Floirac housing
0708-LAV-FR-2001
Architect: Lacaton & Vassal
Status: Competition (2001)
Visualizer: Studio
Budget: 2.082.000 €
Scale: 2.127 ㎡ Medium
Ratio: 978,84 €/㎡
Types: Housing, Residential

The plot of land is located on the slope skirting the Garonne, facing Bordeaux. It includes a clearing, a protected wooded space and a line of trees on one side. The building is installed on the higher part of the land and profits from the finest view towards the park and the city, thus leaving the greater part of the terrain as a park.

The metal structure allows for great modularity, when it comes to marketing, in the defining of the dwellings on a single level or in duplex form, in order to respond to the particular demands of the users.
All the apartments are set crosswise. On the ground floor they open onto private gardens on the upper floors they benefit from long, continuous balconies.

The entirely glazed facades are protected from the sun by exterior blinds.

Team: Anne Lacaton, Jean Philippe Vassal, Sylvain Menaud | Collaborator: Emmanuelle Delage, David Pradel | Engineer: Cesma, Ingérop | Post date: 08/12/2012 | Views: 3.081