BUILDING IN CONTEXT PT.2 - CARRE D'ART

Carre D'art, Nimes by Foster & Partners
Building new NEAR old, closeup.

This IS an architecture of colums, beams, walls and roofs.

Reflects the preoccupations of the existing ancient fabric, but in the technological language of the present time.

To be respectful but not obsequious, to be equally bold in scale without resorting to pastiche.

To engage in conversation with the old in the timeless language that is called classical architecture, and to do so politely.

To acknowledge the importance of the life of the civic space, hence the deep "porch/verandah" and provisions for cafe furniture.