Francois Roche
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Francois Roche is a French architect
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. He left that school prior to graduating, and enrolled at the school of architecture of Versailles
. He graduated from this school in 1988.
He founded an organization, the name of which changed several times between 1989 and 2001: BoyeRoche (1989); Roche (1990); Roche & François (1991); Roche, Francois, Lewis, Huber, Roubaud, Perrin (1992); Roche, DSV & Sie (1993–97); R, DSV & Sie. P (1998); R & Sie. D/B: L (1999–2001); R&Sie(n) (2001 to present).,
This will of flouter the name of the structure which carries its work also finds in the fact that it appears only through misadventure, of hybrid character, as he explain, to des-identify the figure of the architect. That can appear incongruous in a company which makes of the author and his physical identity one of the vectors of his recognition and economy. But it is precisely this dimension which he is obstinated to re-formulate, re-question.
Since its beginnings, he seeks to articulate contradictions of architecture and to widen the field of it. It is comparable to a landscape, a device, a singularity, is it an attractive or repulsive curiosity… made antagonism and of loss of identity, it exhibitionist or is it a process of dissimulation, autonomous or embedded… temporary or eternal… ? as many questions which nourish and underlie his production.
Today François Roche develops at the same time a production structure of architecture, via the limited liability company R&Sie (n), a structure of research “new-territories”, and is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia
-Gsapp, New York
, leading one of the "advanced studio",.. He was also a "Visiting Professor" in 2009_10_11 at USC-Los Angeles, position he just quitted, to launch the LAB-M4(mind-machine-manufacture-material), in charge of robotic expertise & production
From 1991 to 1994, François Roche takes an active part in the newspaper Purple Prose
, in so much of associated writer. A rebound of the Liberation
newspaper entitled “the city died” in 1994 will come to enclose this period.
The French Institute of Architecture offers to him in 1993 the possibility of unfolding the whole of its first experiments under the title “Action, March 93” which will give an account of a score of its projects. A monographic work will be published, “The shade of the chameleon”, quickly sold out. Other monographs, like “Spoiled-Climate, Fictions Scripts, Corrupted Biotopes, Bioreboot, Ten Year After …” since visible its posterior work made, which they are tangible, fictional or speculative.
This architect is associated with Stephanie Lavaux, artist, since 1993. She took part in a more abstract way but also activates at the previous period.
Their name R&Sie (n) is resulting from the contraction of the group, but it seems that this name refers to RSI, the event "Real, Symbolic, Imaginary" of Jacques Lacan in 1972. The pronunciation “heresy” which seems completely fortuitous, launched by Bruce Sterling
via its Wired
review in 2006, finishes by him (their) sticking to the skin.
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
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Biography
François Roche was born on February 25, 1961 in Paris. He studied in Chalon-sur-Saône, and afterward entered scientific preparatory school in LyonLyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
. He left that school prior to graduating, and enrolled at the school of architecture of Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
. He graduated from this school in 1988.
He founded an organization, the name of which changed several times between 1989 and 2001: BoyeRoche (1989); Roche (1990); Roche & François (1991); Roche, Francois, Lewis, Huber, Roubaud, Perrin (1992); Roche, DSV & Sie (1993–97); R, DSV & Sie. P (1998); R & Sie. D/B: L (1999–2001); R&Sie(n) (2001 to present).,
This will of flouter the name of the structure which carries its work also finds in the fact that it appears only through misadventure, of hybrid character, as he explain, to des-identify the figure of the architect. That can appear incongruous in a company which makes of the author and his physical identity one of the vectors of his recognition and economy. But it is precisely this dimension which he is obstinated to re-formulate, re-question.
Since its beginnings, he seeks to articulate contradictions of architecture and to widen the field of it. It is comparable to a landscape, a device, a singularity, is it an attractive or repulsive curiosity… made antagonism and of loss of identity, it exhibitionist or is it a process of dissimulation, autonomous or embedded… temporary or eternal… ? as many questions which nourish and underlie his production.
Today François Roche develops at the same time a production structure of architecture, via the limited liability company R&Sie (n), a structure of research “new-territories”, and is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
-Gsapp, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, leading one of the "advanced studio",.. He was also a "Visiting Professor" in 2009_10_11 at USC-Los Angeles, position he just quitted, to launch the LAB-M4(mind-machine-manufacture-material), in charge of robotic expertise & production
From 1991 to 1994, François Roche takes an active part in the newspaper Purple Prose
Purple prose
Purple prose is a term of literary criticism used to describe passages, or sometimes entire literary works, written in prose so extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself. Purple prose is sensually evocative beyond the requirements of its context...
