ROOF

Two roofs, a roof on a roof. The most primitive element of construction but also the most political one. A shelter, a protection, but also a symbol of community. One is flat, the other one is pitched. One is warm, the other one is cold. One is a senior, the other one is a junior, They embrace each other, They contradict each other, Yet they form one.

When getting closer, one starts to understand it. The existing has given away from its surface, one third of it. Chapiteau has taken up the heart of the former and becomes its new centre. All eyes on Chapiteau, it is the event of the neighborhood.

SHIFT

15 degrees. The angle of the intervention. The shift is physical. But not only, it’s also functional. Between the columns, a rotated square, at 15 degrees. The physical shift. Between the columns, an appropriable, versatile, porous space. The functional shift. A movie, a play, a tournament, a market, a dancing class, You do what you want to do.

When one walks through the space, one starts to understand it The grids have crossed, on one third, Creating a joyful confusion, One walks at 15 degrees, One plays at 15 degrees, One gathers at 15 degrees.

CURTAIN

A curtain, Or at least it looks like one. Light and transparent, The curtain leans on the existing, Celebrating this connexion, Marking the border between them, Yet embracing their differences, Concrete and steel, Warm and cold, A zig zag, Zig - zag, Zig, One gets lost, Zag, One observes, Zig, One plays hide and seek, Zag, One finds peace in a corner,

Living under chapiteau,Crossing perspectives under the chapiteau