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Jacques Ferrier

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Jacques Ferrier
Born1959
Limoux, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationArchitect
AwardsPrix de la Première OEuvre du Moniteur, Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
PracticeJacques Ferrier Architecture
BuildingsHachette Livre Headquarters, French Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010
ProjectsBelle Méditerranée, Hypergreen, Concept Office
Websitehttp://www.jacques-ferrier.com

Jacques Ferrier is an architect and urban planner.

Biography

Following his architectural training at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville and the École Centrale de Paris, Jacques Ferrier created his own architecture firm in Paris in 1993 and has since worked both in France and on the international stage. His portfolio of work includes cultural facilities (such as the French Pavilion for Expo 2010 Shanghai and the Sailing Museum in Lorient in Brittany), headquarters (such as the headquarters of Champagnes Piper-Heidsieck & Charles Heidsieck in Reims, the head quarters of publishers Hachette Livre in Vanves, near Paris and the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse), public buildings (notably the Collège de France in Paris, the Research Center of Humanities and Social Sciences in Nantes, the Beijing International French School) and research centres, as well as urban development projects that chime with the ethos and philosophy of the agency: to create architecture and cities that contribute to a sustainable society.

With projects such as Belle Méditerranée, Concept Office and Hypergreen, in partnership with famous industrials, Jacques Ferrier has also undertaken innovative research activities. His humanistic vision for tomorrow’s cities finds its full expression in the concept of the Sensual City – an urban proposal developed for the French Pavilion in Shanghai – which seeks to answer the question of what urban design and planning should today be, and which is to be continued through his mission as consultant for the design and architecture of the Grand Paris Express rapid transit. In 2010, Jacques Ferrier and Pauline Marchetti created, in collaboration with the philosopher Philippe Simay, the Sensual City Studio, a research laboratory devoted to a forward-looking, humanistic and sensitive approach to the city and architecture.

Publications

Jacques Ferrier is the author of a number of works and articles on the subject of architecture. His architectural work has been the subject of many publications in France and abroad.

Recognition

He has been the recipient of a number of prizes and awards – in particular the Prix de la Première OEuvre du Moniteur (awarded by the journal Le Moniteur) – and has been nominated three times for the Grand prix national de l'architecture. He has been made both a Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite and a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

Main Achievements[1] · [2]

Major Ongoing Projects

Monographs

  • [1], MindWalks, 8 graphic narratives in Shanghai, Sensual City Studio, R-Diffusion, 2016
  • [2], The Architecture of Jacques Ferrier by Alexander Tzonis and Kenneth Powell, éditions Thames & Hudson, London, 2016
  • Belle Méditerranée, La Métropole Sensible / Towards a Sensory Metropolis, Sensual City Studio, Archibook, 2014
  • La Possibilité d'une ville, Arléa, Paris, 2013
  • Pavillon France, Archibooks, Paris, 2010
  • Cité de la Voile Eric-Tabarly, AAM Éditions/Ante Prima, Paris, 2008 ISBN 978-2871431886
  • Making Of, Hypergreen & Phare towers, AAM Éditions/Ante Prima-Paris, 2007
  • Concept Office, Architecture prototype, AAM Éditions/Ante Prima-Paris, 2005
  • Useful, The Poetry of useful Things / Utiles, la poésie des choses utiles, Birkhäuser-Basel-Boston-Berlin/Ante Prima-Paris, 2004
  • Stratégies du disponible, Passage piétons Édition-Paris, 2000

References