MAD’s ‘UNIC’ Residential, First Built Project in Europe, last steps before completed
21/07/2019.
[Paris] France
metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
‘UNIC,’ MAD Architects’ first built project in Europe, is nearing completion. Located in Paris’ 17th arrondissement, Clichy-Batignolles is a newly developing area of the city. ‘UNIC’ emerges as part of the mixed-use masterplan envisioned adjacent to the Martin Luther King Park – a 10-hectare green space.
Led by Ma Yansong, MAD was awarded the project in 2012 through an international design competition in collaboration with local French firm Biecher Architectes.
Led by Ma Yansong, MAD was awarded the project in 2012 through an international design competition in collaboration with local French firm Biecher Architectes.
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski
Acording the authors, unlike the static Haussmann apartment blocks that define Paris, the project proposed an interaction with nature in the urban environment. Its undulating floor plates form a series of terraces, creating dynamic spaces within and expansive gardens and balconies on the exterior. Each asymmetrical level slightly tapers as the building ascends, with the upper floors boasting panoramic views of the surrounding city and the Eiffel Tower.
Clichy-Batignolles provides the opportunity for French and international architecture firms to collaborate and create a new part of Paris. The neighbourhood re-activation plan includes construction of new residential buildings, as well as other community resources.
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski.
The area was divided into nine plots which were each assigned to a group comprised of architecture companies and developers. After winning the competition, these groups met regularly to discuss each team’s project within the bigger scheme of the neighbourhood. They particularly participated in a series of workshops to explore topics from the macro-scale urban plans to micro-scale details, such as sustainable community development, resource sharing, energy management, and population demographics.
MAD’s design was the result of these workshops with the developers, architects and the Clichy-Batignolles inhabitants. In addition to which, the residential plot for ‘UNIC’ includes both private housing and affordable housing, thus enriching the dynamics of the neighbourhood.
Clichy-Batignolles provides the opportunity for French and international architecture firms to collaborate and create a new part of Paris. The neighbourhood re-activation plan includes construction of new residential buildings, as well as other community resources.
‘UNIC’ Residential by MAD. Photograph by Jared Chulski.
The area was divided into nine plots which were each assigned to a group comprised of architecture companies and developers. After winning the competition, these groups met regularly to discuss each team’s project within the bigger scheme of the neighbourhood. They particularly participated in a series of workshops to explore topics from the macro-scale urban plans to micro-scale details, such as sustainable community development, resource sharing, energy management, and population demographics.
MAD’s design was the result of these workshops with the developers, architects and the Clichy-Batignolles inhabitants. In addition to which, the residential plot for ‘UNIC’ includes both private housing and affordable housing, thus enriching the dynamics of the neighbourhood.
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Arquitectos
MAD Architects. Principal Partners in Charge.- Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano. Associate Partners in Charge.- Andrea d’Antrassi, Flora Lee. Team Coordinator - Executive Architect.- BIECHER Architectes.
Design team
Zhao Wei, Wu Kaicong, Daniel Gillen, Jiang Bin, Tristan Brasseur, Juan Valeros, Gustavo Alfred van Staveren, Xin Dogterom, Juan Pablo, Cesar d Pena Del Rey, Natalia Giacomino, Torsten Radunski, Rozita Kahirtseva
Collaborators
Structure Engineers.- BECIP – BET Structure. MEP Consultant.- ESPACE TEMPS – BET Fluides. Landscape Designer.- PHYTOLAB – BET Paysagiste. Interior Designer.- Charles Zana. Project Management.- Artelia.
Client
Emerige
Construction
Vinci Sicra Ile-de-France
Dates
2012-2019
Area
Site Area.- 1,033 sqm. Building Area.- 6,600 sqm. Building Height.- 50 m
Architects MAD
MAD Office, Beijing, China. MAD is a Beijing-based architecture design office dedicated to creating innovative projects. The firm combines a sophisticated design philosophy with advanced technology in addressing and furthering issues in contemporary architecture and urbanity.
The firm has been the recipient of numerous awards including the 2006 Architectural League of New York's Young Architects Forum Award.
MAD's ongoing projects include the international competition-winning Absolute Tower in Toronto, Canada; The Tianjin Sinosteel International Plaza, a 320M tall tower in Tianjin, China; the Mongolian Museum in Inner Mongolia, China, and a private villa in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The firm has also won numerous international design competitions, including the 2006 Absolute Tower Competition in Toronto; the 2005 Solar Plaza Competition in Guangzhou, China, and the 2004 Shanghai National Software Outsourcing Base.
