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| Born | Pierre Amédée Bernard Debeaux 9 July 1925 Mazères-sur-Salat, |
| Died | 22 January 2001 (aged 75) Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Jacques Vion fire station Monument to the Glory of the Resistance Pradier house |
| Projects | Pic du Midi de Bigorre |
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Pierre Debeaux (19 July 1925 – 22 January 2001) was a French modernist architect and polymath. He is known for buildings such as the observatory of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, the Jacques Vion fire station and the Monument to the Glory of the Resistance in Toulouse, and the Pradier house in the Tarn – both of which are registered French national landmarks. He is described in the archives of the Haute-Garonne as "the most inventive architect of his generation".[1][2][3]
Early life an education
Pierre Amédée Bernard Debeaux was born on July 19, 1925, in Mazères-sur-Salat. His father, François Jean Bernard Debeaux (1901–1984) was an electrical engineer who taught industrial design at both the Ecole des Beaux-arts and the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat in Toulouse. The Debeaux family lived in Toulouse and had a second home in Saint-Denis-les-Martel in the Lot.[4]
He attended the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat in Toulouse from 1935–1943 and graduated with a baccalaureate in mathematics, followed by a baccalaureate in philosophy under the tutelage of Jean-Pierre Vernant. He remained a fervent admirer of Vernant's Hellenism throughout his life, and was also influenced by Vernant's involvement in the Resistance.[citation needed]
Debeaux obtained a degree in architecture from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in June 1950 with a project for an agricultural tool forge. He was awarded the prize for the best national diploma and became a registered architect in 1950.[5][6]
During the 1960s and 1970s, he embarked on several major research trips to discover different cultures and heritages: Siberia and China (1966); Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia (1967 and 1971); India, Nepal and Kashmir (1968); Mexico (1969); Siberia and Japan (1970); Indonesia and Sri Lanka (1972); and Turkey (1974). These journeys added an Orientalist influence to Debeaux's work.[7]
Work and career
From 1954 to 1972, Debeaux was part of the "Atelier des Architectes Associés", which he co-founded. He devoted much of his time to research into harmonic relationships and three-dimensional structures. Between 1966 and 1989, he filed a series of patents in France, Europe and the United States for three-dimensional structures.[8]
He is known for buildings such as the observatory of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, built between 1951–1966 (Debeaux was only 26 when he began the project); the Jacques Vion fire station (1966–1972) and the Monument à la Gloire de la Résistance (1965–1971) in Toulouse, and the landmarked Pradier house (1974–1978) in the Tarn.[9][10][11] Charlotte Perriand was commissioned to design unique furniture pieces for the Pradier house. These pieces were sold at Sotheby's in 2020.[12][13]
In 1958 Debeaux became a professor at the Ecole des Beaux-arts in Toulouse.[14]
In 1973 he was awarded the Charles-Henri Besnard prize for the innovative metal roof structure design of the Jacques Vion fire station.[15]
In 1981, he won the Académie d'Architecture's "Beau Béton" competition for the Pradier house.[16]
Debeaux made artistic and scientific contributions to the Musée des Augustins between 1965 and 1992.[14]
Personal life
Pierre Debeaux and his partner Elisabeth Cardo had one daughter, Charlotte, born in Toulouse in 1985.[citation needed]
Death and legacy
Debeaux suffered a stroke in November 1997. He died in Toulouse in January 2001.[14]
Debeaux's Pradier house and Monument to the Glory of the Resistance are protected French national landmarks.[10] An initiative was begun in 2023 to add the Jacques Vion fire station to the French register of protected monuments.[17][18][19]
Gallery
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Pic du Midi de Bigorre observatory -
Water tower (Chateau d'eau) of the Marchant Hospital -
Musée des Augustins -
Jacques Vion fire station, principal façade -
Jacques Vion fire station, "grande halle" -
Jacques Vion fire station, structural details (grande halle) -
Jacques Vion fire station, gymnasium -
Jacques Vion firestation, balcony detail
Partial list of works
- 1956 Citroën building (with Atelier des Architectes Associés)[20][a]
- 1956 Extension of groupe scolaire Jules Julien (with Roger Brunerie)[a]
- 1956 Groupe scolaire Molière, Saint Cyprien, Toulouse (with Roger Brunerie)[a]
- 1956 Primary school, Jolimont, Toulouse (with Roger Brunerie)[21][b]
- 1956 Primary school, Sept Deniers, Toulouse (with Roger Brunerie)[b]
- 1957 Fabre kindergarden, Toulouse[b]
- 1959 Martin house, Engomer[b]
- 1961 Martin house, Castelnaudary[b]
- 1961 Recherche Institute, Bagnère de Bigorre[a]
- 1963 Water tower, route d'Espagne[a]
- 1969 Villa Chanfreau, Cote Pavée, Toulouse[22][a]
- 1971 Monument to the Glory of the Resistance, Toulouse (with Atelier des Architectes Associés)[23][c]
- 1975 Observatory, Pic du Midi de Bigorre[a]
- 1967 Jacques Vion fire station, Toulouse[24][a][b][c]
- 1969 Vessières apartment building, Toulouse[b]
- 1970 Pham Huu Chan house, Clermont-le-Fort[b]
- 1977 Pradier house, Lavaur[c]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Architecture Contemporaine Remarquable (Label ACR) [Outstanding Contemporary Architecture]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bâtiments du XXe en Midi toulousain (Bâtiments remarquables listés dans l’inventaire de la DRAC ) [20th c. Architecture in Midi-Toulouse]
- ^ a b c Protégée au titre des Monument Historiques (MH) [Protected Historic Monument]
Publications
- Gruet, Stéphane (2005). Éditions POÏESIS (ed.). Pierre Debeaux, architecte (1955–2001): L'artiste et le géomètre. p. 104. ISBN 978-2951895317.[8]
- Marfaing, Jean-Loup; Papillault, Rémi (2013). Presses Universitaires du Mirail (ed.). Du moderne au brutalisme, 13 villas à l’épreuve du temps. p. 167. ISBN 978-2-8107-0268-8.
