Research Center : Pierre Fabre Cosmetic Center in Lavaur (France) - 2000To open the door of the Pierre Fabre Group it is first of all to discover the genius of a man who is a true “creater” who brings quite a lot to France and vehicles the image of his great concern for the preservation of the man’s health.
The chosen location was a site spreading over 100 ha of woody landscape : the “Lavaur Vallée”.
After the modelization of the bed Roger Taillibert was going to develop a real mirror sculpture, anchored into the wood. An extraordinary garden was planted, and an artificial lake as well, where springs must gather.
The architecture has to be located in a place where it can be shown, where it can fix itself, attract and do not repel people. This setting was achieved very carefully, as the owner permanently expressed his choices and his ideas.
In order to go into this architectural site, Roger Taillibert also had to create the access roadways, the piazzas, the fountains, this means he had to make this place lively to penetrate it.
The choice of the shape and of the volume which creates a real landscape inside the wood, answers the joy of the curves, but also encloses it inside the nature.The happiness of the inhabitants comes from this living place which had to be created : for the work, the landscape, and a place which commmunicates with the restaurant, the terrace, enjoying the sun, the air , the rain during all the seasons.