Jean Anouilh Residence
Bordeaux, France
Project description
Extension and renovation of 18 apartments in the Jean Anouilh residence
1st Prize at the Aquitaine Regional Architecture Awards (PRAd’A) 2017 – Category M
The project site is located in the heart of Bordeaux’s historic center, on Cours Aristide Briand, within the UNESCO World Heritage area, at the edge of the protected sector. The land owned by CROUS is a passageway between Cours Aristide Briand and Rue Sauteyron, where a previous student residence has already been built. On the Aristide Briand side, the project site consists of two stone buildings to be renovated and an infill space to be constructed, creating a complex of around 20 student apartments that will function alongside the 85 others built on Rue Sauteyron. This raises the key challenge: How to intervene today within the stone building sequence along Cours Aristide Briand?
From an urban perspective, this intervention completes the restructuring of the “Victory student block” by creating a shared entrance for both residences on Cours Aristide Briand.
This entrance naturally fits within the infill space. The rehabilitation/extension project was conceived in the context of the urban building design of Cours Aristide Briand. The new building in the infill space adopts a contemporary architectural style that harmonizes with the surrounding fabric, signaling the new main entrance to the block with a large carriage gate. Entering through the carriage gate, one passes through an exterior archway that leads into the tree-lined courtyard of the student block.
Project informations
Client
CROUS of Bordeaux
Program
Extension and renovation of 18 apartments
Surface
693 m²
Cost of Work
1,100,000 € ex-tax
Status
Delivered in 2014
1st Prize at the Aquitaine Regional Architecture Awards (PRAd’A) 2017 – Category M
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