Ateliers Médicis

Ateliers Médicis
© Olivier Campagne

Ateliers Médicis

Muoto

ARCHITECTS
Muoto, Titan

PHOTOGRAPHS
Olivier Campagne

AREA
6600 M²

CONSULTANTS
Les Eclaireurs, Bollinger & Grohmann, Sempervirens, Espace Temps, Ducks Scéno, Peutz, Fabrice Bougon

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Clichy-sous-bois, France

CATEGORY
Gallery, Cultural Center

This facility, located in the outer suburbs of Paris, is emblematic of the renewal of public cultural policies. 

The aim of the program is to create new dynamics between artistic creation, research, and education, by creating spaces for artists’ workshops, exhibitions, performances, and rehearsals.

Ateliers Médicis
© Olivier Campagne
Ateliers Médicis
© Olivier Campagne
Ateliers Médicis
© Olivier Campagne

It is a place dedicated to the diversity of gestures and of speech.

The building is structured around a radiating configuration that deconstructs the “black box” concept. The main auditorium, located in the center, opens onto all the spaces around, creating possibilities for a dozen different scenic configurations.

Ateliers Médicis
© Olivier Campagne
Ateliers Médicis
© Olivier Campagne

Performances and exhibitions are therefore free to take place simultaneously and evolve over time.

The simple volume stands out from the neighboring projects currently under construction, bringing a sense of calm and clarity to the public spaces.

The external surfaces have an appearance of luxury that would not be out of place in the courtyard of the Louvre.

The glass façades are coupled with monumental silvered shutters that constitute an architecture, reminiscent of the imagination inherent in performance.

Ateliers Médicis
© Olivier Campagne
Ateliers Médicis
© Olivier Campagne

The peripheral passageways fulfill a temperature management function, like ventilated winter gardens that provide warmth in winter and cool in summer.


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