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% arabica – dumbo % arabica – jakarta roastery % arabica – marrakech
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12 matcha – new york
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3d print
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À rebours – lafayette anticipations ace hotel – athens acoustic adhesive aesop – covent garden – edgehill – islington – jiyugaoka – le marais – merci – montmartre – rough trade video – rough trade nottingham – soho – tiquetonne afrormosia agave ajap – 2014 alain ducasse – brasserie champeaux – le chocolat-manufacture tokyo aloe arborescens aluminum anticalculus apparatus aquarium archeology archiving areca aristolochia macrophylla ariston artcarpus altilis artistic ash asparagus plumosus asphalt asplenium nidus atomizer axis
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backlit bagouze bagpipe bakery ballet bamboo bangkok bar bar tape barbizon – wooden houses bas-relief beachwear bear beaunotte beer bench seat benchtop bent berber bichromate biogas birkenstock – rue des archives black block blue bottle box boxe braşov brass brasserie breaking brick brute bryopsidia bubbler burned
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cabinet de curiosités – bagouze – maison kitsuné ny cactus café kitsuné – louvre canteen canvas cap ferret capital 8 – private gym carbon dioxide carex buchananii carex fiagellifera carpet cart cast casting castor aralia catwalk caudalie – cours de l'intendance causeway bay cellular cellulose cement chair charcoal châtelet les halles chemistry cheval d’or – restaurant chilled china chocolate christophe m – optician chrome ciment mixer cinema cissus antartica citadium – caumartin cladding cleat co2 coffee cold colocasia esculenta colonial compressed recycled paper – video concert concrete connection connector console convertible cooking copper core-loc corian corner covent garden cowboy – le bon marché rive gauche crimped croix de chavaux – urban installation cuff cultural cup curating curved curved bottom custom made cyperus alternifolius
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dance delivered dicksonia diffuser diorama diplomates douglas dover street market draught beer drawn dypsis lutescens
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electrogalvanized enamel equisetum hyemale equisetum japonicum eres – montaigne Études studio – rue debelleyme euphorbia ingens euphorbia tirucalli
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factory faeces fan fashion fashion show fatsia japonica felt fermacel fern fertilizer fiberglass ficus elastica ficus lyrata ficus umbellata film filter fireplace flask flat bar flight case flocking fogger fold foldable form formwork forum foundry – video frame france fuel furniture
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galvanized geared motor genesis studio – melbourne ginza glass glassware glossy gorilla gradation granite graphic gravity green grey grooved gunnera manicata gypsym concrete – study for a post-cement screed
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hainaut hamlet hanging hardware healthcare hedera helix hole homecore – rue de marseille honeycomb hong kong hook hôpital saint-vincent-de-paul – robin-oratoire hot rolled hotel metropole – a room for tomorrow house housing – morocco hydraulic hydroponics
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image industrial installation institut georges eastman – réinventer paris 2 isabel marant – bangkok – hong kong-causeway bay – shanghai – showroom – tokyo-omotesando – victor hugo islington ivy
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japan jewelry john lobb – françois 1er john lobb – new york julien david – core-loc – jingumae
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keg kettle kitchen krisvanassche – showroom – st-roch
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la pâtisserie du meurice – par cédric grolet laboratory laminate landscape lava leather led library lifting pump lime lingerie living lobby log london lounge louver
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magnetic maiyet – crosby street mantel maple marais marble marmorino mast melinda gloss – rue madame membrane merci merisier metal minimalist mirror miscellaneous mist mixer mk2 – bibliothèque mobile monsieur l’agent – office-photo studio-gallery monstera montmartre montreuil morroco mosaic moss motor mould mountain movement musa acuminata museum music
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nails neon nephrolepis exaltata network new york notebook nottingham nouveau théâtre de montreuil – food cart nut ny – loft
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oak object obo – office office oil omotesando onyx opera
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pain paulin – bakery - housing paint palais caillot palais de la porte dorée – l'envers du décor panel paper papyrus cyperus paris parthenocissus quinquefolia pastry shop patcharavipa – flagship store & showroom pestera – 4 log houses philodendron phyllostachys nigra pine plant planter plaster plastiline plexiglass plywood polished polyurethane porcelain stoneware portico poured principle printemps – homme printing house prism projection projector prototype pvc
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quarry – video quartz
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rack rain raw reconfigurable record store recycled reduction rehabilitation reinforced removable residential resin restaurant ring romania roof rotation royal opera house rubber rue de condé – duplex apartment
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saint-julien-le-petit – house salvia samaritaine – rivoli sawmill – video scenography sconce screed screen screw sequence sheet showroom shuttered single edition sink soho sound space shower tv – office lobby speaker split flap panel split-screen spring roll spurce stackable stainless staircase stative steel stipa stone stool storage store strelitzia nicolai striped structure stucco study substrate surgical lamp suspended sycamore
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table tadelakt tank tap teak temple noble art – motte-picquet grenelle temple noble art – saint-lazare temporary terrazzo thailand the book – japan theater thomas erber thread rods tile tiquetonne tokyo topography transformer transparency tree trestles tube tv
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ultrasound uniqlo u – r&d center paris united kingdom united states upholstery urine
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valley valve veja – rue de poitou velcros velvet veneer video vinyl virginia woolf
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wadding washbasin washer water wayne mcgregor weaving wedge welding wetsuit white wild wood wool woolf works – wayne mcgregor workshop wrought iron
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yellow yves saint laurent – dover street market
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zamac
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12 MatchaNew York
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Capital 8private gym