MAD's work has been published worldwide, and the office has also presented its designs in a series of exhibitions. In 2006, MAD was shown at the ‘MAD in China' exhibition in Venice during the Architecture Biennial, and the ‘MAD Under Construction' exhibition at the Tokyo Gallery in Beijing. In March of 2007, MAD will be shown at ‘MAD.exe' an exhibition at the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ma Yansong, Yosuke Hayano and Qun Dand.
MA YANSONG
Beijing-born architect Ma Yansong is recognized as an important voice in a new generation of architects. Since the founding of MAD in 2004, his works in architecture and art have been widely published and exhibited. He graduated from the Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Ma attended Yale University after receiving the American Institute of Architects Scholarship for Advanced Architecture Research in 2001 and holds a masters degree in Architecture from Yale. He has since taught architecture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.
Ma Yansong was awarded the 2006 Architecture League Young Architects Award. In 2008 he was selected as one of the twenty most influential Young Architects today by ICON magazine and Fast Company named him one of the ten most creative people in architecture in 2009. In 2010 he became the first architect from China to receive a RIBA fellowship.
“I work with emotion and with the context. When I design a building, I close my eyes and feel as if I saw a virtual world which lays half way between the city, the nature and the land. It goes from large scale to small scale. Many things travel in front of my eyes; I feel them and try to find the way to express my feelings. The language I use is the least important of it all. It does not matter whether they are straight lines, curves... I only intend for people to feel the same or to find something unexpected” says Ma Yansong. “MAD is an attitude, a posture towards architecture, towards society. Through our work we want people to be inspired by a place through local nature, time and space”, he states.
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Christian Biecher
Christian Biecher, graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville. He worked with the architect Bernard Tschumi in Paris and New York, and taught the project at Columbia University. He is first noticed for achievements in interior architecture such as the Pierre Hermé pastry rue de Vaugirard or the Office of Tourism and Congress in Paris. He then devoted many accomplishments in Asia - TUR buildings in Tokyo and SORA in Shiki (Japan), Harvey Nichols in Hong Kong and Fauchon in Beijing - and in Europe - Harvey Nichols in Dublin and London, and the rehabilitation of the Stock Exchange. Budapest.
Then follow, the Animation Center and the Place-des-Fêtes concert hall in Paris 19e (2007), the Printemps building in Strasbourg, the Konnect buildings in Marseille and the Novotel hotel, boulevard Brune in Paris 14th.
In June 2012, the agency BiecherArchitectes is the winner, with the Chinese agency MAD, of the contest for the design of a plot of land, welcoming private housing, social housing, nursery, shops, and metro station in the ZAC Clichy-Batignolles in Paris 17th.
Today, the agency develops a variety of programs for hotel, housing and equipment use, in Strasbourg, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Paris and Grand Paris. It focuses on forms of innovation in terms of use and sustainable development in its environmental, social and economic components. In urban planning, the agency participated in the urban renewal plan of the Bois-Sauvage district in Évry and conducted the master plan for the modernization and extension of the town of La Grande-Motte.
Christian Biecher has designed objects and furniture for many brands in the world, for the Movements Modernes gallery, CatBerro and the Manufacture de Sèvres.
He was the winner of the “Albums de la jeune architecture” (1998), elected “Creator of the Year” in 2002 (Maison & Objet, Paris). The Minister of Culture awarded him the medal of Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite in 2009 and Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 2011.
A monograph, Christian Biecher architect, written by Philippe Trétiack, was published by AAM editions in 2009.
Then follow, the Animation Center and the Place-des-Fêtes concert hall in Paris 19e (2007), the Printemps building in Strasbourg, the Konnect buildings in Marseille and the Novotel hotel, boulevard Brune in Paris 14th.
In June 2012, the agency BiecherArchitectes is the winner, with the Chinese agency MAD, of the contest for the design of a plot of land, welcoming private housing, social housing, nursery, shops, and metro station in the ZAC Clichy-Batignolles in Paris 17th.
Today, the agency develops a variety of programs for hotel, housing and equipment use, in Strasbourg, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Paris and Grand Paris. It focuses on forms of innovation in terms of use and sustainable development in its environmental, social and economic components. In urban planning, the agency participated in the urban renewal plan of the Bois-Sauvage district in Évry and conducted the master plan for the modernization and extension of the town of La Grande-Motte.
Christian Biecher has designed objects and furniture for many brands in the world, for the Movements Modernes gallery, CatBerro and the Manufacture de Sèvres.
He was the winner of the “Albums de la jeune architecture” (1998), elected “Creator of the Year” in 2002 (Maison & Objet, Paris). The Minister of Culture awarded him the medal of Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite in 2009 and Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 2011.
A monograph, Christian Biecher architect, written by Philippe Trétiack, was published by AAM editions in 2009.
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