Maud caubet architects brings the former ONF headquarters back to life

In the heart of the 12th district of Paris, next to the Sorbonne Nouvelle, the Racine project is transforming the former headquarters of the ONF (Office National des Forêts) and will bring new life to the neighbourhood at the end of 2023. The singular-looking building will be completely refurbished and will see its roof topped with a glass greenhouse as an extension to the sky.

Resulting from an enriching dialog between public, private and local stakeholders, the Racine project offers a slenderer silhouette as well as a mix of uses at the service of its inhabitants, users and of the neighbourhood.

Open to the city and its changing needs, the program integrates third places that can adapt to multiple possibilities and integrates different forms of urban nature on each of its floors. Vegetable gardens, agricultural greenhouses, living spaces and several levels of gardens will thus take place throughout the floors.

“For this project carried out with Alderan, we wanted to offer a useful refurbishment, a renovation which can be respectful of the 70’s architectural heritage, in line with the current and future needs and uses of this place. Our aim was to reveal the site and its potential to invent the future of the city through a happy architecture proposal. Bioclimatic, technical, and responsible architecture takes place in this project without ever being felt as such, to let people project in experience and poetry. Racine’s structure takes root on the ground and develops like a sculpture towards the sky through the glass extension of the greenhouse” explains Maud Caubet.

Origine is certified E3C2

Located in Nanterre, Origine office building has just been certified with the E3C2 label. Origine is the only  more than 8,000 sqm tertiary building in France tto obtain this label!

This exceptional label is an illustration of the will and the commitment of Maud Caubet Architects and Icade to reduce carbon footprint.

Origine is also certified BBCA 2017 Excellent, Effinergie BEPOS, HQE durable building Excellent, BREEAM Outstanding, Wiredscore Platinum, R2S 3 * (115 points: best score obtained from all projects submitted to the R2S Label to date), Ready to OsmoZ, Biodiversity. The responsible program is as well targeting NF HQE Biosourced building, WELL and LEED Gold.

Les echos draws Maud Caubet’s portrait

A few weeks ago, Julie Le Bolzer came and meet Maud Caubet to learn more about her approach, the agency’s projects, her values and her vision. The result is a beautiful portrait published today in Les Echos.

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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.

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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