CONTINUING THE FOLIES

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8-12 September 2025
Coordinating professor: Corentin Heraud

“Continuing the Folies” was a five-day exercise during which we were introduced to Rhinoceros. Following Bernard Tschumi’s logic of generating the folies and their emplacement, each student received specific coordinates and an initial volume to develop. The objective was to design a shop that expresses its function through its form.

My assigned site was near the Pont Cardinet railway station, a dense and active. I identified the difficulty of pedestrian circulation caused by the concentration of parked vehicles. To address this, I proposed a bicycle rental facility that includes a dedicated bicycle parking area, integrated within a forest of trees. The intention was to create a more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly environment while transforming the site’s atmosphere through the introduction of green space that encourages social interaction.

The project consists of a three-level bicycle rental building accessible through an exterior staircase and a bicycle lift platform. It opens onto the surrounding park via a circular promenade that allows users to walk or ride through the site and enjoy multiple viewpoints of the area.

This exercise served as a foundation for developing my understanding of digital plan representation and three-dimensional modeling. I subsequently chose to continue refining the project initiated during that week as a means of furthering my learning through independent experimentation with various rendering techniques.