Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Jean-Michel Wilmotte (born April 2, 1948 in Soissons ) is a French designer , interior designer , architect and town planner .
Life
Jean-Michel Wilmotte graduated from the state-recognized Parisian private school École Nissim de Camondo (where, among other things, the designer Philippe Starck studied) with a degree in interior design. In 1975 he opened his own engineering office "Governor" in Paris. In 1993 he was registered with the Chamber of Architects . Today the office operates as Wilmotte et Associés SA d'Architecture . Wilmotte has been a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts since 2015, succeeding Michel Folliasson .
Selection of works
- Participation as interior designer in the restoration / redesign of the Louvre in Paris: Salon de Café Richelieu; 1993
- Participation in the restoration / redesign of the Elysée Palace in Paris
- Restoration / remodeling of the National Museum of Beirut, Lebanon; 1995 to 1999
- Restoration / remodeling of the Musée de Beaux-Arts (Museum of Fine Arts) in Nîmes , France; 1986/1987
- Restoration / remodeling of the Museo do Chiado , National Museum of Contemporary Art, in the Chiado old town district of Lisbon , Portugal; Reopened in 1994
- Restoration of the Grenier à sel (salt storage facility) built in 1756 in Avignon , southern France; 1990
- Restoration of the “La Samaritaine” department store (Magasin No. 3) built in 1907 in Paris, together with Marie-Claude Rouault ; 2002
- “Wall of Peace” based on a design by the artist Clara Halter on the Champ de Mars (Marsfeld) in Paris; Inaugurated March 2000
- Restoration of the main shopping street Rue Sainte-Catherine in Bordeaux , one of the longest pedestrian zones in Europe; 2000 to 2003
- Participation in several buildings in the new Paris Rive Gauche (also Seine Rive Gauche ) district, including the Cité de l'Image et du Son ("City of Image and Sound", also called "MK2" = multi-complex, a multiplex cinema) ; together with Frédéric Namur , 2003) and the Avenue de France (together with Patrick Celeste , based on a design by Paul Andreu )
- Design of the above-ground stations for the Rouen tram
- Design of the information pillars at the Strasbourg tram stops
- Participation in the Tramway des Maréchaux Sud (tram line T3), Paris (together with Antoine Grumbach and Michel Desvignes ); 2006
- Conversion of the distillery of the Fernet-Branca spirits company in Saint-Louis near Basel, which was closed in 2000, into an exhibition space for contemporary art ( Espace d'Art Contemporain Fernet Branca ); around 2000
- Interior of the Museum of Islamic Art (collection of Islamic art) in Doha , the capital of Qatar , designed by the Chinese-American star architect Ieoh Ming Pei ; opened in March 2008
- New hotel Novotel in Monte-Carlo , Monaco; 2004 to 2007
- Cartier Ginza Building, Chūō-ku , Japan; 1999
- Hennessy Museum , Cognac , France, 1996
- School library in Nîmes , southern France; 1994
- Office building as part of the Balard project ; 2011 to 2015
- Underground extension of the Nicolas Sursock Museum , Beirut , Lebanon, 2012
- Trinity Cathedral , Paris , France; 2013 to 2016
literature
- Jean Grisoni, Jean-Baptiste Loubeyre: Wilmotte, l'instinct architecte . Paris: Le Passage Ed., 2005, ISBN 2-8474-2081-9
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte: Architecture intérieure des villes . Paris: Editions du Moniteur, 1999, ISBN 2-281-19104-4
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte: Trésors du Musee national du Palais, Taipei: mémoire d'Empire . Paris: Association Francaise d'Action Artistique, 1998, ISBN 2-7118-3651-7
- Francis Rambert: Jean-Michel Wilmotte . Paris: Editions du Regard, 1996, ISBN 2-84105-026-2
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte: Realizations et projets . Paris: Editions du Moniteur, 1993, ISBN 2-281-19070-6
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte: Wilmotte: works and projects . Paris: Moniteur, 1993, ISBN 2-281-19071-4
Web links
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte. In: Structurae
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte. In: arch INFORM .
- Website of Wilmotte et Associés SA d'Architecture (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jean-Michel Wilmotte, archi clair
- ↑ Alex Taylor: Sursock Museum to reopen its doors in 2012 , Daily Star , November 11, 2011 (English, accessed November 2, 2012).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilmotte, Jean-Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French designer, interior designer, architect and urban planner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soissons , France |