The Female Voice in Modern Design: 1950-2000 2022 Status: CompletedLocation: New York CityClient: Carpenters Workshop GalleryDesign: AtelierTek Architects (Serge Drouin, Florence Methot)Curator: Daniella Ohad Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, women were the minority in the profession of design, struggling to express their voices in a male-dominated field. Typically trained in traditionally “feminine” […]
Be’er Sheva – The Tent and The Well 2021 Location: Be’er Sheva, IsraelClient: Jewish National FundStatus: Competition; FinalistProgram: Cultural Livnot u’lehibanot, we build it and are built by it. As architects, we embrace the chance to form that which can be formative. For this ideas competition, we envision a vibrant place for the ingathering of […]
Columbia University Manhattanville Masterplan 2005 – 2007 Serge Drouin as Architect at Renzo Piano Building Workshop Status: CompletedLocation: Manhattanville, New York, USAClient: Columbia UniversityProgram: EducationalDesign: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Joost Moolhuijzen Partner in Charge, Serge Drouin Architect in Charge, in collaboration with SOMConsultants: Vanderweil Engineers; Buro Happold; BDSP; F. La Cecla; James Corner Field Operations; […]
Exhibition Inventions Function drives our work. Well-designed architecture not only integrates but serves and elevates the program, rendering it accessible and exciting. The primary defining walls of the Kimbell Art Museum Expansion are exquisite cast architectural concrete of a mottled light gray tone, with some marble-like veining and a wonderful matte sheen. Just as creative […]
Precast Concrete Often overlooked as uniform, utilitarian and uninspiring, precast concrete can make for a very compelling facade system and material finish. Featured here is one case study use of precast. The Sphere Building of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is a 150′ diameter concrete shell structure housing a 1000-seat state-of-the-art theater-in-the-round. Daniel Hammerman […]
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 2012 – 2021 Daniel Hammerman – Senior Project Architect / Project Manager at Renzo Piano Building Workshop Status: CompletedLocation: Los Angeles, CAClient: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesDesign: Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with GenslerTeam: MATT Construction; Morley+Taslimi; Paratus Group; Buro Happold; Knippers Helbig; Jaffe Holden; Arup; Bob […]
Villejuif School Restoration 2001 – 2011 Status: CompletedLocation: FranceClient: Prouvé Family – Galerie Philippe JousseDesign: Jean ProuvéProgram: CulturalArea: 76 m2 / 818 SF Jean Prouvé designed temporary school buildings in 1956-1957 in the town of Villejuif, on the outskirts of Paris. The school complex was composed of 3 buildings. Each structure was 8.75m x 8.75m, […]
Eighty Seven Park 2014-2019 Serge Drouin as Associate Architect at Renzo Piano Building Workshop Status: CompletedLocation: Miami, USAClient: Terra + Bizzi & Partners DevelopmentDesign: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Antoine Chaaya Partner, Serge Drouin Associate, in collaboration with Stantec Architecture (Miami)Consultants: DeSimone Consulting (structure); Steven Feller P.E. (MEP); West 8 (landscape); Lux Populi (lighting); RDAI (interior […]
Kimbell Art Museum Expansion 2007-2013 Daniel Hammerman – Senior Project Architect / Project Manager at Renzo Piano Building Workshop Status: CompletedLocation: Fort Worth, TXClient: Kimbell Art FoundationDesign: Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Kendall/Heaton AssociatesTeam: Beck Group; Paratus Group; Guy Nordenson & Associates with Brockette, Davis Drake Inc; Arup with Summit Consultants; Front Inc; Pond […]
The Forum 2011 – 2018 Serge Drouin as Associate Architect at Renzo Piano Building Workshop Status: CompletedLocation: Manhattanville, New York, USAClient: Columbia UniversityProgram: EducationalDesign: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Antoine Chaaya Partner in Charge, Serge Drouin Associate in Charge, in collaboration with Dattner Architects and Caples Jefferson ArchitectsConsultants: AECOM ; WSP Group; Arup; Cerami; Tillotson Design […]