Workshop 60x60, BAP! Île De France in Versailles

  • Assembly of the Workshop 60x60 in Versailles courtyard, showing lightweight timber frames and translucent plastic panels erected against historic brick façades.
  • Assembly of the Workshop 60x60 timber frame in Versailles courtyard, with standard 60x60 sections forming a sloping wall against the historic façade.
  • Light timber frames and translucent plastic panels form the Workshop 60x60 installation in a Versailles courtyard, set against slate roofs under renovation.
  • Translucent plastic-clad timber frame of Workshop 60x60 in Versailles, forming a linear passage on a raised platform against historic slate-roof buildings.
  • Workshop 60x60 in Versailles: linear timber frame modules wrapped in translucent plastic film, set before a scaffolded facade under renovation.
  • Axonometric view of Workshop 60x60 in Versailles, showing a grid of light timber frames and translucent plastic film forming a temporary labyrinthine volume.
  • Narrow corridor in the Workshop 60x60 installation in Versailles, showing repetitive timber frames, translucent plastic walls and a blurred figure in depth.
  • Axonometric diagram of the Workshop 60x60 wooden frame in Versailles, showing 60 cm spaced 60x60 mm beams and simple connector system for manual assembly.
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    Axonometric diagram of Workshop 60x60 in Versailles, showing intersecting 60x60mm timber frames and panel joints defining a modular, scaffold-like structure.
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    Axonometric diagram of Workshop 60x60 in Versailles, showing a modular 60x60cm timber frame grid forming open cells like a walkable scaffold-labyrinth.
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    Axonometric view of Workshop 60x60 in Versailles, showing a modular 60x60 wooden frame grid with translucent perimeter panels forming open and enclosed bays.
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Project description

This workshop, organized as part of the second edition of the Île-de-France Architecture and Landscape Biennial, explores the potential of a basic wooden frame construction system using standard sections (2400x60x60mm). The prefabrication and assembly of manually transportable panels shape the form, while a translucent plastic film encloses the spaces. Varied sequences, consisting of open-air pieces, emerge within this ambiguous architecture, part-labyrinth, part-scaffolding. A poetic chance, the installation enters into dialogue with the facades under renovation in the Cour de la Maréchalerie.

Project details

  • Address
    5 avenue de Sceaux, Versailles, Yvelines
  • Dates
    2021-2022
  • Programme
    student workshop, temporary installation
  • Surface area
    103 m2
  • Notable details
    Timber frame, polyethylene sheeting
  • Selected media

Credits

  • Project management
    Tectoniques (architect, lead), MEHA Construction Bois (Sponsor), Cédric Libert, ENSASE (Acknowledgements), Klaas de Rycke, ENSAV (Acknowledgements)
  • Photography
    Salem Mostefaoui

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