Paris-based architecture firm
| Address : | 27, rue de Chambéry, 75015 Paris, France |
| Phone : | (+33) 01.42.50.18.74 / (+33) 09.51.79.80.19 |
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| Manager : | Sylvain EBODE |
Uruk o the Foundation of a housing estate
At the fourth millennium before our era, the meeting of two peoples, the Sumerians and the Akkadians gave birth in lower Mesopotamia to a new civilization and a writing system. Archaeological investigations conducted in this Mesopotamian region revealed, in the fifth stratigraphic level, the City of Uruk and the most ancient known urban architecture. Uruk is the work of the young monarch Gilgamesh, a deified hero whose epic story was transcribed on clay tablets. Out to conquer immortality, he came back weary and tired from his wars with the resolve to live a mortal life and construct Uruk. Gilgamesh, first ever project manager known to date, got the long sought immortality through his architectural work. The choice of the name Uruk V is a tribute to the spirit of Mesopotamia: to its first builder, to one of the pillars of our culture and to the awareness of time and History.
Architect, the scribe of the city
Architecture is written and takes place in an indefinite present wherein our achievements continue to materialise the past and to project our future dreams into the future. Just as the scribe who etched the memories of his contemporaries on clay tablets, the architect today permanently carves our dreams into the stone. However, to address the trade of the architect from the permanent perspective of relevance means, first of all, to make allowance for special history of each demand and the history it may have to tell. Through a systematic work of archaeological investigations, Uruk V architects are committed to understanding not only a project’s genesis but also the underlying aspirations of the clients demand. Then, by listening and rephrasing, they give rise to unarticulated expectations through the images and stories they represent, thus giving life and pre-reality to projects. They question each assumption made and prompt instigators to question its consequences. This conceptual phase, materialised in ancient times by the clay nail, is essential for the beginning of the construction phase.