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BARNACLE GARDEN

Responding to the raw site facing the Channel Sea, the gymnasium's rooftop is conceived like a rock, with barnacles growing and spreading on its surface. Soft ornamental grasses strangely erect from the concrete shells, while Boston ivy curtains dripping from the rooftop move gently with the wind. Other than a surrealistic rooftop, this multi-purpose platform is designed to practice various exercises.

Barnacle Garden
Barnacle Garden
Barnacle Garden


PLACE: Le Havre (FRANCE)
CLIENT: City of Le Havre
TEAM: Triptyque Architecture (team leader), cao | perrot studio
PROGRAM: construction of the Sports and Youth Center
STATUS: design 2010, finalist

SIZE: 1 acre (4,500 m2)





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