Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane designed the Orange Cube in Quai Rambaud, Lyon. These architects are well known for their docks de Paris project that wrapped a bright glass and metal skin around a formal concrete structure. With the Orange Cube, Jakob and MacFarlane again develop a riverside dock with commercial furniture exhibition space and cultural gathering.
A playful and plentiful geometry generates perferations and gaps in the form and regulate daylight and room arrangement. The cone-shaped geometry is inspired from the city and the river. Two opposing forms meet at the cube and dynamically pervade the showrooms and six floors of offices.
(Clément Belleudy– flickr/creative commons license)
(jeanbaptiste maurice– flickr/creative commons license)
