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FICHTRE

A PRACTICE THAT REVELS IN THE ASCENDENCY OF THE MICRO, THE DIRECT, THE UNFUSSY, THE URBAN, THE COLLECTIVE, AND THE HUMBLY TRANSFORMATIVE

LAB-LABANQUE

PROJECTS ARE CONSTRUCTED, PERFORMED, AND DISPLAYED IN DECADENTLY SURFACED LOBBIES, DIRECTOR’S OFFICES, IN VAULTS, ARCHIVES.

AT LE FRESNOY I WANTED TO EXTEND THE NOTION OF CROSSOVER BY COMBINING OLD AND NEW. I FIRST DECIDED TO KEEP PARTS OF THE OLD BUILDINGS ALREADY ON THE SITE THAT WERE SLATED TO BE DEMOLISHED… THE IN-BETWEEN WAS NOT COMPOSITION, IT WASN’T DESIGN; IT WAS PURE CONCEPT. BERNARD TSCHUMI

PATRICK BEAUCE

L’APPARTEMENT UNE METAPHORE DU MONDE

FRANKLIN AZZI

THE BUILDING ITSELF IS A MARKER. THE PROJECT’S TRANSPARENCY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ANIMATE AND TRAVERSE THE BUILDING AS AN URBAN SITE. IT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MOBILITY AND ENCOUNTER THAT DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE PROJECT.

COLOCO

EVERYTHING HAS VALUE; NOTHING IS WORTH DESTROYING.

META FRICHE

META FRICHE IS THE LOGICAL EXTENSION OF CIVIC FRICHE, THE RESEARCH PROJECT LAUNCHED IN THE SPRING OF 2010 THAT EXAMINED FRANCE’S TACTICAL APPROPRIATION OF MARGINAL SITES FOR PUBLIC FUNCTION.

EXHIBIT 2010 OPENING RECEPTION

ON SEPTEMBER 10TH 2010, THE CIVIC FRICHE EXHIBITION OPENED AT THE TAUBMAN COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE + URBAN PLANNING GALLERY

LE ZINE VOL. 1

JOURNAL OF EMERGENT URBANITY

JUSSIEU L’ATRIUM

MIEUX FAIRE CIRCULER LES GENS POUR MIEUX FAIRE CIRCULER LES IDÉES.

DOCK DE SEINE

REFERRED TO INTERCHANGEABLY AS THE “DOCKS DE PARIS” OR THE “DOCKS EN SEINE,” THE BUILDING’S MAIN TENANT IS A FASHION ACADEMY, L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE LA MODE.

LA CITE DU DESIGN

SITED IN A FORMER ARMS MANUFACTURING COMPLEX KNOWN AS “LA MANUFACTURE”, THE CITÉ DU DESIGN SUGGESTS THAT THEMATIC INSPIRATION, RATHER THAN PURE VISUAL VANGUARD, MIGHT SERVE AS THE DRIVER FOR MANUFACTURING ATTRACTORS.

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