{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e8b24fc498811c656eb58c7/69f0fe832f651f55f5130ee5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"S7#26 🇺🇸🇬🇧 SPOT \"Seeking measure without renunciation, with a reflection on Michel Roux-Spitz, architect\"","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e8b24fc498811c656eb58c7/1777402241815-2bdffcb9-dba0-4608-9d79-d84f470cf8b1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>What if modernity had not always been about rupture?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of&nbsp;<em>Com d’Archi</em>, I take you through the streets of Paris to encounter a discreet yet essential architect:&nbsp;Michel Roux-Spitz.</p><p>Trained at the Beaux-Arts and winner of the Prix de Rome, he developed an architecture of measure, grounded in repetition, order, and a certain idea of continuity. A modernity without manifesto, deeply constructed.</p><p>Through his white façades, his “Série blanche,” and his role in post-war reconstruction, Roux-Spitz embodies another path:</p><p>that of an architecture which does not seek to break away, but to endure.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I also offer a more contemporary perspective:</p><p>how can we think today about transmission, rigor, and the dissemination of knowledge in an age of massive content circulation?</p><p>A personal reflection, shaped by the rediscovery of a key monograph (<em>Michel Roux-Spitz architecte 1888–1957</em>, Mardaga, 1983), and by my own journey as an architectural historian.</p><p><br></p><p>Anne-Charlotte</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ An episode about continuity, rigor… and the enduring necessity to hold firm.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Audio</strong>: comdarchipodcast / This English version was generated using AI with voice cloning, inspiration of the speakers’ timbre (Anne-Charlotte) </p><p><strong>Teaser image</strong>&nbsp;© [La Pablote], via Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA : Michel Roux-Spitz portrait.</p><p><br></p><p>___</p><p>If you like the podcast do not hesitate:</p><p>. to subscribe so you don't miss the next episodes,</p><p>. to leave us stars and a comment :-),</p><p>. to follow us on Instagram @comdarchipodcast to find beautiful images, always chosen with care, so as to enrich your view on the subject.</p><p>Nice week to all of you !</p><h4><br></h4>","author_name":"DEPONDT Anne-Charlotte"}