by 23 November 2023 0 comments

Atelier Samuel Beckett – Yvelines(78) – France

Project: Re-adaptation and renovation
Surface: 240 m2
Role : Architect
Status: Completed

Our clients commissioned us to adapt and restore this two-story house located in the picturesque village of Méricourt, standing high above a great loop of the River Seine, an hour northwest of Paris and a short distance from Claude Monet’s house and gardens at Giverny.

In Atelier Samuel Beckett, artists of all disciplines will be offered the opportunity to spend time at the residence to reflect on, research and develop projects. They will have access to the house’s extensive reference library and have the possibility of mentoring sessions with the hosts, two leading specialists of Beckett’s work.

 

Photos by Giaime Meloni

 

 by 25 January 2022 0 comments

Private Art Space – Paris – France

 

Project: Art Space
Surface: 570  m2
Role: Architect
Status: Completed

 

We converted a traditional woodworkers’ atelier in the Faubourg Saint- Antoine district of Paris into a multifunctional art space for a private collector of art and design.

 by 25 January 2022 0 comments

Saint-Colomban Ecclesiastical Centre – Serris (77) – France

 

Project carried out with Pier Carlo Bontempi

Project: Saint-Colomban ecclesiastical centre
Area: 2 500m2
Role: Architect / Urban planner
Status: Ongoing

 

The project is to create the «Saint-Colomban» church complex , consisting of a 570-seat church, a presbytery and a parish center. It is located in the heart of a new urban development project, the Pré de Claye, an extension of the town of Serris, one several semi-rural municipalities that make up the development consortium of Val d’Europe, not far from EuroDisney in the Seine-et-Marne.

For this complex serving Val d’Europe, our aim is to propose a building of simple dignity. A church made to meet the spiritual needs of the faithful, welcoming them into a broad community. We wanted the architecture to express both universal and specifically local architectural traditions. The nave is oriented East-West, the apse lit by the first ray of sunshine of the day, symbol of divine light illuminating human existence.

In line with local building traditions, the building materials are stone, brick, wood, plasterwork and roofs of natural slate. The wooden roof rafters of the church will be visible from the interior.

 by 6 December 2018 0 comments

Wineyard – Pauillac (33) – France

 

Location: Pauillac, France
Project:  Renovation and new development 
DRole: Architect / Urban planner
Status: Project

Our proposed project for the renovation and modernization of this winery in Bordeaux, founded in 1722, studies and considers the roots and history of this family business to provide a sound basis for its development into the future.

We analyzed the present facilities and at the client’s request proposed new ones, increasing the surface area by 3 300 m2. The most recent technologies for wine processing were included in our proposal.

We also proposed an adaptation of existing buildings, a surface area of 10 000 m2, to include facilities for wine tourism, trade, restaurants and a new administrative block, as well as a complete review of the landscaping of the whole site.

 by 5 January 2018 0 comments

Giant’s Causeway Visitors’ Centre – Ireland

 

Location: Northern Ireland
Project: Visitor Centre
Surface : 6 000 m2
Role: Architect
Status: Project

 

A water-filled rath appears on the ocean’s edge, within it, a basalt causeway. “Finn’s Place” rests gently upon it, an invitation to visitors who are enthusiastic and curious about the mythical aspects of our existence.

The Past, Present, and Future are linked by a Causeway. The project is a celebration of one of Ireland’s many rich landscapes and looks to a future where flexibility of spirit will help us all to move forward.

 by 3 April 2017 0 comments

Gallery for Chantal Crousel – Paris 3 – France

 

Location: Paris, France
Project: Contemporary Art Gallery
Surface : 690 m2
Role: Architect
Status: Complete

 

We reconverted and remodeled a rundown commercial space from the 1960’s and its medieval basements into a variety of exhibition spaces for contemporary art near the Pompidou Center in Paris.

 by 31 March 2017 0 comments

Rehabilitation and Transformation  of the Grand Hornu – Belgium

 

Location: Hornu, Belgium
Project: Rehabilitation of a 19th century industrial complex
Surface: 150 000 m2
Role: Architect and planner
Status: Completed

 

The Grand Hornu is a remarkable historic mining and industrial complex dating from the industrial revolution. Set up between 1810 and 1830 by Henri De Gorge, a captain of industry of French origin, it constitutes a truly urban-scale project, an example of functional town planning in Europe at the beginning of Industrial Revolution.
The Grand Hornu includes workshops, offices, housing for workers, etc. The vast workshops include arcades, pediments and windows in half-moons giving a sustained rhythm to the exteriors.
Today, the site houses the Museum of Contemporary Arts of the French Community in Belgium, offering restaurants, bookshop, shops, conference-rooms, among other services.

 

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 by 6 February 2017 0 comments

New Look for Tour de France

 

Location: France
Project: Development of a new brand image for the world-famous Tour de France annual bicycle race
Surface : n/a
Role: Architect/ design with Desgrippes Gobe asso. + Martin Francis
Status: Completed

One of the biggest sporting events in the world, the Tour de France decided to redesign all of its infrastructure. In this ambitious undertaking, we worked to devise the installation that, every day on television screens all over the world, popularize the Tour and make it one of the greatest shows on earth.

 

The Tour de France, one of the biggest and most popular sporting events in the world, is rebranding the totality its infrastructure. As part of this ambitious undertaking, we designed the installations that are seen every day of the Tour on television screens all over the world.


Since 1996, Mellett Architects has been engaged by Amaury Sports Organization to renovate all the Tour de France installations. Every year, a new creation has been added to this futurist family of structures and objects: first the Protocol Podium, then the finishing line, the press tribune, the starting line, the launching pad for time trials, and most recently the red flame and the identification signage on the route.


Each of these elements has been studied for mobility, extensibility, transportability and speed of setup and installation. A European team has pooled their skills to attain a result that is both efficient and aesthetic. The team that includes Desgrippes Gobe Associates, British designer Martin Francis, RFR agency, German pneumatic engineer Udo Rutsche, a Dutch company and a French car-body designer. Probably our best example in this series is the Pierre Perrève time trials ramp, named after our former colleague who participated in the project. A piece of equipment whose design and ergonomics are perfectly in line with the new image of the Tour : avant-garde, high-tech and esthetically compelling.

 

 

 by 31 January 2017 0 comments

Renovation of the Irish Embassy – Paris (75) – France

 

Location: Paris, France
Project: Restoration and rehabilitation of a listed townhouse
Surface: 2 400 m2
Role: Architect and interior design
Status: Completed

 
We restored the Hôtel de Breteuil, a listed building dating back to the end of the 19th century located on the Avenue Foch and which has housed the Embassy of Ireland in Paris since 1954. Our brief included the renovation of the exterior of the building — stone facades, roof, exterior woodwork, gate doors, and all the metal components including the cast iron garden fence on Avenue Foch, as well as the adjoining garden.
The focus of the interior renovation of the Embassy was to reinstate the splendor of the building using traditional techniques and the know-how of specialized craftsmen. We were responsible for the complete interior renovation, conformity with fire safety standards, and accessibility for disabled persons as well as a full review of the security systems, access control and anti-intrusion systems, preparation and monitoring of the renovation of the reception rooms, 17th century wooden panels, interior woodwork, parquet floors, stucco, painting and gilding, chandeliers, tapestries, curtains and furniture..