2004 Founded FRES architectes Paris.

2003-2004 Architect at Jakob+MacFarlane Architectes, Paris.

2002 Visiting Professor at the Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam.

2002-2003 Architect at Claus en Kaan Architecten, Amsterdam.

2000-2001 Architect at Köther en Salman Architekten, Amsterdam.

1998-2000 Post-graduate degree at the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville.

1997 Erasmus at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Copenhagen.

1994-1998 Architecture studies at the ENSAI, Strasbourg.

1975 Born in Nancy. France.

1st Prize Archi Design Club Awards 2013 - 11 to 50 dwellings. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.

Distinction PRIX AMO 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.

Nomination French First-Work Prize 2012. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.

Shortlisted WAN Residential Awards 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.

Shortlisted Ugo Rivolta European Social Housing Award 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.

1st Prize Renens Gare, Lausanne, Switzerland. International limited competition. 2014

1st Prize 18 dwellings social housing, Paris, France. Limited competition. 2013

1st Prize Theater Nouvelle Comedie of Geneva, Switzerland. Internation Open Competition. 2009

1st Prize Europan 7 in Nanterre, France. European Open Competition. 2003

2nd Prize Faculty of Psychology in Malaga, Spain. International Open Competition. 2008

3rd prize Public space CEVA Station of Chêne-Bourg, Switzerland. International Open Competition. 2011

4th prize Administrative and Magistrate’s Court of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. International Open Competition. 2012

5th prize Cinema Palace, Locarno, Switzerland, International Open Competition, 2012.

Mention 80 dwellings social housing, Petite Boissière in Geneva, Switzerland. Internationl Open Competition. 2011.

 

2010 Founded FRES architectes Geneva

2004 Founded FRES architectes Paris

2003 Architect at Nicolas Michelin Architectes, Paris

2002 Direction of the Biennial Architecture Workshops at Málaga

2000-2003 Architect at Claus en Kaan Architecten, Rotterdam

1999 Erasmus at the TU Eindhoven, the Netherlands

1993-2001 Architecture studies at the ETSA de Sevilla

1975 Born in San Sebastian. Spain

1st Prize Archi Design Club Awards 2013 - 11 to 50 dwellings. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.

Distinction PRIX AMO 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.

Nomination French First-Work Prize 2012. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.

Shortlisted WAN Residential Awards 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.

Shortlisted Ugo Rivolta European Social Housing Award 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.

1st Prize Renens Gare, Lausanne, Switzerland. International limited competition. 2014

1st Prize 18 dwellings social housing, Paris, France. Limited competition. 2013

1st Prize Theater Nouvelle Comedie of Geneva, Switzerland. Internation Open Competition. 2009

1st Prize Europan 7 in Nanterre, France. European Open Competition. 2003

2nd Prize Faculty of Psychology in Malaga, Spain. International Open Competition. 2008

3rd prize Public space CEVA Station of Chêne-Bourg, Switzerland. International Open Competition. 2011

4th prize Administrative and Magistrate’s Court of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. International Open Competition. 2012

5th prize Cinema Palace, Locarno, Switzerland, International Open Competition, 2012.

23 dwellings. Social Housing. 

Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France
Client: Pas-de-Calais Habitat
Project: 2006-2012
Realized 

Main architects : FRES architectes

Associated architects: KENK architecten

Our thinking focuses on finding new qualities in housing that develop from the interaction between the individual and the collective: a sustainable way of life with the qualities of individual housing.  Therefore we propose the association of very different typologies in an unique building: individual houses with garden, penthouse duplex with shared terrace, apartments with gardens on the groundfloor and panoramic dwellings, ranging from simplex to triplex dwellings.

The building respects the alignments on street and marks the angle by an extra height, redifining the street's urban space. The volume shape gives rhythm to the facade and create private and shared terraces. 

The materialisation of the building is conceived with the same idea of unity and diversity. The sliding windows show the diversity of spaces, while dark brick unifies the volume. The use of brick, a traditional construction material in Northern France sets the project in the continuity of the city, and at the same time, its unusual color and implementation makes it contemporary.