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Geometry, Geography

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The architectural language of our projects is specific to an agency culture, attentive to contemporary construction, to the economy of materials, to the fundamental notions of orders and rhythms, of compositions.

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Geometry is originally the branch of mathematics studying the figures of the plane and space (Euclidean geometry). Since the end of the 18th century, geometry also studies figures belonging to other types of spaces (projective geometry, on Euclidean geometry for example).
Geography studies the natural environment in the space of societies.

The soil

Soil extends the domain of architecture to urban planning, and to landscaping. It includes all dimensions and site materials.
Plan of Chicago (1848), Formation of meanders, Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond Korea

Elements

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The first gesture

The first gesture of the nomad who arrives in a new place is to define a perfectly flat surface to settle on, eat and sleep. This simple act of creating a level surface forms the foundation of architecture and landscape design. From this basic need to create a comfortable living space, the evolution of design has taken many different forms and styles, but the fundamental concept remains the same.

Drawing: First map of Hanoi

The human
arrangement

Like the surveyor, the architect composes, quantifies the dimensions of a space, of a place. It structures the arrangement of the buildings between them on a drawn support ground.

The relationship with the site

The angular geometric order of Western thought and the complexity of Asian thought (Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism) that marks the difference between Western and Eastern architecture. The first is a redesign of the site while the second is produced by the site.

Western approach

Eastern approach

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Geometry, Geography

Geometry is originally the part of mathematics that studies figures in plane and space. Since the end of the 18th century, geometry also studies figures belonging to other types of spaces.

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Platforms and supports

The space of the platform is the first space of the nomad who installs his tent, the landscape lines of the farmer who works subtly with water, of the man who arranges his space to work there with ease. This simple installation in nature, used for religious purposes to pose temples, churches and mosques, or military strongholds allows us to contemplate the world and its horizon. Being on a promontory, belvedere, terrace, platform allows you to frame your gaze on the horizon as if to better feel the landscape.

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Assembly and Filters

The assembly raises the question of meaning and constructive truth. The assembly, the choice of materials and structure, the economy of means and materials gives meaning to the project. A site whose load-bearing structure expresses the evidence bears the beginnings of a beautiful building.

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Horizons, Lines and Fractals

Landscape: Spatial expanse, natural or transformed by man, which presents a certain visual or functional identity: Forest, urban, industrial landscape”. “Overall view that we have from a given point: from my window”. A fractal is a geometric object in which each proportion has an identical surface, which means that whatever the angle from which we look at it, it always remains similar.

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Materials

The materials are decided according to construction techniques and the economy of local resources. (Origin and traceability, biosourced materials, material saving, ecology) The elegance, the rhythm, the proportions then flow naturally and logically from the constructive qualities of these support materials.

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