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Paul Chemetov (6 September 1928 – 16 June 2024) was a French architect and urbanist. He was best known for his collaborations with Borja Huidobro.


Biography

Chemetov was born in Paris on 6 September 1928. As a student, he belonged to the Union of Communist Students. He graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in 1959. Chemetov taught at the
École des Ponts ParisTech École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...
until 1989, at which time he switched to the . In 1961, he joined the AAU. He designed several buildings with Borja Huidobro (b. 1936,
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) beginning in 1983. Chemetov received several awards and honors including the Grand prix national de l'architecture (1980), Officer of the
Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...
, Officer of the , and Officer of the . Chemetov was the father of landscape architect Alexandre Chemetoff, who won the in 2000. He also had two daughters Marianne â€“ who is married to famous cinematographer Darius Khondji â€“ and Agnès Chemetoff. Chemetov died in Paris on 16 June 2024, at the age of 95.


Partial works

In 1960–1964, Chemetov worked on a housing complex in Vigneux. From 1981 to 1988, he worked on the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance building, one of the Grands Projets of François Mitterrand, with Huidobro. From 1982 to 1985 he worked on the French Embassy in
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, India, with Borja Huidobro and in December 1982 won the Ministry of Finances competition. In 1983, Chemetov designed the public housing building at , Canal District in Courcouronnes (
Essonne Essonne () is a department in the southern part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659, across 194 communes. In 1988 he designed the Fontaines du Ministère in Paris and from 1989 to 1994 was responsible for the renovation of the main gallery of the evolution of the National Museum of Natural History, with Huidobro. In 1992 Chemetov was responsible for the development of a tram from Bobigny to Saint-Denis and in 1994 worked on the library-media center at
Évreux Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy. History Antiquity In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century AD, was named '' Mediolanum Aulercorum'', "the central town ...
, with Huidobro. In 1999 he designed the Méridienne verte, in 2000 he designed the public library at
Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...
, with Huidobro and in 2001 designed the Arènes de Metz, with Huidobro. In 2001 he worked on the public library at
Châlons-en-Champagne Châlons-en-Champagne () is a city in the Grand Est region of France. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims. Formerly called Châlons ...
.


References


External links


Official website
(in French)
Interview with Paul Chemetov
(in French) about - What is architecture?, 2014

(in French and English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Chemetov, Paul 1928 births 2024 deaths 20th-century French architects French urban planners Architects from Paris Members of the Académie d'architecture École des Beaux-Arts alumni Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Commanders of the Legion of Honour Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite