9 Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, Paris
Recent work of this firm actively works against climate change and pollution in projects that are tailored to specific sites and contexts, using locally sourced low-carbon materials, bioclimatic and passive energy systems. Edison Lite , Paris (2020) is a 12-storey building of 21 apartments, a daycare and a medical office. Innovations here are the involvement of residents in the design of their apartments (customised and flexible), ample space for communal areas (20% of the building in what are usually considered high- end areas) and landscaping (established during construction) as a fundamental permaculture design element: 290 large planters or 14 per unit – large enough for food production and filled with 6,000 plants well before occupation. Folie Mauguerra (in construction and in collaboration with Estebe-Cathala Architectes) is a housing project in the Mediterranean city of Montpellier, consisting of five towers between 8 and 11 storeys. The project’s design philosophy draws on the local history and natural surroundings. It prioritises environmental and social sustainability by incorporating multi-level landscaping, creating ample communal spaces, implementing passive sustainable systems, and repurposing the 12,000 m 3 of soil excavated for the parking garage. It maximises the use of local materials and construction methods, passive sustainable systems and, by repurposing the excavated soil as rammed earth walls, develops a new local construction sector, stimulating the local economy. It is a manifesto for passive sustainable systems, local materials and construction methods.
above: Edison Lite below: Folie Mauguerra
the project as a manifesto on earth
The project takes inspiration from geological cores to build and reveal the richness of the soil: making the invisible visible.
Insert the vegetation, highlighted in this core of poured and sculpted earth
At the beginning, there is the earth: the exploration of
Insert unique living spaces that benefit from this rediscovered link between the earth and nature
what is already there, this magnificent raw material made of the living and minerals encounter
images and text drawn from https://www.reurbanhousing. com/manuelle-gautrand where there are more images, text and diagrams. See also http://manuelle-gautrand.com/
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