Fondation-s in Paris by Lobjoy-Bouvier-Boisseau Architecture

The practice Lobjoy-Bouvier-Boisseau Architecture completed the Fondation-s project in October 2018. The building covers 1,500 m².

Set in the heart of the Marais, a protected conservation area, on a narrow plot in shared ownership, this scheme to convert an old car garage brings together two foundations in a single landmark building: the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Fondation François Sommer.

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The ensemble, strikingly homogeneous in its colour palette, is organised at the back of the plot around a paved courtyard, created as part of the project and modelled on a cloister. The ground floors house the exhibition rooms of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson.

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Seemingly set down on top, the facade of the four-storey building, which houses the office functions of each of the two foundations, is conceived as a double skin. It features a decorative screen in solid anodised aluminium which, like a mantilla, protects the privacy of the occupants as much as that of the residents of the apartment building opposite.

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