Hommage à Philippe Corset, associé de studioMilou jusqu’en 2019

Hommage à Philippe Corset
Associé de studioMilou jusqu’en 2019

Philippe Corset et moi sommes nés à Niort, une ville régionale, au nord de Bordeaux.

Nous nous sommes rencontrés en 1982 lorsque j'ai construit un petit projet résidentiel dans notre région natale.

Philippe était un ingénieur civil français, dans la tradition d'Auguste Choisy, formé dans les sciences humaines françaises.

Fils et petit-fils de maçons et entrepreneurs traditionnels de Niort, il s'est enrôlé jeune français dans la guerre d'Algérie, il en est revenu dur, réaliste, taciturne et bienveillant, façonné par son expérience de soldat sur le champ de bataille, sachant tout, dire très peu…

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StudioMilou’s design for the Binh Dinh Convention Center awarded the prestigious ‘Gold Prize’ for the best foreign architectural project by the Vietnamese Architectural Association

StudioMilou’s design for the Binh Dinh Convention Center awarded the prestigious ‘Gold Prize’ for the best foreign architectural project by the Vietnamese Architectural Association on 28 December 2021.

studioMilou and our local partner, TAD, worked on the project from 2017 – 2020, creating a new landmark on this former military airstrip. The studio’s lead designer, Singapore-based Jean Francois Milou, and Nguyen Thanh Trung, partner and Director of studioMilou Vietnam, managed the project, ensuring a project open on all sides to the surrounding natural and urban landscapes, as well as to the local communities.

The prize was accepted on behalf of studioMilou by Nguyen Tung Lam, manager of StudioMilou Vietnam, and Mr Nguyen Van Tat, founder and Managing Director of TAD, during a ceremony in the Opera House of Hanoi.

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studioMilou winner of the competition for the Ho Chi Minh city opera house

studioMilou winner of the competition for the Ho Chi Minh city opera house.

studioMilou and our local partner, HDC along with our international engineering team from ARUP, are honored to have been awarded the Jury’s highest ranking for our design creating a spectacular home for the new Ho Chi Minh’s City’s Ballet, Symphony, Orchestra and Opera House. The Award was presented on 10 December after an international competition, and we wish to thank our talented teams in Vietnam and Singapore for their tireless commitment to achieving this primary result.

The design evolved over the course of several months of research and relentless attempts to define forms at once harmonious with the spectacular Saigon riverfront location and the dynamism of its fast-evolving context in the Thu Thiem New Urban District.

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