, in so much of associated writer. A rebound of the Liberation
Liberty
Liberty is a moral and political principle, or Right, that identifies the condition in which human beings are able to govern themselves, to behave according to their own free will, and take responsibility for their actions...
newspaper entitled “the city died” in 1994 will come to enclose this period.
The French Institute of Architecture offers to him in 1993 the possibility of unfolding the whole of its first experiments under the title “Action, March 93” which will give an account of a score of its projects. A monographic work will be published, “The shade of the chameleon”, quickly sold out. Other monographs, like “Spoiled-Climate, Fictions Scripts, Corrupted Biotopes, Bioreboot, Ten Year After …” since visible its posterior work made, which they are tangible, fictional or speculative.
This architect is associated with Stephanie Lavaux, artist, since 1993. She took part in a more abstract way but also activates at the previous period.
Their name R&Sie (n) is resulting from the contraction of the group, but it seems that this name refers to RSI, the event "Real, Symbolic, Imaginary" of Jacques Lacan in 1972. The pronunciation “heresy” which seems completely fortuitous, launched by Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling
Michael Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre.-Writings:...
via its Wired
Wired (magazine)
Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...
review in 2006, finishes by him (their) sticking to the skin.
Three apparatuses
His works are organized on three sets of themes / 1° Research as Speculation, 2° Fiction as Practice, 3° Practice as Lifespan (H&N)- 3° A fragile architecture which negotiates with the arrow of time, with the transitory one or what seems the being
- 2° An operative and fictional architecture which tries to re-scenarize the relation with a situation, with an environment (like principle of reality)
- 1° A speculative architecture which works out devices between robotics, mathematics, neurobiology and biochemistry (have a look on internet on the both exhibition-research “Ive heard about” & “an architecture of moods” / on external links)
Guest professor position
- Bartlett School, London in 2000, inviting Allison Dring as assistant
- TU, Vienna, in 2001
- ESARQ, Barcelona, in 2003-04
- ESA, Paris, in 2005
- UPenn (University of Pennsylvania) in Philadelphia in 2006
- Columbia, New-York, 2006, inviting David Benjamin
- Columbia, New-York, 2007, inviting Marc. Fornes
- Columbia, New-York, 2008, inviting Marc. Fornes
- Angewangde School, Vienna in 2008, inviting Marc. Fornes and Stephan Henrich
- USC, Los Angeles, in 2009, inviting Stephan Henrich and Marc. Fornes
- Columbia, New-York, 2009, inviting Marc. Fornes and Mat Staudt
- Columbia, New-York, 2010, inviting Ezio Blasetti & Dave Pigram
- USC, Los Angeles, 2010–11, with Stephan Henrich as "visiting professor"
- Columbia, New-York, 2011, inviting Ezio Blasetti with Miranda Romer
Selection of exhibitions
- Columbia University (New York, 1999–2000), UCLA (Los Angeles, 1999–2000), “@namorphous changes”/ Through R&Sie(n)
- ICA (London, 2001), “In any way, it's already happened” / Through R&Sie(n) / Stephanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro
- Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, 2004), Frac Collection / Through R&Sie(n) / Stephanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro
- Center Pompidou (Paris, 2003), “nonstandard Architecture” / Through R&Sie(n) / Stephanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro
- MAM/Museum of Modern art (Paris, 2005), “I' ve Heard About” / Through R&Sie(n) / Stephanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro, with Benoit Durandin, Mathieu Lehanneur
- MAM/Museum of Modern art (Paris, 2006), “Terra Incognita” / Through R&Sie(n) with Pierre Huyghe
- Tate Modern (London, 2006), “Terra Incognita” / Through R&Sie(n) with Pierre Huyghe
- Barbican (London, 2009), “radical nature” / Through R&Sie(n) / Stephanie Lavaux, Kiuchi Toshikatsu
- Louisiana (Denmark, 2009), “green building” / Through R&Sie(n) / Stephanie Lavaux, Kiuchi Toshikatsu
- Le Laboratoire (Paris, 2010), “an architecture of moods” / Through R&Sie(n) / Stephanie Lavaux, Kiuchi Toshikatsu, associated to François Jouve, Stephan Henrich, with Natanel Elfassy, Winston Hampel, Marc. Fornes, Gatean Robillard
- MOMASF (Los Angeles, 2010), “Bodies and Design” / Through R&Sie(n) / Stephanie Lavaux, Kiuchi Toshikatsu
- Archilab (Orleans, 1999,2001,2003) / Through R&Sie(n) / Stephanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro
- French Pavilion of Biennial of Architecture of Venice in 1990, 1996, 2000 and 2002 (year that they refused for political reasons) / Through R&Sie(n)
- International Pavilion of Biennial of Architecture of Venice in 2000, 2004 and 2008 and again in the last edition 2010, both international and Austrian Pavilion