Gérard Grandval
*7. 10. 1930 – Paris, France
†2. 12. 2021 – Paris, France
Biography
Gérard Grandval was a French poet and a significant representative of organic architecture in the 1970s. After completing his secondary education at Janson-de-Sailly, he continued at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts under professors Emmanuel Pontremoli and André Leconte. He decided to study architecture after reading the book 'Eupalinos or the Architect' from 1921 by the French poet Paul Valéry, which deals with the author of an ancient aqueduct on the Greek island of Samos from the second half of the 6th century BC.
After graduating in 1959, he joined as an intern at an urban institute in Philadelphia a year later. He subsequently worked from 1967 to 1972 at the French Ministry of Culture as a project manager in the architectural department. From 1966 to 1970, he worked in the urban planning studio of the western French city of Niort.
Among Grandval's most famous projects is the Les Choux de Créteil housing estate (1966-74) near Paris, where he managed to combine the typology of affordable social housing with an organically urbanistic plan using innovative prefabricated elements.
He also spent a long period working in Algeria, where from 1975 to 1980 he was responsible for the urban planning studio designing the eastern part of Algiers. From 1985 to 1989, he was a member of the Paris commission for real estate and architecture. Since 1994, he was a member of the Academy of Architecture (serving as vice president from 1999 to 2001) and chairman of the jury for the Academy of Architecture's book prize.
Gérard Grandval was a French poet and a significant representative of organic architecture in the 1970s. After completing his secondary education at Janson-de-Sailly, he continued at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts under professors Emmanuel Pontremoli and André Leconte. He decided to study architecture after reading the book 'Eupalinos or the Architect' from 1921 by the French poet Paul Valéry, which deals with the author of an ancient aqueduct on the Greek island of Samos from the second half of the 6th century BC.
After graduating in 1959, he joined as an intern at an urban institute in Philadelphia a year later. He subsequently worked from 1967 to 1972 at the French Ministry of Culture as a project manager in the architectural department. From 1966 to 1970, he worked in the urban planning studio of the western French city of Niort.
Among Grandval's most famous projects is the Les Choux de Créteil housing estate (1966-74) near Paris, where he managed to combine the typology of affordable social housing with an organically urbanistic plan using innovative prefabricated elements.
He also spent a long period working in Algeria, where from 1975 to 1980 he was responsible for the urban planning studio designing the eastern part of Algiers. From 1985 to 1989, he was a member of the Paris commission for real estate and architecture. Since 1994, he was a member of the Academy of Architecture (serving as vice president from 1999 to 2001) and chairman of the jury for the Academy of Architecture's book prize.
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