Machine / Stockage Vivant, La Petite Maison Associative

Eléonore Victoire Marie Robin

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Matteo Daniel Schaub

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Iván Serrano Herrero

 

In The Public Interior as Idea and Project, Mark Pimlott defines the machine as a metaphor for spaces that shape human behavior, organize movement, and optimize efficiency. Today, a machine’s efficiency lies in its adaptability, allowing multiple uses while preserving the coherence of its design. The project conceives the building as a machine, organizing and intensifying interactions. It transforms storage, often inneficient, into a central resource center, a true treasure of student life where students circulate, accumulate, borrow, sort, exchange, maintain and share. In this way, a frequently overlooked constraint becomes an architectural driver, fostering flexibility and collective life.

Team
Unit:
DC-LAB
Teachers:
Sophie Delhay
Assistants:
Melchior Dominique Marie Dechancé, Harry Waknine
Infos
Year:
2026
Period:
Y3 (BA), Y1 (MA), Spring
Category:
Semester Project
Topic:  
Architecture, Experimentation, Housing, Representation, Society, Theory
Copyright:
CC BY Licence
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