2022 – 70 Quai de La Loire _ Paris – France

Here, architecture is an instrument of environments

Program Ar(t)chitecture workshop
Surface 55 m²
Location Paris, France
Schedule work in progress since 2022
Owner Private
Team Eric Cassar with Virginia Beita for the initial setup
Contractors Fenix / Batinex

This project is a continuous experiment around subtle architecture as an instrument of environments. It is also a demonstration of the psychological, ecological, and economic efficiency of an architected environment. Architecture optimizes the surface. It multiplies the use of a space (particularly in volume). It invites movement (the best work position is in the regular change of positions and postures). The workshop continues certain explorations: atmospheres, traces, light, reflection, projection, diffraction (appearance of rainbows), material, colors, wind(ilation), temperature, (indoor) vegetation, flexibility, frugality, acoustics, appropriation, « transformability », randomness, rhythms, synergy of uses, superimposition of images, habitability, body positioning in space, individual and relational perspectives. The workspace develops within the volume, notably through Relief Furniture EnVol concept. It interacts with the environment, surprising its users regularly.

This ar(t)chitecture embodies, revisits, and continues some of the research and experiments implemented in the Inhabited Landscape of Saint-Quentin.