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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11600 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11600-saint-ange-residence-by-studio-odile-decq Saint Ange Residence Odile Decq tucked a small four-story artist’s residence on the edge of an art collector’s estate. Photo © Roland Halbe Saint Ange Residence The angular house is clad in asphalt-finished pine over a concrete base to fit in discreetly with the landscape and not disturb the view from the main house. Photo © Roland Halbe Saint Ange Residence The entrance to the house is down a path in a tiered sculpture garden and through a stone wall. Photo © Roland Halbe Saint Ange Residence On the top level is a projecting balcony with a panoramic view of the mountains. Photography © Roland Halbe Saint Ange Residence Inside the front door, a mezzanine looks down into the studio. Photo © Roland Halbe Saint Ange Residence At the stair’s terminus is the study. Photo © Roland Halbe Saint Ange Residence A spiral stair connects the stacked rooms clad in pine. Photo © Roland Halbe Saint Ange Residence The living room has a Yona Friedman chair near the sliding door to the deck on the studio roof. The metal stair coils past the bedroom. Photo © Roland Halbe Saint Ange Residence Photo © Roland Halbe Saint Ange Residence Image courtesy Studio Odile Decq Saint Ange Residence Image courtesy Studio Odile Decq Saint Ange Residence Image courtesy Studio Odile Decq Saint Ange Residence Image courtesy Studio Odile Decq Saint Ange Residence Image courtesy Studio Odile Decq Odile Decq draws from Lyon’s industrial context to project the waterfront’s new identity. From Oslo and Lisbon to Hamburg and Amsterdam, the last 20 years have seen many of Europe’s redundant urban dockyards transformed into architectural zoos, peppered with signature structures by top-tier architects, often with greater regard for novelty than for the particularities of history or place.

]]> 1407-gl-events-headquarters-studio-odile-decq.asp Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7351-gl-events-headquarters GL Events Headquarters Located on the bank of the Saône River, the building is covered with photographic abstractions of the immediate surround­ings created by artist Felice Varini. Next door is the green Euronews Head­quarters by Jakob + MacFarlane; nearby is their Orange Cube. Floors suspended from the steel trusses at the top are laterally stabilized by a concrete core at the southeast corner.   Photo © Roland Halbe GL Events Headquarters Cantilevered to the east, the spaces within the four-story portion are enclosed by spider glass layered with Varini’s photographic images on the ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) layer. Temporary exhibition space on the ground floor is served by a secondary riverside entrance. A glazed panel in the red soffit of the cantilevered volume admits views upwards into the atrium.   Photo © Roland Halbe GL Events Headquarters The concentration of vertical structure in the atrium helps facilitate views through the building, as does the transparency of fully glazed meeting rooms on the open-plan office floors.   Photo © Roland Halbe GL Events Headquarters Less formal meeting areas include the double-height foyer on the ground floor, which features furniture and lighting designed by Odile Decq.   Photo © Roland Halbe GL Events Headquarters Two roof terraces linked by external stairs provide additional social space.   Photo © Roland Halbe GL Events Headquarters Image courtesy Studio Odile Decq GL Events Headquarters Image courtesy Studio Odile Decq GL Events Headquarters Image courtesy Studio Odile Decq GL Events Headquarters Image courtesy Studio Odile Decq While Rennes, the capital of France's Brittany region, does not make most travel guides' must-see lists, the university town of 200,000 still has its charms: crooked medieval streets lined with half-timbered buildings, stately 18th-century edifices, and cafés that spill out onto picturesque squares.

]]> 1306-frac-bretagne-studio-odile-decq.asp Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7939-frac-bretagne FRAC Bretagne Under bright sun, the building appears opaque, while simultaneously reflecting the adjacent sculpture by Aurelie Nemours.   Photo © Roland Halbe FRAC Bretagne The steel-and-glass volume is cantilevered off a concrete one. The main entrance is concealed in the black glass on this facade (with black tinted stainless steel panels above), so as not to compete with the sculpture.   Photo © Roland Halbe FRAC Bretagne In lower light levels and illuminated inside, the building becomes transparent, providing views in to the lobby and auditorium.   Photo © Roland Halbe FRAC Bretagne FRAC’s three gallery spaces, in contrast to the black-and-red public spaces, are all white. Able to accommodate artworks of varying scales, they employ concrete floors, plywood walls, and ceilings open to decking and ducts. The galleries are daylit by large windows or, in the case of the uppermost space (not pictured), ribbon skylights along the exterior walls. Fluorescent tubes are concealed on the exposed beams above.   Photo © Roland Halbe FRAC Bretagne The procession begins at a low stair leading off the lobby and past the 110-seat auditorium, contained in a red plywood blob.   Photo © Roland Halbe FRAC Bretagne The central atrium is topped with a large skylight. Here metal panels mimic those on the exterior, steel plates cantilever to form a steep rise of stairs, and a glass-and-steel elevator transports both visitors and artworks.   Photo © Roland Halbe FRAC Bretagne 1 FRAC Bretagne 2 Aurelie Nemours sculpture 3 Parking 4 Apartment building   Drawing courtesy of Studio Odile Decq FRAC Bretagne 1 Entry hall 2 Auditorium 3 Café 4 Exhibition 5 Administration 6 Library 7 Drawing storage 8 Painting storage 9 Sculpture storage 10 Roof deck   Drawing courtesy of Studio Odile Decq FRAC Bretagne 1 Entry hall 2 Auditorium 3 Café 4 Exhibition 5 Administration 6 Library 7 Drawing storage 8 Painting storage 9 Sculpture storage 10 Roof deck   Drawing courtesy of Studio Odile Decq FRAC Bretagne 1 Main entrance 2 Entry hall 3 Auditorium 4 Drawing storage 5 Parking 6 Loading dock 7 Café 8 Exhibition 9 Library 10 Children’s library 11 Administration 12 Education 13 Roof deck   Drawing courtesy of Studio Odile Decq FRAC Bretagne 1 Main entrance 2 Entry hall 3 Auditorium 4 Drawing storage 5 Parking 6 Loading dock 7 Café 8 Exhibition 9 Library 10 Children’s library 11 Administration 12 Education 13 Roof deck   Drawing courtesy of Studio Odile Decq FRAC Bretagne 1 Main entrance 2 Entry hall 3 Auditorium 4 Drawing storage 5 Parking 6 Loading dock 7 Café 8 Exhibition 9 Library 10 Children’s library 11 Administration 12 Education 13 Roof deck   Drawing courtesy of Studio Odile Decq FRAC Bretagne 1 Main entrance 2 Entry hall 3 Auditorium 4 Drawing storage 5 Parking 6 Loading dock 7 Café 8 Exhibition 9 Library 10 Children’s library 11 Administration 12 Education 13 Roof deck   Drawing courtesy of Studio Odile Decq