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BirkenstockRue des archives
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BarbizonWooden houses
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Gypsym ConcreteSTUDY FOR A POST-CEMENT SCREED
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Ace HotelAthens
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John LobbNew York
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% ARABICAJakarta Roastery
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CaudalieCours de l'Intendance
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Temple Noble ArtMotte-Picquet Grenelle
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% ArabicaMarrakech
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CowboyLe Bon Marché Rive Gauche
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Temple Noble ArtSaint-Lazare
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Saint-Julien-le-PetitHouse
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CitadiumCaumartin
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Genesis StudioMelbourne
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% ArabicaDumbo
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SamaritaineRivoli
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John LobbFrançois 1er
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CHRISTOPHE MOPTICIAN
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Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-PaulRobin-Oratoire
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Vejarue de Poitou
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Hotel MetropoleA room for tomorrow
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Café KitsunéLouvre
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Monsieur L’AgentOffice-Photo studio-Gallery
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Cheval d’orRestaurant
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NYLoft
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MK2Bibliothèque
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Institut Georges EastmanRéinventer Paris 2
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Croix de ChavauxUrban installation
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OBOoffice
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PatcharavipaFlagship store & showroom
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Rue de CondéDuplex apartment
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La pâtisserie du MeuricePar Cédric Grolet
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À ReboursLafayette Anticipations
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Palais de la Porte DoréeL'Envers du décor
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AesopJiyugaoka
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Alain DucasseLe Chocolat-Manufacture Tokyo
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Compressed recycled paperVideo
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EresMontaigne
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Pain PaulinBakery - housing
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AesopEdgehill
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Isabel MarantShowroom
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Julien DavidCore-loc
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PrintempsHomme
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HousingMorocco
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Uniqlo UR&D center Paris
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The BookJapan
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Alain DucasseBrasserie Champeaux
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Julien DavidJingumae
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Cabinet de curiositésBagouze
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Études Studiorue Debelleyme
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Space Shower tvOffice lobby
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Nouveau Théâtre de MontreuilFood cart
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Woolf WorksWayne McGregor
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AesopRough Trade video
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AesopRough Trade Nottingham
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KrisvanasscheShowroom
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HomecoreRue de Marseille
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AJAP2014
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Isabel MarantBangkok
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Isabel MarantShanghai
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AesopMontmartre
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MaiyetCrosby Street
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KrisvanasscheSt-Roch
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AesopCovent Garden
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FoundryVideo
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Isabel MarantHong Kong-Causeway Bay
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Cabinet de curiositésMaison Kitsuné NY
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Yves Saint LaurentDover Street Market
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Melinda GlossRue Madame
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Isabel MarantTokyo-Omotesando
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Isabel MarantVictor Hugo
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AesopSoho
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QuarryVideo
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AesopTiquetonne
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AesopIslington
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SawmillVideo
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AesopLe Marais
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AesopMerci
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Pestera4 Log Houses
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Gypsym Concrete
STUDY FOR A POST-CEMENT SCREED

2022 / STUDY

This is not about advocating an “all-plaster” approach, but rather about encouraging a broader reflection on the excesses and constraints that so clearly define our time. The béton de plâtre project reflects our capacity, as architects, to reconsider available resources, to redefine our relationship with materials, and to continually challenge the systemic habits shaping contemporary construction practices.

Video by Simon Pénochet

Acknowledgements: Marc Potin; Bogdan Cazacliu and Erwan Hamard; Jean-Christophe Aguas; Mathilde Besson; Alexandre Charousset; Michel Le Sommer; the engineering team at Le Sommer Environnement; Loïc Dollet; Charles-Louis Roseau; Édith Serralheiro; Benoît Roglet; Tiffanie Le Dantec; and the Pavillon de l’Arsenal
Scientific and technical advisory: Vieujot
Scientific supervision and laboratory testing: Université Gustave Eiffel
Life cycle assessment studies: Le Sommer Environnement
Technical advisory and recycling testing: Les Pierres de Montreuil
© photo : ciguë