Jean Nouvel

Jean Nouvel (born the August 12th 1945 with Fumel, Lot-et-Garonne, France) is a Architecte French.

Biography

He wants to be a painter, but is registered in 1964 at the School of the Art schools of Bordeaux in architecture. In 1966, it is allowed first with the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of the fine arts of Paris.

After having worked at Claude Parent, the father of the “oblique function”, and in the intellectual mobility of the architect Paul Virilio, it founds in 1970 its first agency with François Seigneur.

New its diploma for the occupation of architect DPLG in 1971 obtains and meets the critic Georges Boudaille thanks to which he becomes architect of Biennial of Paris. It then practices scenography in particular for the section structures and design of the exposure the Fifties to the Center Pompidou in 1988, and more recently that of the exposure the Future of work and Mobility for the Expo 2000 to Hanover.

In 1976, it meets the scenographer Jacques Marquet which makes him discover the theater world and the setting in scene.

Jean Nouvel always posted militant, even polemical standpoint as for the problems and decisions concerning architecture and the city.

Jean Nouvel is cofounder of the movement of French architect March 1976 , of the Trade union of Architecture, and one of the principal organizers of the international consultation for the installation of the district of the Halles of Paris. In 1980 it founds the Biennial one of architecture within the framework of Biennial of Paris.

After the Institute of the Arab world and after its project for the refitting of the Markets in 2004 was isolated, the Musée of the quay Branly inaugurated the June 23rd 2006 in Paris east its last prestigious realization in the French capital.

Beginning 2006, the Swiss company Nestlé, directed by Nelly Wenger, presents its new line of chocolate packing for the products of the mark Cailler, drawn by Jean Nouvel. The Swiss population, accustomed to traditional paper packing, very badly accommodates new packing out of plastic, considered to be not very ecological and, very luxurious of appearance, not very in conformity with the awaited traditional image of the product. The Denner retailer creates the event while refusing to sell the new chocolates and by showing the company to sell them expensive than front. End 2006, the Nestlé company announces the abandonment of Jean Nouvel packing.

Price

1983 : Knight of the Order of Arts and the Letters;
1983: Money medal of the Academy of Architecture;
1983: Docteur Honoris Causa of the University of Buenos Aires;
1987: Knight of the National order of the Merit;
1987: national Grand Prix of architecture, Price Aga Khan and prize winner of the Square of money for the Institute of the Arab world;
1990: Architectural Price Record for the Saint-James hotel;
1993: Honorary fellow, AIA Chicago (American Institute off Architects);
1995: Honorary fellow, RIBA (Royal Institute off British Architects);
1997: Commander in the Order of Arts and the Letters;
1999: Gold medal of the Academy of French architecture;
2000: Gold lion to the Biennale de Venise;
2001: Premio Internazionale di Architettura Francesco Borromini, edizione 2001.
2003: First Price of International of Architecture by UNESCO (unesco.org) for the whole of its Work and Special mention for the Project YEAR USVACUM (Jean Nouvel Workshops) (Paris France)
2005: Wolf Foundation Prize in Arts (Architecture)

Principal achievements

1976 : Medico-surgical center of the Valley-Our-Lady with Bezons, Val-d'Oise, France.
1978: College Anne Franck with Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
1981-1987: Institute of the Arab world with Paris (photographs)
1983: Municipal theater of Belfort, France (photographs)
1985-1987: Nemausus 1 (114 residences) with Nimes, France (photographs)
1986-1993: Restoration of the Opera of Lyon, France (photographs)
1987-1989: Saint-James hotel with Bouliac, France (photo)
1988: INIST with Vandœuvre-the-Nancy, France (photographs)
1989: The Tower without ends with Defense, France (prize winner project noncarried out, photographs)
1990: Center of the Congresses (Vinci) with Turns, France (photographs)
1991-1995: Lafayette Gallery in Berlin, Germany (photographs)
1994: Foundation Cartier in Paris (photo)
1995: The shopping mall of Euralille in Lille, France (Rem Koolhaas being the town-planner to conceive the whole of the urban project)
1998: Dentsu Tower with Tokyo, Japan (photographs: 1 & 2)
1999: Palate of the culture and the congress of Lucerne, Swiss (photographs)
2000: Law courts of Nantes, France (photographs)
1998-2002: Arteplage with Morat, Switzerland for Expo 02 (photograph)
1999-2001: Kölnturm, Cologne, Germany (photo)
1999-2002: Rehabilitation of the Gasometers of Vienna, Austria (photo)
2001: Extension of the museum Queen Sophie to Madrid, Spain (photographs: 1 & 2)
2002: Monolith of the Expo 02 with Morat, Switzerland (photo)
2001: Doors of the Sainte-Marie Church of Sarlat, France, reconverted in market hall.
2001-2003: Torre Agbar with Barcelona, Spain (photographs: 1,2,3)
2003: Vesuna museum with Périgueux, France (photo)
2006: Theater Guthrie (Guthrie Theater), Mineapolis, the Wikipédia United States English
2006: Museum of the quay Branly (Museum of Arts first) in Paris
2006: Nelly Wenger, owner of Nestlé Swiss, presents the new line of packing of the Chocolat To curdle, created by Jean Nouvel.

Projects in progress

2002: Launching of the project of the future Guggenheim museum located at Rio-of-Janeiro at Brazil: it will be the sixth of the Guggenheim foundation after those of Berlin, Venice, Bilbao, New York and Las Vegas.
April 2007: Jean Nouvel, associated with Marshall Day Acoustics Ltd , gains the contest for the Philharmonie of Paris, new, capacity concert hall of 2.400 places, which will be located close to the Cité of the Music from the Villette in Paris and whose opening is envisaged in 2012.
at the end of 2007: A Watery Center (fine of work envisaged in 2009), as for the project of a Center of the Sea and Sustainable development whose tower would culminate with 120 meters it had been accepted but it will be deferred. Le Havre, France.
2007: Symphonic room, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008-2010: Turn of offices " hopper suède" of 130 meters in the perimeter of Euroméditerranée in Marseilles (France). * 2008: a Skyscraper of 75 stages with New York Photo

External bonds

Agency Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel on Archiguide

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