JFA wishes you a happy New Year!

JFA BRINGS OUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ZHANGJIANG CEMENT FACTORY PROJECT IN A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE ARCHITECTURE OF A HISTORIC FACTORY AND THE COMPOSITION OF A NEW DISTRICT ON SEVERAL SCALES. UNITY AND DIVERSITY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN URBAN LIFE AND THE PLACE LEFT TO THE LANDSCAPE.

FENGXIAN THEATER WAS BORN IN THE FIELDS, BY THE FARMERS. TODAY, FENGXIAN CITY WANTS TO SHARE THESE SCENES WITH CITIZENS. SYMBOLICALLY, IT IS AS IF THE FIELD SCENES WERE MOVED TO THE HEART OF THE CITY. WE PROPOSE TO EVOKE THIS DISPLACEMENT BY PROPOSING A PROJECT ESTABLISHED IN THE MIDDLE OF A LANDSCAPE WHICH EVOKES THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE FIELDS. THIS TYPE OF THEATER IS THE WORK OF FARMERS WHO LIVED IN CHARMING LITTLE TRADITIONAL HOUSES SPREAD AROUND RURAL AREAS. THE PROJECT PAYS HOMAGE TO IT. IT EVOKES THESE SMALL HOUSES, GATHERED NEXT BY EACH OTHER AND AROUND THE THEATRE. CONVERSELY, IT IS ALSO AS IF THE THEATER BELONGS TO EACH OF THESE HOUSES. THIS COMPOSITION OF SEVERAL HOUSES RESPONDS AT THE SAME TIME TO THE URBAN CONCEPT: “1000 HOUSINGS”. THIS COMPOSITION IS IN HARMONY WITH THE PROGRAM AND THE SITE. IT GIVES THE PROJECT A VERY HUMAN SCALE, WHICH INVITES ANYONE TO ENTER IT. IT IS NOT REPULSIVE WITH A MONUMENTAL SCALE AND A GLARING AND PRETENTIOUS FORM, BUT IT IS AIMED AT ALL CITIZENS. IT GAINS ITS IMPORTANCE AND VALUE THROUGH ITS HUMILITY.

A linear garden through the city —— Xujiahui Footpath phase Ⅱ now under construction The Xujiahui neighbourhood is one of the liveliest in Shanghai; it embodies the dynamism of this megalopolis and reflects its extraordinary urban intensity. The Xujiahui Footpath project designed by JFA, after the completion of the first phase in 2020, has achieved good social benefits. It creates an open, comfortable, and experiential public activity space, and improves the integration of regional business, travel and cultural functions. Now the second phase of the project is steadily advancing, and the scope of the project is from the first phase of the footbridge (the west side of the second phase of the Pacific Digital Plaza) to the Grand Gateway 66. Among them, the North Caoxi Road part is about 59.8 meters long, and the Hongqiao Road part is about 63.2 meters long. The completion of the footbridge not only better organizes pedestrian and vehicular circulation, but also creates new space and potential for urban development. The second phase of the project continues the design concept of the first phase. The footbridge continues to run through the city in terms of space, creating a two-story “linear park”. The two phases will connect Metro City, Pacific Digital, Oriental Commercial Building and The Grand Gateway 66 and other important commercial entities. At the same time, they are organically linked with the green space, becoming a real “green lung” in the center of Shanghai.

Jacques Ferrier Architecture won the competition of Jiangkou Sink Silver Museum, China. The project is expected to begin construction in October, 2019.

