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Platforms, Supports

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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.

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When you are an architect, it is important to find the tips, to find the tricks, which allow to well anchor a building in the environment, whether it is a forest, an open space or each time the topography matters. Working on platforms based on supports, it is a way to create these arrangements as intelligent installations in the territory.

Lines of the gaze
The topography is tailored there by successive incisions which organize a scansion of multiple scenes and make it possible to put the waterlines of the gaze at different levels.
Elements
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The platform

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. 

Hand sketch by J. Utzon

The platform

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.

Picture: The ancient royal compound of Sigiriya.

Framing the gaze

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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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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