Fire and the City

What role has fire played in the major transformations of cities and society?
A lecture by Vincent Lavergne on the theme of fire, this Friday, May 20, at Cité Fab in Marseille, as part of Materia Incognita.

“Diversity(ies), adapting the city to the world to come”

Vincent Lavergne was a guest speaker at one of the conferences held as part of the Entretiens de Chaillot, at the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, on Monday, January 22, 2024.

Manifesto

The agency is built on dual expertise in architecture and urban planning.
Firmly committed to adapting cities, our approach is based on the idea of a mixed city, where ecological and climate transitions and social progress are part of the same process.

The Inauguration of the French National Forestry Office Headquarters

To mark this symbolic day, elected officials and partners were present, alongside Marc Fesneau, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty.

REGARDS n°117 de l’AGAM

What improvements in living conditions can roof transformations, vertical extensions, or rooftop conversions bring to the people already living in these buildings?

#85 La Maison ONF

The ONF’s new headquarters project as seen by the Pavillon de l’Arsenal.

Manifeste – Archistorm N°121

We see the city , a living, ever-evolving organism, as the primary ground for our work, and as a solution to the challenges of our time. Inspired by the work of Philippe Panerai, who passed away recently and whose absence is already deeply felt, we strive to bring clarity to complex situations.

Boarding House, Saint-Lazare District

In the heart of Gare Saint-Lazare, we inaugurated the first boarding house in Paris’s 8th arrondissement.
A tailor-made design for ICF Habitat La Sablière and the operator, Solidarités Nouvelles pour le Logement.

The Inauguration of The Metropolitan

The rehabilitation of a former urban wasteland in the northern suburbs of Paris was marked by an inauguration where dancers performed along the central fault line surrounding the 283 housing units.

Bati journal

Interview with Vincent Lavergne and Samuel Poutoux about the new headquarters of the French National Forestry Office.

COM d’ARCHI S4#15

"Wood at the Forefront: The New ONF Headquarters"
An interview with Samuel Poutoux (Atelier WOA) and Vincent Lavergne.

Podcast #02: Headquarters of the French National Forestry Office Vincent Lavergne Architecture Urbanisme X Atelier WOA

The new headquarters of the French National Forestry Office in Maisons-Alfort, designed by the architectural firms VLAU and Atelier WOA, offers the public institution a cutting-edge building driven by significant technical and social innovation.
Built with timber sourced from forests managed by the ONF, the project creates innovative, collaborative workspaces that foster well-being.

Podcast #01: Redevelopment of the Watt Tower

Transforming a 1970s tower to adapt it to contemporary lifestyles and the new urban conditions of the Paris Rive Gauche district.

Watt Tower

The Watt Tower — renovation, vertical extension, and expansion — completed in 2021, as seen by illustrator Camille Aguilera.

How to articulate social progress and ecological transition?

This is one of the key issues addressed by the VILLA DOMA project, presented this morning in Salon-de-Provence (13) to regional housing stakeholders.
The project includes 219 social rental housing units for Adoma (CDC Habitat Group), in collaboration with Eiffage Construction.

VLAU Méditerranée

We’re delighted to start 2022 with the announcement of VLAU’s arrival in the Mediterranean.

In Paris, the battle of ecology versus social issues

“Building a city” and “building ecology”, two contradictory movements with inverted trajectories, abandoned by politicians on one hand and co-opted on the other? In Paris, based on the results of the last European elections, the stage is set for the upcoming municipal elections

Housing Cycle – Building More and More, But How?

How can we meet housing production needs — where should we build, and in what urban forms — in a context shaped by the ZAN law (Zero Net Land Take), urban sprawl, a growing demand for nature in certain cities, and resistance to density from both local residents and some elected officials?

URBATECTURA

Concrete Solutions for the Resilient City
Travelling exhibition in Spain.

Detroit, restarting the urban engine

The example of Detroit in the United States can be seen as a true phase of urban decline — and perhaps the starting point of a new urban paradigm. “Reanimate the ruins” was the theme of a design competition launched in 2014 to lift the city out of its depression.

The suburbs, turnkey cities?

The leading force overseeing the making of a city like Paris is the tension between, on one hand, a centripetal movement formed by the appropriation of both resources and living forces and, on the other hand, a centrifugal movement of production facilities and of the work force

French all-concrete: a long history

Our modern society is the direct product of, mainly, the industrial revolution and both of the 20th century’s world conflicts. However, while the industrial revolution is an official part of our national history, the legacy of world wars’ structuring role in regards to modern societies is less known of a topic.

Presentation of the “Metropolitan” at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal.

Présentation du "Metropolitan" au Pavillon de l'Arsenal