BAST have taken a proactive attitude to research in order to experiment with the diverse
potentialities of each project. At each step of the design phase they propose multiple
different solutions. As a result they do not follow a set formal method instead their
projects go through an evolutionary process. BAST's architecture practice is located in
Toulouse France. The architects recall ideas of modern assemblage and montage: the structural
unit is challenged by the superposition of logics façade layers colliding structures
sections. The overall logic derives from resemblances things that look like something else
but are not exactly what we expect. These elements are mixed together. Controlling the
resulting combination requires a very clear idea because otherwise the building site can soon
descend into chaos. The structural principle provides the logic and the design sequence drives
together these elements. Once the design principle has been defined regardless of whether the
window frame is here or there the catalyst is already in place. The fragments can then be
assembled with an eye to a promising future. Conversation with Jo Tailleau and Tiphaine Abenia.
Photos by BAST.
