture competition in Zurich, and we got selected ! More about the project soon!

OCTAGON-TRIPOLIS-DUVAL - Bewerbung Gretag from comm.ag on Vimeo.

SWEAT TOGETHER | Special mention !

Last month we took part to a small competition with Pauline Lacord and we got the special mention ! It was asked to design a cabin that could activate socially a residential area in Luxemburg while following the "cradle to cradle" principles. We decided to propose an urban sauna built out of concrete pipes. We found a sponsor that produces those pipes and who was ready to give us some and take them back when the project would need to be dismantled (probably one or two decades later).

Unfortunately the jury was a bit afraid about the organizational aspect after the construction.

BUT we still want to BUILD this warmth temple, so if you know anyone who could be interested by the project, please let us know!

 

Europan | Charleroi Parking Years

I lost.