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Lacaton & Vassal: Freedom of Use
A focused reading of the bureau's work through expansion, transformation, and the politics of keeping buildings in use.
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Bureaus
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Cities
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Edition
Ilka Ruby, Andreas Ruby
Ruby Press · Berlin
Architects
People this book is currently attached to
Architect
Anne Lacaton
Born 1955 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
A French architect whose work expands housing and public programs through generous space, low-carbon reuse, and freedom of use.
Architect
Jean-Philippe Vassal
Born 1954 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
An architect whose collaborations with Anne Lacaton push adaptive reuse, winter gardens, and everyday generosity to the center of practice.
Bureaus
Practices this book is currently attached to
Cities
Cities surfaced through the current book relationships
City
Bordeaux
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
A city where housing transformation at Grand Parc became a landmark case for reuse over demolition.
City
Dunkirk
Hauts-de-France, France
A port city where Lacaton & Vassal staged one of their clearest arguments for preservation through duplication and extension.
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Paris
Ile-de-France, France
A base city for Lacaton & Vassal, where debates around housing, transformation, and cultural institutions remain especially charged.
Works
Precedents explicitly linked to this book in the current corpus