2 . Résidence Pierre et Vacances Costa Plana

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27-Oct-11
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Résidence Pierre et Vacances Costa
Plana
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Cap-d'Ail, France
Jean Nouvel
hotel, spa, swimming pool
http://www.mimoa.eu/users/ocramotiv/Guides/Nizza/
this page is part of Mi guide 'Nizza' made by vitomarco marinaccio, milano, Italy
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photo: Jeroen Meijer
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photo: Jeroen Meijer
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Résidence Pierre et Vacances Costa
Plana
Address
Avenue du Général de Gaulle 47
Cap-d'Ail
France
http://www.pierreetvacances.com/cote-d-azur/monaco-capd-ail/residence-costa-plana_location-ete_244-2_fp
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This holiday resort has 174 apartments, a pool and a parking
garage. Nouvel's analysis began with the site. It is rocky and
steep, almost a cliff, and partly cut into by an old quarry. The
appropriate architecture would therefore follow the profile of the
cliff, almost as an extension of it. 'A minimal, mineral
architecture' is how Nouvel describes it. The exterior façades are
finished in polished stone, matching in colour the natural
stonework of the cliff. In using a natural material with an
artificial surface, Nouvel both accepted the dictates of the site
and expressed the imposition of the new structure over the
original, another feature of the site that plays on the
natural/artificial ambiguity. This layered approach to the
contextual possibilities of the project is a key to Nouvel's
approach to architecture. By using stone and cutting and
polishing it like concrete, Nouvel both affirms the requisites of
the site and his own intervention into it (text from website
architect).
photo: Jeroen Meijer
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Project is public!
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Completion
Floor area/size
1991
5000 m²
Architect
Client
Jean Nouvel
Pierre et Vacances
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jpmm
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How to get there
From Monaco, drive in the direction Cap-d'Ail/Beausoleil, take
the A8, direction Bretelle de Monaco/D6007. On the 6007, take a
sharp right bend at Avenue du Général de Gaulle/D37, drive on,
Pierre et Vacances is on the right above.
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http://www.mimoa.eu/users/ocramotiv/Guides/Nizza/
this page is part of Mi guide 'Nizza' made by vitomarco marinaccio, milano, Italy
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