Jacques Rougerie (architect)

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Nationality France		Occupation Architect

Full Name Jacques Rougerie Born July 11, 1945 (age 71) ( 1945-07-11 ) Alma mater École des beaux-arts de ParisInstitut d'océanographie de Paris Practice Agence Jacques Rougerie Architectes Associés

Jacques Rougerie( born July 11, 1945 in Paris) is a French architect-oceanographer who specializes in underwater habitats.

Biography

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Born in 1945 to a mathematician mother and a biogeographer father, companion of Theodore Monod, Rougerie lived in Ivory Coast until he turned 11. After moving to France, he entered The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts when he was 19, in 1964, in the Auguste Perret workshop directed by Andre Remondet and Paul Maymont. Inspired by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and first underwater habitats, he took classes in Institut Océanographique de Paris in 1970, while studying at French Institute of Urbanism and Ecole des Arts et Métiers under the lead of Jean Prouvé. In 1972 he got a masters degree in architecture.

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Rougerie bases his research on bionic architecture, in accordance with principles of sustainable development, aiming at emphasizing the role of the sea in the history of the humanity. Rougerie builds underwater habitats and laboratories, aquatic centers, transparent shell vessels, subaquatic museums and conceives underwater living areas.

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In 2008, Rougerie was elected at the Institut de France - Académie des Beaux-Arts and in 2009, he was awarded the Légion d'Honneur. His flagship project SeaOrbiter, is a futuristic seabed exploration vessel. Rougerie is also involved in floating hotels and universities projects.

Museums and aquatic centers

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1981 : Sea Pavillion (Kobe, Japan),

1989 : Océanopolis I (Brest),

1991 : Nausicaá I (Boulogne-sur-Mer),

2000 : Océanopolis II (Brest),

2001 : Nausicaá II (Boulogne-sur-Mer),

2014 : Caribbean Sea Centre (Guadeloupe),

2014 : Kochi Oceanarium (India),

2015 : Alexandria underwater archaeological museum (Egypt).

Underwater habitats

1973-75 : « Village sous la mer », Virgin Islands (USA), conceived to work and live under the sea,

1977 : « Galathée », his first underwater habitat,

1978-98 : « Aquabulles », underwater shelter,

1981 : « Hippocampe », subaquatic habitat,

1989 : « Aqualab », underwater habitat-laboratory, based on the concept of transparent shells vessels,

1981 : « Aquascopes », variable buoyancy trimaran,

1982 - 2000 : « Aquaspace », sail trimaran with a transparent shell.

Other creations

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1991 : Institut français d’Informatique (Marne la Vallée),

1991 : Larousse Formula 1 Factory(Signes),

1994 : Environmental ressearch center (Dunkerque),

2009 : Stade aquatique de l'agglomération de Vichy,

2012 : La Tontouta International Airport,

2013 : Piscine Molitor.

Research and projects

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Marine City « City in the Ocean » (United Arab Emirates),

Embassair private airport terminals (London, New York),

Malley Star tower on positive energy (Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland),

Shell Tower (United Arab Emirates),

Atlantide Hotelia Complex.

Seaspacelab : underwater laboratory (USA),

Aquaspace III : underwater observation trimaran,

SeaOrbiter : 58 m high, 31 immersed, SeaOrbiter is a project aimed at constant oceans observation. Drifting with the sea currents, this platform should enable divers and underwater robots to explore the marine life of the deep, underwater flaws and sunken ruins.

References

Jacques Rougerie (architect) Wikipedia

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