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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COMPAGNONS | STRASBOURG | France
COMPAGNONS | STRASBOURG | France
Compagnons du Devoir | Strasbourg | France
client: Trianon Résidences
program: housings | shop
area: 7.800 m²
cost: 12,4 m€
sustainability: wood frame | urban agriculture
status: Competition 2021
team: project director: Annelies Bal + Ricardo Bodini, Sara Kocevska
