Maud Caubet Architectes awarded twice by Global Architecture & Design Awards

I am honored that two of our projects have been awarded by the Global Design & Architecture Design Award 2021 organised by Rethinking The Future.

It is with immense pleasure that we receive the second prize in the Office Building category with Origine and the third prize of Housing category with Nouvelle Vague !

These two twinned projects were designed in order to meet with current and future environmental and social challenges. They have been designed to last, to have the lowest climate footprint and to offer an everyday well being. Thank you to Rethinking the Future for recognizing our work through these awards.

Origine as a role model for the office real estate mutation in Le Point

Last week, Le Point painted a portrait of new generation offices. Thank you to Bruno Monier-Vinard for introducing Origine among the new generation of exemplary offices where it is great to work and which have been designed for the planet and a greater well-being.

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A 7th edition of duo@work awards co-presided by Maud Caubet

The 7th edition of the Duo@Work Awards will be co-chaired by Maud Caubet and Rémi Vial-Collet, Ile-de-France regional director of Vinci Immobilier. Duo@Work prizes reward partnerships between architects and industrialists who have been able to pool their know-how in the service of innovative projects in France.

By promoting the most ingenious design partnerships, DUO@WORK Awards aim to promote and ensure recognition of the concerted approach of the Architect / Industrial tandem for the creation of products and processes applied to the act of building.

See you on September 23, 2021 for the Prize-Giving Ceremony at Architects@Work!

Report of the Journal du Grand Paris on Nouvelle Vague

Last Friday, Jacques Paquier, editor-in-chief of Le Journal du Grand Paris, visited our recently delivered Nouvelle Vague programme. Maud Caubet introduced the visit to this programme combining social housing, home buying, nursery and trades: “It is essential to first and foremost think of a programme by and for the quality of uses offered to those who will live and experience the proposed architecture. The architectural gesture without the quality of life(s) and use is of no use, in our opinion. This everyday comfort is largely due to the care taken in designing the outdoor spaces for each of the inhabitants, whatever form they may have”.

The outcome is this in-depth article, with a beautiful signature, reflecting this beautiful project so well.

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Zero Carbon Forum: time for action to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 !

For the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, La Tribune, the City of Paris and France Urbaine organise the Zero Carbon Forum on the 10th and 11th of December.

Maud Caubet is pleased to contribute along with Jacques Baudrier, Nicolas Prudhomme and Marc Verrecchia to a round-table discussion hosted by César Armand on the need to choose geosourced, biosourced and reused materials in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The architect has a responsibility and a role to play in accelerating the movement.

>> Forum Zéro Carbone (eventtia.com)

What are the health crisis impacts on architectural agencies ?

A few weeks ago, Maud Caubet answered Tema.archi’s questions on the daily life of architecture agencies in the midst of a health crisis. Be attentive to everyone, let the choice  between on-site or remote work, do not forget the importance of human contact, remain optimistic and kind… these were the keys shared by Maud Caubet during this interview. The activity continues and even if it is not ideal, “architects know how to do it”!

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DESIGNING THE CITY TODAY, EXCHANGE WITH WEDEMAIN

“The city of tomorrow will be more primitive, simpler. Diva architecture will probably have less of a hold on it, we will return to fundamentals and materials such as raw earth, wood, stone and many others… »

How designing the city for tomorrow? Imagine neighborhoods with the constraint of density; think with and for the living, women and men, lives, nature; build reversible, sustainable, adaptable buildings… Maud Caubet shares her belief and vision on what architecture and urban planning could be in the future  with WeDemain, a media featuring changemakers for a possible and attractive future.

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Renewal of the Tour Initiale at La Défense

Singular amongst its little sisters, the first tower built at La Défense has been starting a new life for a few days now. We are proud to have completed the refurbishment of the Tour Initiale, which is already hosting new occupants. Its refurbishment has been thought to suit  the city of tomorrow : the tower combines mixed-uses with multipurpose spaces, places for living, socialising, culinary and artistic rediscovery, relaxation and work. We worked for the long term with noble, long-lasting, quality materials, far from fashion trends. A tribute to the spirit of the place instilled by Jean Prouvé, through the reuse of vintage furniture, we wish to open art and make it accessible to all.
We are thus delivering a tower that will remain timeless, graceful and definitely Parisian.

La Tribune gives the floor to Maud Caubet in her summer issue Reinventing France

“Let’s go back to simplicity, to housing as a multi-purpose shelter that evolves and changes with the passing of the days, the seasons and outdoor events” proposes Maud Caubet.

Ways of thinking evolve, as do uses and needs. Architecture is working on the construction of tomorrow’s world with evolving and moving buildings, as shown by Maud Caubet’s reflections, shared in this special summer issue of La Tribune. A complete and comprehensive issue.

>> Link to the doanlowd journal 

Immoweek gives the floor to Maud Caubet: The Afterwards 

“When we modify our direct environment, it is our living conditions that we change. Let us think of architecture, cities and their ecosystems in that awareness and humility that will positively nourish our creativity.”

What will the world of tomorrow be made of? Thanks to Immoweek for soliciting Maud Caubet’s point of view. Let’s make room for humility, humanity and action for the best resilience.

>> Link to online article

Get a tour of our Origine project

We are glad to share with you the latest images of the progress of Origine construction site in Nanterre.

An eco-neighbourhood, exemplary offices, Origine anticipates the new uses of the city of tomorrow.

From design to construction, from idea to building… Dive with us into the heart of the Origine project and discover the stages of its construction.

>> Link to video