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Organic Architecture

Francois Delarozière 

Designer, Scenographer and Director, his impresive living architectures and live productions are a total inspiration for us.

Francois Delarozière is an incredible machine designer, he created living architectures for street theathre caring all the details. Through his drawings Francois represents the insides of machines and makes their architecture visible, also get the feel about how they have been made, with cogs and pulleys.

He created with Pierre Orefice and Alexandre Chémétoff, ‘Les Machines de l’Île’, located on the Western point of Nantes Island, a cultural and touristic facilities inaugurated in 2007. 

His latest creation, “Long Ma Jing Shen”, stages a Dragon-Horse created for the 50th anniversary of Franco-Chinese diplomatic relations in Beijing in 2015.

On the video below Francois, as artistic director of the company La Machine, presents his book "Bestiaire, Machines et Ornements", published by Actes Sud, available at his shop.

image1. Le Arbre aux Hérons. Francois Delarozière. Section. Esc 1/10.

image2. Le Manege Carré Senart. Les cuatre Boeues. Francois Delarozière. Section. Esc 1/10.

image3. Le Serpent des Mers. Francois Delarozière. Section. Esc 1/10.

image4. Les Araignées Savantes. Francois Delarozière. Section. Esc 1/10. 

image5. L' Attelage des Mers. Francois Delarozière. Section. Esc 1/10.

image6. Le Dragon. Francois Delarozière. Section. Esc 1/10.

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