4th festival of lively architecture, montpellier

‘u chi wa’ by hiroya uranami, satoshi, yamada, hisato uematsu (students in master of architecture) the students worked with the professors and architects masashige motoe and tohru horiguchi university of sendai, japan festival winner

the 4th festival of lively architecture organized by association champ libre, took place in montpellier from june 18th-21st 2009. architects from around the world participated and answered the theme of ‘short lived curiosities’, realized in the courtyards of private mansions in montpellier for four days.   this year the prize of the festival went to the project ‘u chi wa’ created by the students of the master of architecture of the tohoku university of sendai, in japan.

two honorable mentions were given to the projects ‘sable y est’ by julien pinard, cécile combelle, antonio di bacco and sophie guéritée – paris, and the the project ‘hibernature’ by antoine lacaze + charles mantoux – paris.

‘u chi wa’ by hiroya uranami, satoshi, yamada, hisato uematsu (students in master of architecture) university of sendai, japan ‘u chi wa’ by hiroya uranami, satoshi, yamada, hisato uematsu (students in master of architecture) university of sendai, japan

‘u chi wa’ by hiroya uranami, satoshi, yamada, hisato uematsu (students in master of architecture) university of sendai, japan

‘sable y est’ by julien pinard, cécile combelle, antonio di bacco and sophie guéritée – paris

‘sable y est’ by julien pinard, cécile combelle, antonio di bacco and sophie guéritée – paris

‘sable y est’ by julien pinard, cécile combelle, antonio di bacco and sophie guéritée – paris

‘hibernature’ by antoine lacaze + charles mantoux – paris

‘hibernature’ by antoine lacaze + charles mantoux – paris

‘hibernature’ by antoine lacaze + charles mantoux – paris

‘chrysalide’ by yves rolin – paris

‘artificial landscape’ by KLNB architects – paris keeyong lee and nenad basic

‘iceberg’ by c(cut) architectures – paris benjamin clarens and yann martin

‘minature + giant’ by nan.ko studio – los angeles/ new york leah nanpei and kok hovaguimiam 

‘bande a part’ by flexarchitecture – montpellier julien bonnot and melanie gerbail

‘bande a part’ by flexarchitecture – montpellier julien bonnot and melanie gerbail

‘bits’ by isabelle guillon and maëla thierry – paris, london

‘metamorphis’ by axel cailteux, celine hautfenne, delphine termote, julie neuwels – brussels all images © sergi fernandez moure courtesy association champ libre