When addressing project for an office building, the architect thought about the entire city block as a series of buildings with spaces between them to introduce light and air into the empty space. The history and the setting of the building also have to be taken into account. In this case, looking at the former Renault plant, which immediately brought to mind the old stories of May 1968 and J.-L. Godard's film Eloge de l'amour that was made shortly before the factory was demolished.

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bostjan, May 1st, 2017