Guide OAI 2020

148 GUIDE OAI RÉFÉRENCES 2020 JEAN PETIT ARCHITECTES S.A. 11, avenue du Bois L-1251 LUXEMBOURG T 00352 / 47 13 22 F 00352 / 47 32 53 architecture@jean-petit.lu www.jean-petit.lu Jean PETIT, Architecte diplômé EPFZ 1970; Bernard RISSER, Architecte diplômé DPLG 1985; Sylvain GUFFANTI, Architecte diplômé DPLG 1990; Emmanuel PETIT, diplômé ETH-Z 1998, Doctor of Philosophy, History & Theory of Architecture Princeton 2006. Inaugurated in 1972, our Luxembourg-based practice is running up to its half-century-long existence, and its work reflects, and bears witness to a time of architectural history that has been exceedingly rich and varied. Without straying too far from a deep allegiance to the principles inaugurated by a particular strand of international modernism out of Le Corbusier, and received through the formalist interpretations of Louis Kahn, Bernhard Hoesli, and Jim Stirling, among others, our work has also exhi- bited the continued dialogue with the zeitgeist. JPA has been fortunate to be entrusted with large-scale projects that extend the poetry of the small object-buil- ding to the urban scale, and, in 2012, have consolidated the office into the structure of an incorporated firm that is able to fully capitalize on, and transmit the expertise we acquired over the decades. 8 Architectes; 3 Ingénieurs; 3 Dessinateurs; 1 Technicien et 3 Administrateurs Architecture, architecture d’intérieur et urbanisme Administration Historique Effectif Domaines d’activité Légende images 1-4 Dans les annales, la première mention de ce qui deviendra la «Ferme Dennemeyer» remonte en 1764. Alors que le corps de logis typique de l’époque de l’impératrice Marie-Thérèse date de 1816, des ajoutes et transformations ont itérative- ment façonné le volume bâti jusqu’au XX ème siècle. Histoire maintenant prorogée par son affectation comme école de musique en conservant l’image séculaire de l’espace urbain attenant. photo 1: © Laurent Blum photos 2-4: © boshua Bohumil Kostohryz 1 2