Les Délires Productions
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PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA: Portrait of Paulo Mendes Da Rocha
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Born into a family of Italian immigrants, Paulo Mendes Da Rocha studied architecture at Mackenzie University in São Paulo (Brazil). His desire to become an architect came from his father, who was an engineer. He does not like the word ‘creation’ in architecture. For him, architecture is the result of a thought process guided objectively…
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CANAL WHARF, Brussels – Belgium
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EN / Design of the Canal Wharf project has been entrusted to three famous Belgian architects: Stéphane Beel, 51N4E and architectesassoc., who coordinated the coherence of the ensemble.Each architect has worked from common set of specifications setting rules for finishes, choice of materials, placing of balconies and shapes of window and doorframes.The architects’ inspiration and…
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CASA MASETTI, São Paulo – Brazil
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The Casa Masetti is a house designed by Paulo Mendes Da Rocha in the early 1970s. The architecture was inspired by the cliff on which it is built. The house consists of two spaces: the open, airy ground floor and the living space. Made of concrete, the house is suspended above the ground on four…
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BRUSSELS CIRCUS SCHOOL, Tour & Taxis, Brussels – Belgium
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EN / The installation of the Ecole du cirque de Bruxelles on the Tour et Taxis site was a political decision. The school is nomadic; after being set up in the Gare Maritime while waiting for this building to be renovated, it was swiftly moved to the building called La Lieutenance. Today, once again, its…
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TOUR & TAXIS, SHEDS / Permafungi – Brussels, Belgium
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It was either chance, or a great opportunity, that transformed the life of the sheds building on the Tour and Taxis site. When the BRAFA arrived to set up its operations, Extensa realised that there was a market for the organisation of exhibitions and fairs in this old 15,000m2 goods warehouse. But there’s much more to it…
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TOUR & TAXIS, SHEDS / Dépôt Design, Brussels – Belgium
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It was either chance, or a great opportunity, that transformed the life of the sheds building on the Tour and Taxis site. When the BRAFA arrived to set up its operations, Extensa realised that there was a market for the organisation of exhibitions and fairs in this old 15,000m2 goods warehouse. But there’s much more to it…
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LEDROIT PIERRET POLET ARCHITECTES: Portrait of Anne Ledroit and Vincent Pierret
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The Brussels-based firm Ledroit Pierret Polet (LPP) Architectes is one of the ten craft architecture firms that caviar.archi has decided to portray in film. Anne Ledroit and Vincent Pierret tell us all about their interest in architecture in front of Mister Emma’s camera. They describe their day-to-day work and practices. Quality architecture, architecture in good…
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MANGER NIELSEN ARCHITECTS: Portrait of Johan Nielsen
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The Brussels-based firm MangerNielsenArchitects (MNA) is one of the ten craft architecture firms that caviar.archi has decided to portray in film. Johan Nielsen tells us all about his interest in architecture in front of Mister Emma’s camera. He describes his day-to-day work and practices. Quality architecture, architecture in good taste, but what does creating architecture…
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ATELIER DE VISSCHER & VINCENTELLI: Portrait of Antoine Vincentelli
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The Brussels-based firm Atelier De Visscher & Vincentelli (ADVV) is one of the ten craft architecture firms that caviar.archi has decided to portray in film. Antoine Vincentelli tells us all about his interest in architecture in front of Mister Emma’s camera. He describes his day-to-day work and practices. Quality architecture, architecture in good taste, but…
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noAarchitecten : Portrait of An Fonteyne
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An Fonteyne is a partner at the Brussels architectural firm NoAarchitecten. They have just won two major projects in the Belgian capital; one for housing on the Tour and Taxis site (with awg architecten and Sergison Bates architects) and one for the competition for the musée Kanal – Centre Pompidou, which they won in partnership…