Designer’s statement
Over the past twenty years Lille has become a European hub; adestination for business and congress, a great place to study and live and also
a tourist destination. It is a city with a turbulent history of conquest and
reconquest, a heritage as an important medieval city and later the industrial
capital. It is this history, the unique and striking presence of remnants of
ramparts of the citadel, which the project seeks to mention.
Our project emerges from the idea of creating an urban catalyst,accommodating three distinct programmes on a triangular site. By placing a
program in each point of the triangle we offer maximum privacy while allowing
them a closeness and continuity of space, organized around a garden, like a
cloister of calm in the center of the city. The lifting of the mass of the
programme at the corners illuminates and activates the adjacent public spaces
and creates a continuity from outside to inside the building.
