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Romain Tardy (AntiVJ) a réalisé cette superbe installation de VJing sur la façade du Musée d’Archeologie de Toulouse en France. Inspiré par le terme latin « Paganus » en faisant référence aux traditions polythéistes ou indigènes, cette superbe création aux formes et symboles énigmatiques est à découvrir en vidéo.

À l’occasion des 40 ans de WWF France, Marcel et Publicis Argentine ont conçu une campagne imaginant la création d’une nouvelle ligne de vêtements et d’accessoires en fourrure d’animaux imaginaires appelée Wonder World Fur, dont la collection est mise en vente. Des clichés très réussis réalisés par Mark Seliger.

Sliding blue and yellow walls hide the sleeping and storage spaces in this 1970s-inspired beach apartment in the south of France by Turin-based designers Studio UdA.

The compact apartment is in a 1970s block overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in the town of Juan-les-Pins on the Côte d’Azur.

Studio UdA’s renovation was inspired by an Italian comedy movie from 1977 called Casotto, which means “beach hut”.

The residents requested a spacious lounge area and two separate sleeping quarters, so the designers built two structures on each side of the space.

The blue and yellow partition walls slide open to a double bedroom and bunkbeds on one side and a further set of bunkbeds on the other.

“Micro-works of architecture made of metal and wood generate unusual spatial relations between the people staying in the apartment,” said the designers, adding that the lightweight structures are easy to assemble and can be altered according to the residents’ preferences.

Teak, a wood frequently used inside yachts and boats in the 1970s, has been used for the kitchen cupboards and bench, while vintage lounge furniture made of wicker and plastic has been placed in the living area.

The walls are decorated with posters from the same period and wallpaper patterned with marine landscapes.

Valter Camagna, Massimiliano Camoletto and Andrea Marcante founded Studio UdA in 1992, and were joined by interior designer Adelaide Testa in 2005.

Other apartment interiors we’ve featured lately include a series of homes on Miami Beach designed by John Pawson and a Barcelona apartment with mosaic floors and decorative mouldings – see all apartments.

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Here’s some more information from the designers:

Fun House – Apartment in Juan Les Pins

The project for an apartment in Juan les Pins designed by Studio UdA tackles the issue of holiday homes. The small size of the apartments (40 m²), inside a building overlooking the sea that dates back to the 1960s/70s, provided the input for a study into various ways of setting out space and establishing interpersonal relations. In this way, the decades in question and the communal life of Italian families on the beach in summer holiday locations constitute a sort of latent memory and one of the inspirations underscoring the project.

The beach and the momentary pleasure of a day at the seaside are merely evoked in the design, just like in a well-known Italian film from the 1970s: “Casotto” directed by Sergio Citti, in which the interior of a beach hut along the coast constitutes the entire setting for all the stories about different people related in the film. In the project designed by UdA it is micro-works of architecture made of metal and wood that generate unusual spatial relations between the people staying in the apartment.

As well as managing to physically embody the different patterns of human relations during leisure time on holiday, the chosen design also met the client’s request to have a spacious lounge area and two separate sleeping quarters inside such a confined space, all with sea views. The reference to beach huts and self-built cabanas has led to the creation of lightweight structures inside the apartment; they are easy to assemble, relatively inexpensive and can also be set up according to the inhabitant’s taste and whims, while constantly offering views towards the outside.

The colour schemes of nature are also reflected in the interior colours of the various partitions, whether they be sliding doors or built-in wardrobes. Just like life on the beach, the physical boundaries and cultural differences between people and the various activities they engage in are incorporated in the project: relaxation, children’s games and meal times are all reflected in different shades and tones. This enhances a sense of sharing inside the domestic space.

The stylistic languages used for setting out the spaces do not immediately distinguish the various functions of the elements into which the apartment is divided. This enables conventional hierarchies between spaces and the people inhabiting them to be broken down, focusing on relations between the members of the family and people sharing vacation time together, just as is the case in the aforementioned film in which all the relations and stories involving the various characters take place inside the beach hut.

Above: axonometric projection

The general idea behind the project points towards the materials used: from teak, a type of wood frequently employed in the nautical industry in the 1960s/70s, vintage lounge furniture made of wicker and plastic, and also more decorative features such as the wallpaper showing marine landscapes and posters designed by Domenico Gnoli from the period in question, characteristic of a certain way of looking at the world through details. A part evoking the whole, an absence that actually alludes to a presence, just as the word ‘vacation’ refers to a making way for something else: Fun House because sharing is always an enjoyable experience.

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This timber-clad cinema in the south of France was designed by architects Encore Heureux to evoke both the arched facades of art deco picture houses and the herringbone walls of local tobacco-drying sheds (+ slideshow).

Located beside a former military camp in Auch, Ciné 32 is a five-screen cinema contained inside a staggered row of numbered wooden sheds.

“Rather than a large infrastructure-type multiplex, we wanted to create the image of a collection of small neighbourhood cinemas together,” explains Encore Heureux.

Zig-zagging wooden slats dress the arched gables of each structure, while numbers one to five are hand-painted over the surfaces using a traditional decorative font.

One screen is contained inside each of the sheds and every one is furnished with different coloured seating.

Above: photograph is by Nicola Delon

The architects comment: “Cinema has this unique opportunity to gather different people for a common but yet unusual journey. We wish to offer remarkable conditions for such a trip.”

A sixth shed gives the cinema a double-height reception and is contrastingly clad with translucent polycarbonate.

