Collaborations

Lacoste

Site Plan

Aerial View of the Plateau District

View from Hassan II Avenue ©PhilippeRuault

Cross Section

Long Section and south façade

View from the French Institute

Entrance and Hassan II setback

GF Plan. Lobby, gardens and brasserie

R+1. Spa, swimming-pool and terrace

R+4. Typical room floor plan

Projected view from Hassan II ©JulienSageThomas

Interior view of R+1 swimming-pool ©Idearch

View of a standard room from the balcony ©Idearch

Suite at R+9 ©Idearch

Les Mamelles panoramic view from a room ©PauloCatrica

Balcony view ©PauloCatrica

Lacoste

Construction of a 5-stars hotel, convention center and spa in a dense urban environment

Location: Dakar (Senegal)
Year: 2015-2022
Program: Hotel
Client: Private
Status: Built
Surface: 13 893 m²
Cost: 15,2 M € HT

A U S with Lacaton & Vassal Architectes (mandataire)

Design team: Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal with Marcos G. Rojo and Atelier Architecture Réda Sleiman (Associated local architect)
Collaborators: Lara Bretones, Monica Rodriguez, Gonzalo Herrero, Gregoire Deberdt, Kaori Pedrazzoli, Ana Fernandez and Adrian Alvarez
Structure: E.TE.C.S
MEP: Solutech
Fire-security consultants: CEFI Dakar

Architectural images by IDEARCH and Julien Sage-Thomas
Photographs by Philippe Ruault and Paulo Catrica

All credits and rights for any photograph or image belong to their author(s)

  • Lacoste

    Construction of a 5-stars hotel, convention center and spa in a dense urban environment

    Location: Dakar (Senegal)
    Year: 2015-2022
    Program: Hotel
    Client: Private
    Status: Built
    Surface: 13 893 m²
    Cost: 15,2 M € HT

    A U S with Lacaton & Vassal Architectes (mandataire)

    Design team: Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal with Marcos G. Rojo and Atelier Architecture Réda Sleiman (Associated local architect)
    Collaborators: Lara Bretones, Monica Rodriguez, Gonzalo Herrero, Gregoire Deberdt, Kaori Pedrazzoli, Ana Fernandez and Adrian Alvarez
    Structure: E.TE.C.S
    MEP: Solutech
    Fire-security consultants: CEFI Dakar

    Architectural images by IDEARCH and Julien Sage-Thomas
    Photographs by Philippe Ruault and Paulo Catrica

    All credits and rights for any photograph or image belong to their author(s)

A U S is an architectural practice founded in 2016.

 

A U S develops projects in France and internationally both as an independent practice and in association with bigger firms, such as Lacaton & Vassal Architectes.

 

A U S' capacity to operate at different contexts, multiple scales and to deal with various programs is one of the office main assets. Every project builds upon the existing, upon the thorough observation and analysis of the closest environment as a means to understand what is already in place and to use it as a triggering device to attain unexpected and exceptional results.

 

A U S a consequence, the office work covers a very large array of subjects and scales, ranging from built projects to more speculative and experimental ones: it includes set designs, interior renovations and refurbishments, vertical extensions, urban proposals, or new constructions on historic sites. 

 

A U S is Architecture, Unstrictly Speaking.

 

 

 

 

Have worked (or currently work) here: Carla Amaya, Julia Constanzo, Marcos G. Rojo, Neha Gohel, Katie Hoffstatter, Nathalie Lagard, Olivier Lekien, Miguel Martin Carballo, Julien Sage-Thomas, Matilde Santiago, Karen Soto, Marie Thy Larsen and Miriam Warnke. 

 

 

Special thanks to Juan Astasio for his unvaluable help bringing all this to life. 

 

Illustrations: Marie Bonnin

 

Web development: Florian Gracy

 

A U S

SASU d'Architecture

2 Cité Dupetit-Thouars

75003 PARIS

+33 (0)663 46 22 17

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