Paris,Lisbon and Shanghai-based practices Jacques Ferrier Architecture and SensualCity Studio have turned what could have been an ordinary ‘office plus car park’into an opportunity to radically reassess the surrounding urban district of Xujiahui in Shanghai. The resulting structure, on the site of a former hotel, combines office, civic, commercial and cultural space with green ribbons of public walkways, connecting the streets and buildings of China’s busiest intersection with peaceful arteries from which to escape the tumult. The design explored ways in which the project could become a generous catalyst for the wider environment, building pedestrian connections, walkways and bridges above the transport interchange as anextension of the building; in doing so, renewing the local infrastructure. Throughextensive analysis, Jacques Ferrier, founder of Jacques Ferrier Architecture,and Pauline Marchetti, co-founder of Sensual City Studio, identified the needfor enhanced pedestrian connectivity at the intersection and incorporated this into the building’s car park. The radical intervention creates raised and planted walkways which lift pedestrians sevenmetres above the crossroads to provide more logical and enjoyable connectivity between citylandmarks such as the church and the park. The project includes two levels of commercial space underground, one of which is connected to the Metro City building by an underground gallery. Floors 1 and 2house several hundred square meters of community spaces. Floors 3 to 4house the public car park, which unfolds in the form of a continuous spiral,serving the offices and businesses of the district. The 6th and 7th floors areshared office space arranged around a large raised garden, and house areception for visitors, cafeteria, meeting rooms, auditorium and spaces forrelaxation and conviviality. Levels 8 to 12 have been developed as efficientand user-friendly office floors. The top two floors are home to the culturalcentre, space that seemingly “floats” on the skyline of the district. As a piece of architecture, T20 expresses the movementand dynamism inherent in the site: its circulation and activation through humanuse, across the bridges that connect to the city and at ground and first floorlevel where public facalities and shopts are located. The car park becomes a lush urban oasis for the city, with the insertionof an extraordinary “hanging garden” that is visible from key public spaces.

Huangpu River serves an important role in Shanghai. Jacques Ferrier, designer of the 21-K waterfront project , recently received the interview from ShanghaiEye sharing his views on the city and project. Let’s take a look! https://www.shanghaieye.com.cn/a-river-runs-through-it/

In its December issue, ARCHISTORM draws a broad portrait of Jacques Ferrier Architecture and the Sensual City Studio. The article especially emphasizes the humanistic dimension of the agency: ‘Our reflexion on the sensual city aims to make possible an approach in which technique is not an end in itself. On the contrary, by continuously improving, it becomes invisible, fades away and allows people to experience the city as a built landscape, proposing a complete sensory experience’ Jacques Ferrier.

Jacques Ferrier Architecture is competing for the future extension of Bâle-Mulhouse Airport. Entitled “Modernization of terminal installations”, the project gathers prestigious international competitors such as, among others, Herzog & de Meuron, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Auer Weber.

Jacques Ferrier Architecture was amongst the finalists of the ESSEC – Campus 2020 competition. The project includes a sports and recreation center, a learning center and a research facility. JFA chose to emphasize amplification and openness, as an echo to the prestigious business school’s international influence. We attempt to create hybrid constructive devices, inspired by and reflecting contemporary mutations and way of learning. Flexible buildings anticipate future educational needs and reveal desires of mobility.

On November 12th 2018, Jacques Ferrier Architecture was awarded the very prestigious World Architecture Masterprize in the ‘Architectural Design/Recreational Design’ category for the Aqualagon Waterpark in Marne-la-Vallée, France, made in collaboration with Sensual City Studio.

On Friday 21st of September, Jacques Ferrier participated in the 2018 International Meetings of the Méditerranée, organized by La Tribune and the Occitanie Region in Toulouse. He introduced its new project, the Passenger Terminal of Port de Sète, during a panel discussion on “the maritime economy”.

On Thursday 13th of September, Jacques Ferrier participated in a discussion organized by Orléans Métropole, about “the architectural innovation” in which he introduced its project CO’Met (Centre Orléans Métropole) Arena and Sports Hall.

ON September 27th, Jacques FERRIER will hold a lecture named ” The birth of 2010 Shanghai Expo French Pavilion ” at Shanghai Science Hall, Shanghai, China.

We are honoured to announced that Jacques Ferrier Architecture, Shanghai Urban Planning and Design Research Institute and Agence Ter combination received First Prize in the competition of urban design and architectural design of Sanya headquarters and CBD area, China (Hainan).

