Off the Record: X-TU
With its “Off the record” section, AA gives the floor to architects through short Q&As. Founding architects of X-TU, Nicolas Desmazières and Anouk Legendre, agreed to answer AA’s questions.
- Being an architect is…
Transforming stakes into spaces.
La cité du vin, Bordeaux, 2016 © XTU / Julien Lanoo
- My ideal commission
A nest.
- My job in 20 years
Resistance architect.
- The advice I would give a young architect
To have well-reasoned audacity.
- What I wish to pass on to my collaborators
The pleasure to do things right.
- The rising architect we should follow
The weaverbird.
- The project I’d like to have done myself
The weaverbird nest.
French pavilion at the Expo Milano, 2015, Italy © X-TU
- Another career I’d have liked to pursue
Being a bird to fully enjoy space and never have the feeling of working.
- A book, an object, a piece of art I particularly like
The Milky Way in its dynamic.
- A place that inspires me
The earth and the Icelandic Landmannalaugar.
More information on X-TU’s website.
