COMBined Process
Competition Team
Rémi Vilarinho (FR), architect
Antoine Fouchier (FR), engineer-architect
Aurélien Masson (FR), architect urbanist
Europan 12 München
runner-up
Team point of view
Density through an adaptable typology
THE PRINCIPLE of densification proposed keeps the good north-south “herringbone” orientation of the existing buildings while blocking noise from the boulevard. The buildings erected on the Bacherstraße enclose the site and restore the gardens.
THE TYPOLOGY of the roadside design is adaptable to urban rhythms. It introduces a corridor into the main façade which, in the short-term, insulates the apartments from noise and gives them a courtyard exposure. In the long-term, the boulevard can be reduced to a single lane street to cut traffic. The corridor extends the building onto available new land with the addition of a network of new rooms.
This typology can be transposed to help the city adapt to its own changes.