- Saint-Pierre, Raphaëlle (2013). Norma, Renne (ed.). Villas 60-70 en France. p. 320. ISBN 978-2-9155-4242-4.
References
- ^ Armand, Sophie (2016). "189 J Fonds Pierre Debeaux architecte (1925–2001)". Archives Départementales de la Haute-Garonne (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ^ Patrimoines Midi-Pyrénées , Archives d'architectes. Patrimoines Midi-Pyrénées. Toulouse: Conseil régional Midi-Pyrénées. 2013.
- ^ Faham, Bryan (2023-09-16). "La caserne Vion, symbole des Trente Glorieuses, devient un monument historique". www.lejournaltoulousain.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ Saint-Pierre, Raphaëlle (2019-03-06). "LES GÉOMÉTRIES VIRTUOSES D'UN MODERNE". AMC (in French).
- ^ "Sauver le chef-d'œuvre de Pierre Debeaux". AMC (in French). 2023-01-31.
- ^ "Pierre Debeaux, dans l'ombre de Le Corbusier". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ Gruet, Stéphane (2005). Pierre Debeaux, architecte: L'artiste et le géomètre (1925–2001). Éditions POÏESIS. p. 104. ISBN 978-2951895317.
- ^ a b "Pierre Debeaux architecte (1925-2001) : l'artiste et le géomètre = the artist and the geometer". primo.getty.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ "PSS / Mémorial de la Résistance (Toulouse, France)". www.pss-archi.eu. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ a b "Maison dite " Maison Pradier ", due à l'architecte Pierre Debeaux". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ Gruet, Stéphane. "ArchitectureWeek – Culture – Fire Station in Toulouse – 2005.0921". www.architectureweek.com. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ Akkam, Alia (2020-12-03). "A Major New Auction of Charlotte Perriand Works Is Set to Take Place in Paris This Month". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ Evans, Christina Ohly (2020-10-21). "How to pick up a rare piece of Charlotte Perriand furniture". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ^ a b c Gruet, Stéphane (2005). Pierre Debeaux, architecte (1925–2001): L'artiste et le géomètre [The Artist and the Geometer]. Éditions POÏESIS. pp. 101–102. ISBN 978-2951895317.
- ^ "Prix Charles-Henri Besnard délivré à Pierre Debeaux pour ses travaux sur un type nouveau de charpentes tridirectionnelles : correspondances, mémoire". Archives départementales de la Haute-Garonne (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ Vanacker, Céline (May 2014). "La maison Pradier, Lavaur, Etude d'inventaire" (PDF). www.ville-lavaur.fr. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "Toulouse: a petition for the Vion fire station, testimony to the 1960s, to become a historic monument". newsinfrance.com. 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ "Caserne Jacques Vion de Toulouse : Lettre ouverte à Madame la Ministre de la Culture – Sites & Monuments". www.sitesetmonuments.org. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ "Toulouse : la caserne de pompiers Jacques-Vion, chef-d'œuvre de Pierre Debeaux, doit être sauvée". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Label 'Outstanding contemporary architecture'". www.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ "Architecture du XXe siècle en Midi Toulousain" [20th c. Architecture in Midi-Toulouse]. www.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ "Villa Chanfreau". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ "The historical monuments". www.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ "Toulouse : la caserne Vion inscrite au titre des monuments historiques". France 3 Occitanie (in French). 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
External links
- Pierre DEBEAUX architecte, brief documentary film, 1973 (in French)
- Caserne de pompiers Jacques Vion, detailed documentation stored on DoCoMoMo (Fiche inventaire, in French)
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