On Friday the 29th of June, Jacques Ferrier attended to the foundation stone laying ceremony for his new project: Corail, Marseille Station 7, located in Marseille.

“Double-Skin Facade”: Jacques Ferrier was presenting this theme on the 28th of June during a conference for the Zak World of Façades France 2018.

Jacques Ferrier Architecture is shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival 2018 in the “Hotel and Leisure – Completed Buildings” category for the Water Park Aqualagon, located in Villages Nature Paris.

On Tuesday 26 of June, Jacques Ferrier was presenting the New Headquarters of the Région Île-de-France during a conference in Saint-Ouen, in the company of David Bonneau, General Director of Services, and Patrick Tondat, General Deputy Director of Services of the Région.

Jacques Ferrier Architecture is awarded “Lauréat – Catégorie Aménager” by the Trophées Bois Ile-de-France for the Water Park Aqualagon, located in Villages Nature Paris.

Last Monday, the 4th of June, president Valérie Pécresse visited the site of the future Ile-de-France Headquarters.

The Sensual City Studio is delighted to present its new book, designed as a visual narrative. « A History of Thresholds: Life, Death and Rebirth » is a plea for the renaissance of the threshold and therefore also a manifesto for a human architecture. Now available for pre-order on the publisher’s website: https://www.jovis.de/en/books/product/a-history-of-thresholds.html

JFA is finalist of the competition for the New Gasteig, the largest cultural center of Munich, home of the Münchner Philharmoniker and the Münchner Stadtbibliothek, in association with MM+ HG Merz, Man Made Land, Bollinger + Grohmann, Nagata Acoustics, Transsolar, Doug and Wolf.

JFA is looking for architects.

Project  Architect:
. 5- 10 year professional experience
. Fluency in both English and Chinese
. Proficiency in AutoCAD, Illustrator and Photoshop
. 3DMax, Revit, SketchUp is a plus.
. Knowledge of Chinese building codes, standards and structures is a plus.

 

Architect:
. 1 – 2 year professional experience
. Fluency in both English and Chinese
. Proficiency in AutoCAD, Illustrator and Photoshop
. 3DMax, Revit, SketchUp is a plus.
. Knowledge of Chinese building codes, standards and structures is a plus.

 

Intern Architect:
. Architect assistance for competition Schematic Design, Developed Design in Shanghai
. Fluency in both English and Chinese
. Proficiency in AutoCAD, Illustrator and Photoshop

 

CONTACT:
Please send a cover letter, CV and work samples in PDF to

 

Mr. Pasquier: a.pasquier@agencejfa.com
Room 610-611, Building 1, 508 Jia Shan Road, Shanghai, 200031 PRC

On April 13th, Jacques Ferrier will hold a lecture named “A new relation between nature and architecture” at Pearl Art Museum, Shanghai, China.

February 2018, delivery of the first part of Paris Region Headquarters in Saint-Ouen.

On January 18th 2018 in Berlin, the French-German experts board, composed by Jean-Hubert Martin, Eicke Becker, Hélène Guénin, Arthur de Ganay, Lisa Marei Schmidt and Jacques Ferrier, selected 5 projects that will be supported in 2018 as part of the Fonds Perspektive.

Around 30 “Masters” chairs designed by Philippe Starck and Eugeni Quittlet and edited by Kartell have been customized by designers, artists and architects, including Jacques Ferrier. They will be sold in a charity auction organized by RBC and Helenis on February 8th at RBC Montpellier. The auction will be conducted by Stéphane Aubert of Artcurial.

On January 25th, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon, Jacques Ferrier and Pauline Marchetti will give a lecture on the topic « Imagine the Sensual City » during the Nuit des Idées Lisboètes 2018.

Yum China has chosen the new T20 building for their headquarters. Superposing shops, raised public spaces, car park and offices, T20 Building, designed by Jacques Ferrier (JFA) and Pauline Marchetti (SCS) stands on the busiest crossroads of Shanghai.