Many words come immediately to mind when talking about the architecture of Marc Barani: rigor, simplicity, effectiveness, power, archaism, respect to the landscape…

We will only retain three that -complementing each other- allow us to describe this career quite precisely. It is a career that, despite being apparently part of the white modernity, involves radical breaks. Territory, mass, infrastructure: three relatively exclusive words.

TERRITORY
This is the first constant in all the buildings by the architect from Nice: how they are capable of seeking yet a more fundamental support -a rock, a foundationbeyond the city and its fallacious scenography. They all take into account the slightest slope, the slightest crevice, to better anchor in geography.

MASS
By perceiving the space as a relief pierced by communication paths, the buildings -whatever their program- seek to achieve the critical mass that will allow them to develop their own force of attraction…

INFRASTRUCTURE
Like Claude Parent and Paul Virilio, Marc Barani works with the earth, in relations to the land. However, there are differences between these two approaches that make them irreconcilable, especially in relation to the notions of oblique and cryptic.

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Veste editoriale: Brossura
Formato: 23×28
Pagine: 112
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Lingua: E-GB
Anno: 2015

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CONTENTS

Refoundation. The 3 points of Marc Barani’s architecture
Richard Scoffier

Interview to Marc Barani
Vicente Mas Llorens, Débora Domingo Calabuig

Tram station, Nice. France
Villa in the South of France
Congress centre GRAND NANCY CONGRES – CENTRE PROUVÉ. France
Parking lot B Nice Côte d’Azur airport . France
Court of first Instance Aix in Provence. France
National Superior School of Photography or Arles. France

Hidden concrete in the Villa Savoye
Fernando Zaparaín Hernández

Few, but convincing words in the work of Mendes da Rocha
Andrés Martínez-Medina, Carlos L. Marcos Alba

Ephemeral concretes: spanish pavilions
Enrique Jerez Abajo

Vaulted systems and surrealism in Bonet Castellana. Materialization of individual space
José María López Martínez, Edith Aroca Vicente, Ricardo Carcelén González