TRIPTYQUE ARCHITECTURE + PHILIPPE STARCK
VILLA M TAKES AMAZON TO PARIS WITH TROPICAL BUILDING
DESIGNED BY FRENCH-BRAZILIAN TRIPTYQUE ARCHITECTURE , WITH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION OF THE SPACES SIGNED BY PHILIPPE STARCK , VILLA M AIMS TO CREATE A NEW PACT BETWEEN CITIES , NATURE , AND HEALTH .
A naturalistic manifest : this is the definition of Villa M , a mixed-use complex located in Boulevard Pasteur , in the Parisian borough of Montparnasse .
The program , imagined by Thierry Lorente and Amanda Lehmann of Groupe Pasteur Mutualité , is a mixed use building including a Hotel by Paris Society , a coworking , and a dynamic healthcare-focused center .
Its architecture stands out with its living building , whose geometry is formed by metallic structure beams , conceived to house medicinal herbal plants , fruit trees , and medium to large sized perennial species .
Designed as an exoskeleton , the building has a minimalist , light look , composed by prefabricated pieces as in a building game .
“ The edifice itself is the support for this vertical garden , which will grow and occupy the entire façade , turning the building into a vertical , medicinal forest , and becoming the main architecture ,” explains Olivier Raffaelli , Triptyque partner and architect designer of Villa M .
In addition to the reintegration of nature to the city through architecture , the living-building contributes with sustainability , since it collaborates with the thermal comfort and , therefore , with the building ’ s energetic efficiency .
“ We have explored all of the available surfaces to potentialize the greenery and to avoid energy and carbon waste ,” explains Gui Sibaud , Triptyque partner and architect designer of Villa M . The environmental responsibility is also present in the basic and organic material choices , proposing a low-tech architecture .
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