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Sara De Giles Dubois

  • Site : www.moralesdegiles.com
  • Adresse : Calle Murillo nº4, 2nd floor 41001 Séville
Sara de Giles Dubois leads since 2004 the architecture firm MGM Morales de Giles Arquitectos, with José Morales. Sara de Giles, PhD in architecture and recently accredited as university professor, teach at Seville School of Architecture since 1999, and has been guest lecturer at École Supérieure Nationale d'Architecture Paris Val de Seine (France), International University of Catalunya, and ETSAB, both in Barcelona (Spain), School of Applied Sciences Hochschule in Bochum (Germany) and Washington University in Saint Louis (USA). Sara de Giles is the author of the book published in 2022 by the international editorial DISEÑO, entitled: "ESPACIOS DE RELACION Y SOPORTE EN LA VIVIENDA COLECTIVA MODERNA . Realidades y Utopías" ("SPACES OF RELATIONSHIP AND SUPPORT IN MODERN COLLECTIVE HOUSING. Realities and Utopias") She is Patron of the Foundation Architecture and Society since 2021, and has been curator of the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism in 2018 and 2019. In 2014 De Giles has been nominated for the worldwide international awards: Arc Vision Prize ‘Women and Architecture’. Some of the most important awards for her completed works include: the prestigious Spanish Architecture Award in 2013, the International Spanish Architecture Award in 2017, the Spanish Superior Council of Architects Award in 2016 and 2019. Additionally, she has been finalist for the Mies Van der Rohe Award in 2009. Other recognitions include the First prize from The orden of the Architects of Cadiz in 2008, the NAN Fist prize in 2012 and 2017, the AIT International Awards First prize in the «Health care» category in 2014. She has also be awarded at the Spanish Architecture Biennial in 2016 and 2019, the X Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism in 2006, and the Bigmat International Architecture Award in 2017. Other recognitions include the COAS First prize in 2010 and 2019, as well as the International FAD Award in 2024. Her work has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2006, 2014 and 2016; in the ON-SITE: New Architecture in Spain exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA); and at the Spanish Architecture Biennial in 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015. Her work has also been exhibited at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris in 2008 and 2009. In 2019, her work has been exhibited at the Plateforme de la Création Architecturale, also in Paris. Her projects, essays and works have been published in books and international architecture magazines such as AMC, El Croquis, BAU, A+U, ON Diseño, Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, C3, Architecture d’aujourd’hui, Casabella, AV, Lotus international, Detail, Taschen among others. Among the monographs on her work as a partner of MGM, Morales de Giles arquitectos, we can find:: MGM. EN FAVOR DE UNA ARQUITECTURA INSTALADA published by Rueda Editorial 2004. ARQUITECTURAS DE AUTOR, published by the publish service of the University of Navarra 2004, MGM. CENTRO DE ARTES ESCÉNICAS EN NÍJAR by Editorial Lampreave 2006, la CASA DEL PLATANO by Irreversible editores Editorial 2009, MONOGRAFÍA 2G nº 51, by Gustavo Gili editorial 2009 and Revista MONOGRAFÍA TC Cuadernos nº 104 by TC Cuadernos Editorial 2012.

LUMEN LEARNING CENTER AT PARIS SACLAY UNIVERSITY

Architects Authors : Sara De Giles, José Morales, Laurent Beaudouin, Emmanuelle Beaudouin
Client: Paris-Saclay University ( Project management delegated to EPA Paris-Saclay)
Constructed surface area: 8.109 m²
Work completed on 26 July 2023
Photographer 1: CC BY-NC-ND Morgane Renou
Photographer 2: Fernando y Sergio Guerra

The building is located between the main avenue of the campus and the university residential area. Its goal is to offer an open, permeable building that invites students of the Paris Saclay university campus to enter a space for socializing, research, and work, featuring easy usage and continuous interior circulation. The triangular position and geometry of the plot were determined by the campus layout and the curvilinear path of the elevated metro situated to the north.

THE ENTRANCE FLOOR: AN INVITATION TO READ
The permeability of the ground floor enhances the flow of people from the nearby metro station to the building itself. The entrance becomes an intermediate space, exterior-interior, with vegetation creating a landscape closely connected to the main avenue of the campus and the "Argenté" gardens, thus fostering continuity between the exterior and interior spaces of the building.
On this entrance level, two large bleachers are provided to create a new social space and a relaxed work area. One bleacher is located in the covered exterior space, facing the metro station, marking the building's entrance. The other bleacher, located inside, invites one to start an upward journey to the work and silence areas situated on the upper levels.
To the north, parallel to the elevated metro viaduct, the building presents itself as a landscape, allowing the activities taking place in the forum (audiovisual projections, exhibitions, etc.) to be visible from the outside.

THE INTERIOR SPACE AND PROGRAM
The interior space and the functional program distribution are organized based on a "continuous ribbon" of pathways. This route organizes the various spatial functions and circulation. To emphasize this spatial continuity, a large vertical void has been created above the bleacher and the forum on the ground floor. From here, an upward journey begins around the large void, accessing the different work floors, offices, and silent areas:

WORK AREA
Access to this level is directly from the forum's void. From this location, the context's landscape, the main avenue, and the Argenté Gardens are visually incorporated into the interior environment.

LOGISTICS AND OFFICES AREA
Loading and unloading access, kitchen access for the cafeteria, staff entrance, and the underground parking entrance are all located on the west side of the building through a service gallery.
This "block," with staggered levels compared to the main floors, has one more level than the rest of the building and features an independent entrance.

SILENCE AREA
Access to this level is fluid from the bleachers around the forum's central void. This reading area is divided into two levels, becoming a landscape visible in its entirety from the highest point. This atmosphere is accentuated by the presence of exterior vegetation surrounding almost the entire floor. The roof plays a crucial role in shaping this tranquil space, conceived as a filter through longitudinal skylights that create natural and homogeneous lighting throughout the area.


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