XTU is an award-winning architecture and design firm founded in 2000 by principal architects ANOUK LEGENDRE and NICOLAS DESMAZIERES. Located in Paris, France, XTU specializes primarily in academic and environmental research in addition to residential and cultural buildings.
The portfolio of the firm displays several museum projects beginning with the Jeongkok Museum in South Korea followed by the Museum of Civilizations on Reunion Island and the Cite du Vin Museum in Bordeaux. The firm is also responsible for the French Pavilion at the Milano Expo. In these projects, XTU explores complex geometries with the integration of parametric design. A free and organic approach encourages the use of a wooden structure synchronized in 3D.
So many flagship projects which synthesize in a unitary form, geographical integration and putting uses into perspective.
Ecological projects that make sense.
Convinced that living organisms will be the biotechnology revolution of tomorrow, XTU engages its innovative research on the themes of bio-inspired and photosynthetic architecture. In addition to these innovations, XTU also develops biofacades for cultivating plankton species on the exteriors of buildings and creating new architectural ecosystems.
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xtu _ the agency
ARCHITECTURE | SUSTAINABILITY | BIODIVERSITY
XTU is an award-winning architecture and design firm founded in 2000 by principal architects ANOUK LEGENDRE and NICOLAS DESMAZIERES. Located in Paris, France, XTU specializes primarily in academic and environmental research in addition to residential and cultural buildings.
The portfolio of the firm displays several museum projects beginning with the Jeongkok Museum in South Korea followed by the Museum of Civilizations on Reunion Island and the Cite du Vin Museum in Bordeaux. The firm is also responsible for the French Pavilion at the Milano Expo. In these projects, XTU explores complex geometries with the integration of parametric design. A free and organic approach encourages the use of a wooden structure synchronized in 3D.
So many flagship projects which synthesize in a unitary form, geographical integration and putting uses into perspective.
Ecological projects that make sense.
Convinced that living organisms will be the biotechnology revolution of tomorrow, XTU engages its innovative research on the themes of bio-inspired and photosynthetic architecture. In addition to these innovations, XTU also develops biofacades for cultivating plankton species on the exteriors of buildings and creating new architectural ecosystems.
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xtu _ the agency
ARCHITECTURE | SUSTAINABILITY | BIODIVERSITY
XTU is an award-winning architecture and design firm founded in 2000 by principal architects ANOUK LEGENDRE and NICOLAS DESMAZIERES. Located in Paris, France, XTU specializes primarily in academic and environmental research in addition to residential and cultural buildings.
The portfolio of the firm displays several museum projects beginning with the Jeongkok Museum in South Korea followed by the Museum of Civilizations on Reunion Island and the Cite du Vin Museum in Bordeaux. The firm is also responsible for the French Pavilion at the Milano Expo. In these projects, XTU explores complex geometries with the integration of parametric design. A free and organic approach encourages the use of a wooden structure synchronized in 3D.
So many flagship projects which synthesize in a unitary form, geographical integration and putting uses into perspective.
Ecological projects that make sense.
Convinced that living organisms will be the biotechnology revolution of tomorrow, XTU engages its innovative research on the themes of bio-inspired and photosynthetic architecture. In addition to these innovations, XTU also develops biofacades for cultivating plankton species on the exteriors of buildings and creating new architectural ecosystems.
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xtu _ the agency
ARCHITECTURE | SUSTAINABILITY | BIODIVERSITY
XTU is an award-winning architecture and design firm founded in 2000 by principal architects ANOUK LEGENDRE and NICOLAS DESMAZIERES. Located in Paris, France, XTU specializes primarily in academic and environmental research in addition to residential and cultural buildings.
The portfolio of the firm displays several museum projects beginning with the Jeongkok Museum in South Korea followed by the Museum of Civilizations on Reunion Island and the Cite du Vin Museum in Bordeaux. The firm is also responsible for the French Pavilion at the Milano Expo. In these projects, XTU explores complex geometries with the integration of parametric design. A free and organic approach encourages the use of a wooden structure synchronized in 3D.
So many flagship projects which synthesize in a unitary form, geographical integration and putting uses into perspective.
Ecological projects that make sense.
Convinced that living organisms will be the biotechnology revolution of tomorrow, XTU engages its innovative research on the themes of bio-inspired and photosynthetic architecture. In addition to these innovations, XTU also develops biofacades for cultivating plankton species on the exteriors of buildings and creating new architectural ecosystems.
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Eco-district | kazan | russia
Eco-district | kazan | russia
ECO-DISTRICT | Kazan | Russia
client: Kazan city + Knight Frank
situation: Former explosives manufacturing site
program: Housings | co-working | public facilities | sports
area: 703 Ha
partners: Tera Scape | JTP | Architecture Desant
sustainability: phytoremediation | agriculture | wood construction
status: Winner competition 2019
team: project director: Stefania Maccagnan + Boris Beth, Guillaume Martin
