Sloft #3

In this third bilingual issue:

• We take you to Saint-Denis, Aubervilliers, Picardy, Ghent, Venice, and even Osaka... not forgetting Paris, to discover projects that speak to us of present and eternal time. Present time with the rediscovery of 1970s architectural heritage, testifying to a new interest in its functional apartments located in large co-ownerships. Or by the new perspective on suburban towns once off the radar. Eternal time with the possible dream of a Venetian palace. Or by putting the contemporary hustle and bustle at a distance within the thick walls of a house in Osaka. Or even in the calm of a Picardy workshop.
• We also focus on Townhouses for their ability to integrate into constrained urban fabric by utilizing unusual plots. We discover the first work of an architect-artist who became a giant, Tadao Ando's Sumiyoshi Row House in Osaka, all in horizontality. And we take its vertical opposite in Ghent by discovering Natalie and Hannes' improbable house, as playful as it is innovative. Through their fierce independence, their resistance to a homogeneous overall plan, these houses assert the very personal identity of their designers within the urban fabric, bringing welcome urban diversity to the city.
• Finally, we invite ourselves into the homes of three creators. In the hidden workshop of the designer duo founders of the Herah studio, Louis Ainesi and Quentin Ravasse, to discuss with them their desire for independent manufacturing. And in Aubervilliers, with visual artist and modeling agency owner Cyril Debon, who shares with us an artistic project as disruptive as it is exhilarating!

Eclecticism, poetry, art, escape, beauty, and good ideas are definitely not a function of the number of square meters!