Pascale Guédot
Pascale Guédot (born 1960, Pau in Béarn, France) is a French architect. She was awarded the Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent in 2010.
Biography
Pascale Guédot was born in Pau in 1960.[1] She studied architecture in Toulouse and at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville (ENSAB) under Henri Ciriani, after which she teamed up with Olivier Chaslin to design an extension for the Faculty of Law at Sceaux, a Nursing School at Abbeville and a showroom for Hermès in Pantin. In 1991 she set up her own office in Paris with four or five staff.[1]
In 2010 she was the first woman to receive the Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent,[1] presented to her in Paris for her Médiathèque at Oloron-Sainte-Marie.[2] The building sits on a concrete base concealing a private power station at the confluence of the town's two gaves (mountain rivers). The upper level is covered with a wooden lattice with openings that suggest the local beret and chocolate industries.[3] The jury described it as a "building with elegant sobriety, which blends perfectly into the landscape of Béarn."[2]
Known to be an organised perfectionist, Guédot works in the Mouzaïa district of the 19th arrondissement of Paris and lives in an 8th floor apartment next to the Saint-Martin canal. She has one son.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 Anne-Marie Fèvre (31 January 2011). "Pascale Guédot Au Premier Plan". Libération. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Prix d'architecture du Moniteur 2010 : l'Equerre d'argent" (video). Le Moniteur. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ↑ Frédéric Edelmann (31 January 2011). "La saisissante médiathèque d'Oloron-Sainte-Marie". Le Monde. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ↑ "La discrète architecte". Le Parisien. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2015.