Urban Block

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URBAN BLOCK Erica Brissenden, Giordana Pacini, Lena Fedders


SITE CONDITION

1976

2014


HATE separate, untouchable


LOVE calm, light, seclusion


CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS

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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

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=


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


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B AGE

AGE

STOR

STOR

CAFE

CAFE

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A

KET MAR E PL AC

A

RANT

U RESTA

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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


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SECTION BB


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