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CITE NATIONALE DE L’HISTOIRE DE L’IMMIGRATION
THE CHEEKY ILLUSION OF UTILITY, ALLOWS THE ARCHITECTS TO UNDERMINE THE AFFECTED, AUTHORITARIAN QUALITIES OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDING AS THEY INSERTED PUBLIC SPACES FOR GATHERING, DIALOGUE AND EXHIBITION.
PERE LACHAISE
OTHER CELEBRITY REMAINS WERE TRANSFERRED THERE UNTIL THE CEMETERY’S EMINENCE WAS JUDGED UNCONTESTABLE
ECURIES DE VERSAILLES
EVEN THE ORNAMENTAL DETAIL – ENORMOUS CHARCOAL DRAWINGS OF HORSES EMERGING PARTIALLY BEHIND THE MIND STRUCTURE – CAN BE ERASED WHEN THE TIME COMES.
GRAND PALAIS
THIS MONUMENT READS AS A HYBRID SPAWNED BY FIN SIÈCLE SENSIBILITIES, COMBINES THE AUTHORITARIAN NOSTALGIA AND STOICISM OF THE CLASSICAL STONE FAÇADE WITH A FRENZY OF ART NOUVEAU IRONWORK WITHIN.
LA GARE AUX GORILLES
A REFUGEE CAMP LOCATED ALONG AN ABANDONED RAILWAY LINE IN THE NINETEENTH ARRONDISSEMENT.
PAVILLON DE L’ARSENAL
THE SPACE FUNCTIONS AS A FABULOUS ACCESSIBLE BILLBOARD THAT ANNOUNCES MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN PROJECTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT NO COST.
JEUDI NOIR
LA MARQUISE MAKES A CASE FOR ARCHITECTURAL ACTIVISM.
ENCORE HEUREUX
CREER PLUS DE CONFORT, INVENTER DE NOUVEAUX USAGES OU SUSCITER L’EMERVEILLEMENT.
PARC DE LA VILLETTE
LA VILLETTE HAS BECOME KNOWN AS AN UNPRECEDENTED TYPE OF PARK, ONE BASED ON “CULTURE” RATHER THAN “NATURE”.
MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY
ITS AESTHETIC – DISNEY; ITS FINISH – CRUDE. 300,000 TRIBAL ARTIFACTS DISPLAYED IN A JUMBLE OF ANGLES, COLORS, RAMPS, TOTEMS, AND LEATHER LANDFORMS BRING THE VISITOR INTO A STATE OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FRENZY.
