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Roche and Lavaux - French architects - Brief Article - Interview
Interview, Oct, 2001 by Chrissy Persico
WHERE TECHNO AND ORGANIC MEET
Francois Roche and Stephanie Lavaux, partners in the Paris-based architecture firm R & Sie, have until now designed solely conceptual projects. This fall they will complete their first building, a house. CHRISSY PERSICO: Your work involves a lot of very theoretical concepts, such as displacement and morphing, which you've demonstrated in computer images.
FRANCOIS ROCHE: We've been inspired by films and videos such as Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Michael Jackson's "Black or White." The computer process we use [to show them] is not made to represent the building, but rather to reveal a mutation of the territory itself.
CP: Why has the name of your firm changed so frequently?
FR: The firm transforms based on the people we work with.
Chrissy Persico is an editorial assistant at Interview. Above (left): Francois Roche (left) wears a top by VERSACE, Stephanie Lavaux wears pants by VERSACE.
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