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Entwurf • Design A6A, FR-Bordeaux
„Wo früher Protoypen und Miniaturen entstanden,
bauen wir heute unsere Architekturmodelle.“
atelier 6 architecture
Grundriss 1. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +1 garden that connects the two buildings. Enclosed at the sides by walls,
Querschnitt • Transversal section
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan Längsschnitt • Longitudinal section tects themselves and the wooden furniture was custom-made.
Bauherr • Client A6A, FR-Bordeaux
Standort • Location 21 Rue du Furtado, FR-Bordeaux
Nutzfläche • Floor space 170 m 2
Fotos • Photos Rory Gardiner, GB-London
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 166
L‘ATELIER
IN BORDEAUX
From the garage door to the main entrance, from the
model-making workshop to the building workshop: In
the culturally rich port city of Bordeaux, 550 metres from
Saint-Jean Central Station, atelier 6 architecture (A6A)
designed its own office. Where prototypes and miniatu-
res were once created, the space is now used for the cre-
ative design and planning of architectural projects.
O n the street side is the first of the two buildings, which is part of a
two-storey row of houses. Whereas the previously crusty sandsto-
ne façade has lost the traces of time after cleaning, the historic inscripti-
on “L. Aubert Modeleur” still adorns the lintel of the garage door, which
A6A has turned into the main entrance of its new office. Fitting, since
the architects’ model-making workshop is located here today. Polished
limestone-concrete flooring, the exposed brickwork and the minima-
list birch-wood shelving harmonize in a functional, calm atmosphere.
A white curtain divides the open-plan reception- and workshop space
with a material library. The transparent fabric provides a view of the
a kind of modern hortus conclusus is created that unites architecture
and nature and produces an unexpected calm in the urban hustle and
bustle. The garden was paved with demolition material, with wooden
planks put down at the sides and leading on to the former warehouse
building with its diamond-shaped floor plan. Due to its ruinous condi-
tion, only the outer walls and the filigree steel support structure of the
existing building have been preserved. A6A organizsed the conversion
in such a way that the complete building envelope, meaning the space,
remains perceptible in its entire height and width. The free-standing
construction made of birch plywood, in which separate areas such as
meeting rooms, kitchen and toilet are integrated, is striking. A quarter-
turn staircase leads up to the “roof terrace” of this extremely aesthetic
room-in-room solution. Workstations with a view are located along the
attica. This installation follows the lintel height of 3.50 metres on the
façade. Above this height, the interior surfaces of the exterior walls are
coated with light-grey acoustic spray plaster, which is continued on the
underside of the pitched roof; below this, the walls are clad in white.
The steel support structure of the building was reinforced and painted
in the same white colour as the ceiling fans and linear lighting was
attached to it. The concrete floor was poured and polished by the archi-
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