{"id":44809,"date":"2014-07-03T17:05:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T15:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/hotel-fouquet\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T11:00:05","slug":"hotel-fouquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/hotel-fouquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotel Fouquet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The design of the building housing the Hotel Fouquet by architect Edouard Fran\u00e7ois is based on the \u201dshell & core\u201d procedure. Shell, or in other words the external volume, the facades and the way they interact with the light, and landscaping. Core, or the general functions of the hotel, the organization and definition of the spaces, limited to primary vertical and horizontal separations.\u00a0<\/span>The interiors, i.e. the materials (surfaces of walls, floors and ceilings), the added volumes (lower ceilings, double walls, niches, columns and alcoves), the illumination (lights and colours) and the furniture are not the responsibility of the architect, but of the interior decorator.\u00a0<\/span>In this context, and in close collaboration with Dominique Desseigne, Edouard Fran\u00e7ois has first and foremost defined the important elements of the project, to conceive and renovate this building located in what is referred to as the Parisian golden triangle.\u00a0<\/span>The project consisted of: uniting the seven units of the block, making them appear as an aggregate and transform this new entity into an authentic Parisian monument; uniting the courtyards and turning them into sole, scenic garden; planning the interiors so as to assure a smooth, clear and unhindered circulation, by creating a service architecture for the 350 employees working in the building; re-inventing the back of Fouquet\u2018s to unite the restaurant and the building; installing a multifunctional spa as part of the general project of the hotel. When the hotel was opened, the only visible elements of Edouard Fran\u00e7ois\u2018 project, which is by way of parenthesis protected by copyright, were the facades defined as \u201dmoul\u00e9-trou\u00e9\u201d (\u201dpierced mould\u201d) in grey stone and the 8000 aluminium branches of the garden. The \u201dmoul\u00e9-trou\u00e9\u201d facades were presented to the public of at the Pavillon de l\u2019Arsenal and, in 2005, at the International Contemporary Art Fair in Basle.<\/span><\/p>\n