architect: r&sie… paris (name of the agency at this time: françois roche) > key dimensions: 3,000 m2 > client: japan government > cost: 10 m$ > text: design of japanese art foundation in paris, in front of the seine river > scenario: 1) hypertrophy the double sensation, between shinto and manga - cavernous, dark, soft, humid, sensorial, smelling mushroom on one part of the building - crystalline, cold, luminous, dry, technological on the other part. 2) using it like an individual zapping of perception. |