There will be a bit of Romorantin in Venice in 2025. The “Living with” project has, in fact, been selected by the French Institute to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale, which will take place from May 24 to November 23 2025. It is supported by the Jakob + Macfarlane agency, in association with two architectural firms, Martin Duplantier and Éric Daniel-Lacombe.
The latter is not unknown, especially in Sologne. He had, in fact, joined forces with 3F Centre-Val de Loire to set up the “Bateau-lavoir” operation. A two-stage project, first in 2015 then in 2019, on the site of the former Matra factory, and intended to provide social housing built in such a way that it does not restrict the natural flow of courtyards. of water.
The Romorantin project spared by floods in 2016
This is certainly one of the reasons why these housing units were among the only ones to have been spared from the terrible floods of 2016. A little earlier, the architect had also received the “Grand Prix d’ménagement 2015: how to better build on flood-prone land? “.
“The resilience of buildings is one of our priorities, confirms the director of 3F Centre-Val de Loire, Souleye Diouf. In Romorantin, everything is built parallel to the Sauldre, so as not to constrain it. »
