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Off the Record: X-TU

With its “Off the record” section, AA gives the floor to architects through short Q&As. Founding architects of X-TU, Nicolas Desmazières and Anouk Legendre,  agreed to answer AA’s questions. 

  1. Being an architect is…
    Transforming stakes into spaces.

    La cité du vin, Bordeaux, 2016 © XTU / Julien Lanoo
    La cité du vin, Bordeaux, 2016 © XTU / Julien Lanoo
  1. My ideal commission
    A nest.
  1. My job in 20 years
    Resistance architect.
  1. The advice I would give a young architect
    To have well-reasoned audacity.
  1. What I wish to pass on to my collaborators
    The pleasure to do things right.
  1. The rising architect we should follow
    The weaverbird.
  1. The project I’d like to have done myself
    The weaverbird nest.

    Pavillon de la France à l'Expo Milano, 2015, Italie © X-TU
    French pavilion at the Expo Milano, 2015, Italy © X-TU
  1. Another career I’d have liked to pursue
    Being a bird to fully enjoy space and never have the feeling of working.
  1. A book, an object, a piece of art I particularly like
    The Milky Way in its dynamic.
  1. A place that inspires me
    The earth and the Icelandic Landmannalaugar.

 

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