Cle?ment Blanchet Architecture has released their competition entry for the extension of Parc des Expositions (PEX) Bordeaux. Working with an already renowned modernist design by OMA, the architects designed their proposed addition with the goal of embedding architectural fragments to capture the essence of the original building. 

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Cle?ment Blanchet Architecture has released their competition entry for the extension of Parc des Expositions (PEX) Bordeaux. Working with an already renowned modernist design by OMA, the architects designed their proposed addition with the goal of embedding architectural fragments to capture the essence of the original building. 
© Clément Blanchet Architecture

The brief required that the design create an adaptable modern intervention, integrating with the building its history and its surroundings. The addition is conceived as a complementary, rather than competing, element to reconstitute a new overall architectural figure with the original Hall 1.

© Clément Blanchet Architecture

© Clément Blanchet Architecture

The program's organization strives to maximize versatility, allowing the addition to interface with the new urban fabric and create connections to the existing halls. The project further aims to engage the surrounding urban condition through transparency and sensitivity to...