Christophe Rousselle Architecte. Unbound Volume / Volumen libre


Christophe Rousselle; Alejandro Soffia (ed.)
Softcover
21 x 27 cm | 280 pp.
Spanish + English
ISBN: 978-956-6204-31-2
October 2025
Press kit (Spanish)

Christophe Rousselle had the good fortune of finding his architectural path while he was an exchange student in Chile. That path began as a critique of the monotony of the real estate market and has led, today, to the extensive body of counterproposals illustrated in this book. Le Corbusier called his office the "workshop of patient research." It is not common to find architects immersed in a genuine inquiry, insisting on certain themes across their different projects. Nor is it common for architects to move beyond the realm of design to use the management tools that allow them to develop the themes they pursue. These particularities in Christophe Rousselle's work spark disciplinary interest, especially when they address the architectural typology we interact with every day: our residences.
—Alejandro Soffia (editor)

Prologue: Stéphane Maupin
"On the Selected Works" — Alejandro Soffia

I. Plans
  • Les Courbes, Colombes, 2014–2017
  • Residencia Jeanne d'Arc, Strasbourg, 2014–2017
  • Residencia Pré Gauchet, Nantes, 2012–2015
  • Les Lignes, Colombes, 2012–2015
II. Volumes
  • Les Grésillons, Asnières-sur-Seine, 2019–2024
  • Residencia Erdre Porterie, Nantes, 2015–2018
  • Residencia de estudiantes en Ivry, Ivry-sur-Seine, 2018–2023
III. Floors
  • Edificio Beauregard, Rennes, 2012–2015
  • Residencia La Martre, Mulhouse, 2014–2017
  • Residencia a Cielo Abierto, Gennevilliers, 2013–2015
  • Casa Serrano, Santiago, 2001–2006
IV. Mass
  • Torre Orchard, Manhattan, 2020–ongoing
  • Residencia Le Copenhague, Montreuil, 2014–2017
  • Edificio Claramaría, Santiago, 2014–2023
  • Residencia Liberté, Rennes, 2017–2019
Other Works
  • Escuela Les Sources, Cranves-Sales, 2014–2017
  • Gimnasio Henri Fogel, Saint-Nazaire, 2014–2017
  • Residencia Oslo, Paris, 2017–2023
Projects
  • Edificio Transparente, Curitiba, 2023–ongoing
  • Edificio Christian André, Santiago, 2022–2025
  • Casa Vértigo, Santiago, 2023–ongoing
  • Casa Océane, Punta del Este, 2023–ongoing
Interview: "A French Architect in Chile" — Christophe Rousselle in conversation with Alejandro Soffia


Christophe Rousselle
Architect, the City and Territories of Marne-la-Vallée. Master in Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is the founder of Christophe Rousselle Architecte Urbaniste (2004), with which he develops projects in France, Asia, and Latin America. In 2006, he won the New Albums of Young Architects Award. His work focuses primarily on vertical densification, with special attention to environmental quality requirements, while also considering issues related to territory, landscape, and sociology. In this way, his studio has developed an approach where the dynamics of sustainable development serve as a source of creation for the architectural heritage of the future.
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