Reinvent: Enchanting the Existing (Anne Lacaton)
Tuesday, Mar 26, 20133 AMEDT
| Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, Columbia University GSAPP, 1 Train to 116th Street New York, NY
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La Tour Bois-le-Prêtre (Photo: Frédéric Druot)
Anne Lacaton, Lacaton & Vassal Built in 1961 by Raymond Lopez in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, the 16-story prefabricated concrete public housing project La Tour Bois-le-Prêtre had fallen into disrepair when Paris Habitat organized a competition to upgrade the building in 2005. Rather than demolish the tower, how could it be reinvented, without extending its footprint or displacing residents for long periods of time? In what Michael Kimmelman in the New York Times called a “case study in architectural ingenuity and civic rejuvenation,” the winning design by Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal, associated with Frédéric Druot, for this project erected prefabricated modules around the exterior of the building, enchanting units with winter gardens and balconies that provide newfound light and room to move. “[O]ur priority,” stated Lacaton in the same article, “was improving the living conditions for everyone.” Free and open to the public http://events.gsapp.org/event/reinvent-enchanting-the-existing-anne-lacaton
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