Versailles, France
Red dots have become characteristic of the work of nous. Acting through architecture, their practice begins to be widely recognized and exhibited. Thus being extremely young, they have yet expressed a solid theoretical contribution in the field. The little they built by now was in prestigious sites s
uch as the Louvre Gardens, the Versailles Real Estate or the French National Museum Lambinet. Through very simple acts as they qualified them, the projects they open up always form a sort of landmark, shared stories where the process is as important as the result. Each project in their run is the catalyst for a set of personalities to achieve cross-disciplinary reunions following a will of democratizing a highly demanding practice. They are unpredictable leaps into the void with an only constant, always visible, nous. Now based in Versailles with a strong implication across Europe, they await for the next big occasion to show themselves, as mysterious as a lighting storm.
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Telmo Escapil-Inchauspé and Guilhem Solère are two Frenchmen who have studied at the National School of Architecture in Versailles. Since 2016 with the creation of his collective "nous" they have formed a duo whose work explores and questions the limits of architecture. We can cite their architectura
l performances as "Résonance" at the Maréchalerie, a contemporary art center in Versailles, «nous», and «nous n’existons plus voici nous».
The Radical Project publishes along with Dogma "Stop City", Nous. "For a New Right to the City". Raising the question of urbanity, through exemplary projects, both question the land, its spatial occupancy and its politics in a broader sense.
Nous. exclusive participation : They told us how they master an architecture defined as "totally out of control."
From freeing the matter to the use of tools, discover their fight for architecture.
En réponse à leur contribution à l'exposition "Demain on fait quoi ?" au Pavillon de l'Arsenal de Paris, Telmo Escapil-Inchauspé & Guilhem Solère donnent quelques pistes pour le monde et lèvent le voile sur une part du mystère de leur pratique.
" [...] Dans les codes de l’architecture contemporain
e, les points rouges signalent les issues de secours. Ils sont désormais sur toutes les ouvertures qui percent les façades et qui enferment le ciel. Ce simple geste d’appropriation incite à la réflexion : où coller les points rouges ? Où trouver les sorties qui sont les solutions ? Quelles sont-elles ? Peut-être faut-il les fabriquer ? [...] "
Le manifeste pré-actif « Enterrer la terre » présenté dans Codex Mundi révèle les espoirs fondés sur notre temps: ceux d’un renouveau du monde. A travers leur positionnement, Telmo Escapil-Inchauspé & Guilhem Solère embrassent cette responsabilité, en proposant une attitude intellectuelle radicale,
une morale qui "contemple et fête la fin". Extraits.
Through making a new history of space in its broader sense, NOUS. shows us "where we. are". This "we." regarding both us globally and them particularly. Their reflection on the theme of space missions is a must read.
Discovering the Atlantic facade with the galeico-portuguese project of Nous. The constructive details of this project summarizes the attitude that had allowed to create it. Between granite and steel, it’s a metaphor of the history of this territory and one answer to the questions it arouses.
Expositions : Matta-Clark au Jeu de Paume, Nous. aux Tuileries du Louvre et Dubuffet à Zurich.
Pour son 11è numéro sur le thème du sol, Openfield présente ce mois-ci le nouveau projet de nous. : Terre Promise aux Jardin des Tuileries.
