URBAN BLOCK Erica Brissenden, Giordana Pacini, Lena Fedders
SITE CONDITION
1976
2014
HATE separate, untouchable
LOVE calm, light, seclusion
CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS
2
1
3
4
4 1
5
3 5 2
6
6
1. Parking lot structure - mushroom columns 2. Vault structure - reinforced concrete 3. Last floor concrete wall 4. Construction of the outside walls 5. General building structure - mushroom columsn 6. Courtyard structure - steel frames
STATEMENT
The sustainable approach is to embrace the current condition in order to create a lasting link between past, present, and future. Also, adopt the tradition of adaptive reuse and build upon the layers that came before us.
“First, we try never to take down what is already there.� Jean Philippe Vassal
Old
New
Hybrid program and structure Hybrid of the old and the new
LACATON VASSAL: TRANSFORMATION
Transformation of 530 Units
LACATON VASSAL: RAW STRUCTURE
Palais de Tokyo
LACATON VASSAL: FACADE
Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan
Transformation of 530 Units
Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan
SITE STRATEGY
CURRENT No connection to the water No public space Enclosed
APPROACH Enhance the water Make the site public and vibrant Retain as much as possible
Turning the non accessible space into an open public area Exposing the structure of the building From barrier to protection
STRUCTURAL CAPACITY
Offices Office 100% 100%
Current
Housing +30%
Hotel Hotel rooms rooms +40% +40%
Shops Shops -40% -40%
Proposed
Roof Roofgarden garden Promenade Promenade -100% -80% -100% -80%
PROGRAM
Reuse of bank
Color coding
Reuse of bank
Color coding
Reuse of bank
Color coding
Reuse of bank
Color coding
CONCEPT
+
=
DESIGN PROCESS
Current condition
Remaining structure
Adding boxes + cutting floor plates
FACADE
Existing
Remains
Facade alterations
Program inserted
MIESOLOGY
SITE PLAN
MUSHROOM STRUCTURE
MUSHROOM STRUCTURE DIFFERENT USES
MUSHROOM STRUCTURE STAGES, COVER
Existing EXISTING
PLAN
Plan
Bench BENCH
OPEN
Closed
Garden GARDEN
COVER
Cover
Platform PLATFORM
SEATING AREA
Seating area
Cover COVER
MARKET
Market
OUTSIDE SPACE - ARCADE
B
B AGE
AGE
STOR
STOR
CAFE
CAFE
A
A
KET MAR E PL AC
A
RANT
U RESTA
M
ATRIU
T
URAN RESTA
A
BIKE T VAUL
RK IC PA
PUBL
KET MAR E PL AC
M
ATRIU
EL HOT S ICE SERV EL HOT S ICE SERV
L
HOTE
GROUND FLOOR
B
B
EL HOT Y LOBB
FIRST FLOOR
MARKET PLACE
S UNIT
SING
HOU
A
S UNIT
SING
S UNIT
EL
HOT
B
HOT
SECOND FLOOR
A
HOU
EL
EL
HOT
B
SING
A
THIRD FLOOR
B
A
A
HOU
B
B
B
A
FORTH FLOOR
HOUSING - ATRIUM
SECTION AA
SECTION BB