Amelia Tavella Architectes | Kristell Filotico | Atelier Roberta | Patrick Bouchain | Iwona Buczkowska | Barrault Pressacco | NP2F | OFFICE Kersten Geers David van Severen | Charles-Henri Tachon | François Brugel Architectes Associés | Bruther | Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Before the pandemic, the AR often devoted entire issues to countries or regions, casting what light we could on the large architectural landscapes of places such as Brazil, the islands of Ireland, Belgium and Korea. In June, we turn our gaze to France. The country is in the wake of a divisive election, which has exposed the colonial and deeply inequitable constructs that support the state. The policies and promises that divide the nation today go as far back as France’s colonial past and continue to manifest themselves in its built environment. The imperial ambitions of Napoleon, who built the Arc de Triomphe in the 19th century, still run strong. He is featured on the cover of this issue, seemingly propped up by scaffolding there to support the wrapping of the Arc in 2021, posthumously by Christo and Jeanne‑Claude, the subject of this month's Reputations. This issue looks at the fraught political landscape within France’s hexagonal borders. But it also reflects on violence wrought elsewhere, from the overseas territory of Martinique to the Algerian Sahara, and, closer to home, in the English Channel.
AR June 2022
France
Keynote: French connection, Andrew Ayers
Building: Saint-François Convent in Sainte-Lucie di Tallano, Corsica, France by Amelia Tavella Architectes, Nina Bouraoui
The short straw, Dominique Gauzin-Müller
Decolonising Martinique, Françoise Vergès
Reputations: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Catherine Slessor
Building: La Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille, France by Kristell Filotico and Atelier Roberta, John Bingham-Hall
Retrospective: Patrick Bouchain, Jean-Philippe Hugron
City portrait: Le Havre, France, Manon Mollard
Nuclear powers, Samia Henni
Outrage: Racial segregation of public spaces, Hassina Mechaï
Revisit: Cité Pierre Sémard in Seine-Saint-Denis, France by Iwona Buczkowska, Feda Wardak
Film: Seine-Saint-Denis on screen, François Penz
Social contract, Magda Maaoui
Case studies: Rue Max Dormoy by Barrault Pressacco
Caserne de Reuilly by NP2F and OFFICE Kersten Geers David van Severen
Caserne de Reuilly by Charles-Henri Tachon
La Samaritaine by François Brugel Architectes Associés
Building: Student residence in Paris-Saclay, France by Bruther, Justinien Tribillon
Channel crossings, Ellen Peirson
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