Workshop 60x60, BAP! Île De France in Versailles

  • Light timber frames and translucent plastic panels form the Workshop 60x60 installation in a Versailles courtyard, set against slate roofs under renovation.
  • Workshop 60x60 in Versailles: linear timber frame modules wrapped in translucent plastic film, set before a scaffolded facade under renovation.
  • Participants assemble a light 60x60 timber frame panel in the Cour de la Maréchalerie, Versailles, against façades under renovation wrapped in sheeting.
  • Narrow cobbled passage in Versailles framed by the Workshop 60x60 translucent timber structure and scaffold sheeting, with people seated at a table at the end.
  • Workshop 60x60 in Versailles: lightweight timber frame maze clad in translucent plastic, set against plywood hoarding and scaffolded facade under renovation.
  • Assembly of the Workshop 60x60 in Versailles courtyard, showing lightweight timber frames and translucent plastic panels erected against historic brick façades.

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

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

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