Activity workshops are contained in this part of the building, alongside offices, an exhibition space, a cafe and a terrace.

Other recently designed cinemas include one in a former slaughterhouse and one under a motorway flyover. See more cinemas on Dezeen.

Above: photograph is by Adélaide Maisonabe

Photography is by Sébastien Normand, apart from where otherwise indicated.

Above: photograph is by Adélaide Maisonabe

Here’s a short project description from Encore Heureux:

Cinema at Auch

Concept

To built a five rooms cinema for CINE 32 association has to answer some challenges. What else than a shoe box as you find in suburban territory? What kind of identity would suit to a meeting point, place of discoveries, debates and diversity? What presence for a brand new building right downtown, in place of an old military camp? How could we propose a place and an identity that fit to Cine 32 and its actions towards an always broader and mixed public?

We came up with images of old cinemas’ pediment and tobacco dryer from the south-west of France, with their openwork natural wood façade. We also care for an assumed double life image, an adequate day and night use.

Cinema has this unique opportunity to gather different people for a common but yet unusual journey. We wish to offer remarkable conditions for such a trip.

A strong relationship

To carry this adventure out we’ve looked preciously to the relationship between architect and client. Every step of conception has produced multiple studies. For instance, projection rooms were subject to a narrative outline and climatic environments ; bases leading us to built atmospheres. Thus, we go through starry night (first room) to sunrise (second room).

Interior and façade lights were developed specifically to this project with an effort of economy, consistency and precision. As were the custom-made administration’s furnitures.

Artist Bonnefrite has lead building’s signage with a delicate touch. The main sign, on avenue de l’Yser side, is a powerful and joyful gesture toward the city. Hand-painted numbers on pediments reveal the diversity of both spaces and styles in cinema.

Strong involvement from local construction firms allowed us to respect lead time and expected budget equally with a common requirement for the result. The adventure proved to be forceful and appealing.

Above: site plan – click above for larger image

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A gigantic yellow giraffe pokes its heads out from the roof of this nursery and childcare centre in Paris by French studio Hondelatte Laporte Architectes (+ slideshow).

The larger-than-life statue appears to act as a supporting column, as its body pushes up through a cantilevered upper storey so that only legs, a long neck and a head can be spotted by passers-by.

“The idea is to animate the urban landscape by using a child’s imagination,” explains Hondelatte Laporte Architectes.

The aptly named Giraffe Childcare Centre accommodates a 60-bed childcare facility and a nursery for up to 20 children, in addition to playgrounds on each of its three levels.

As well as the giraffe, the playgrounds feature a white bear and a parade of huge ladybirds, all constructed from concrete. “Through their affable form, the lively animal sculptures invite us to live our dreams,” say the architects.

The centre is located beside Jean Nouvel’s Horizons offices, in the riverside Boulogne-Billancourt district in the south-west of the city.

The entrance is positioned at the end of the building so that visitors have to walk through the giraffe’s legs on their way inside.

The architects used corrugated metal cladding for the whole exterior, creating a series of bright white elevations.

Animal sculptures are a recurring feature in designs for children and we’ve previously featured a restaurant with a model elephant inside.

Giraffe fans may also enjoy a house with a front door tall enough to let one of the animals, or the giraffe enclosure at Rotterdam Zoo.

Photography is by Philippe Ruault.

Here’s some project details from the architects:

The Giraffe childcare centre is located in the C1 block of the Seguin Rives de Seine district in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburban area of Paris. The program houses a 60 bed childcare centre and 20 bed day nursery. The building has been awarded the green “zéro Energie Effinergie” label. This public building is located next to Jean Nouvel’s “Horizons” tower, at the junction between the “Vieux pont de Sèvres” neighbourhood, built in the 70s, and the new area called “le Trapèze”. The high density of this area gives it a rugged skyline. To be integrated into this particular urban landscape, the building is composed of three tiers. Each of the south-facing playgrounds is in continuity with the interior spaces and is identified by a unique concrete animal sculpture. Viewed from the surrounding towers, the regular sequence of terraces offers a real “fifth facade” to the neighbourhood.

The facades of the building are made out of white corrugated iron that provides a minimal background to the wild animal sculptures. The idea is to animate the urban landscape by using a child’s imagination. The wild animals appropriate the space; a giraffe appears to be peacefully eating the leaves of the trees from the neighbouring park, a polar bear tries to clamber up the steps, while a family of ladybirds climbs the façade in an attempt to reach the interior patio.

Architecture turns into storytelling. The building changes its identity and becomes a landscape in its own right, a metaphor for the urban jungle. The animals and the trees link the building to nature and motion. The giraffe has become a banner for the nursery since it is visible in the surrounding area from all angles. We walk through its legs to enter the building. Through their affable form, the lively animal sculptures invite us to live our dreams. These playful and dreamlike sculptures introduce a little bit of fantasy into the routine life of the town in order to inspire our lives with a bit of poetry.

Project name: Giraffe childcare centre
Architect(s): Hondelatte Laporte Architectes
Project manager: Virginie Davo
Project team: Charlotte Fagart (architect)
Engineering: Studetech
HEQ Engineering: GCB Gestion Conseil Bâtiment

Client: SAEM Val de Seine Aménagement
Program: 60 bed childcare centre and 20 bed day nursery.
Lieu/Location: Boulogne-Billancourt (92) – France
Competition: January 2009
Delivery: 2012
Area: 1450 sq m
Cost: 3 744 000€ HT
Construction companies): SPIE SCGPM (general contractor), AAB (animals sculpture)

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