Françoise H Jourda (26 November 1955 – 31 May 2015) was an award-winning French architect. Jourda has taught architecture internationally since 1979 at the Ecole d’Architecture de Lyon, the

Oslo School of Architecture and Design The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (, AHO) is an autonomous institution within the Norwegian university system. The School offers education in the fields of architecture, urbanism, design, and landscape architecture. AHO offers three f ...

, the

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, the

Polytechnic of Central London The University of Westminster is a public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first polytechnic to open in London. The Polytechnic formally received a Royal charter in Au ...

, the Technical University of Kassel, Germany, and since 1999 at the

Vienna University of Technology TU Wien () is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. The university's teaching and research are focused on engineering, computer science, and natural sciences. It currently has about 28,100 students (29% women), eight faculties, and ...

. Jourda has her own firm, JAP (Jourda Architectes Paris), and heads EO-CITE, an architecture and urban planning consulting firm. Her works include the Mont-Cenis Academy in the

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, Germany, and in France the Architecture School of Lyon (1999), the

University of Marne la Vallée A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

(1992), the Tribunal de Grande Instance in

Melun Melun () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the centre of the capital. Melun is the prefecture of Seine-et-Marne, ...

(1994), the Babka Un Chocolat at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique and the Musée du Jardin botanique in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

(2006). Her "éNergie zérO" project in Saint Denis (2008) is the first total energy saving building in France."Françoise Hélène Jourda"
''Pays de Châteaubriant''. Retrieved 2 March 2012. She died in 2015 at the age of 59 on 31 May

Selected works

Jourda's principal works include: *École d’architecture de Lyon,

Vaulx-en-Velin Vaulx-en-Velin () is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, eastern France. It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is located to its northeast, on the river Rhône. History The rivers, including the Rhône, ...

(1987) *Renovation of the town hall at Montbrison (1987) *Parilly Metro Station, Lyon (1988) * Cité Scolaire Internationale, Lyon (1989) *Student accommodation

Écully Écully () is a suburban Communes of France, commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region, central-eastern France. It is a northwestern suburb of Lyon, bordering its 9th arrondissement of Lyon, 9th arron ...

(1991) *Université de Marne-la-Vallée: two buildings including lecture theatres, seminar rooms, canteen (1992) *Training centre for the Ministry of the Interior, Herne-Sodingen (1993) *Law courts, Melun (1994) *Futuroscope & Entertainment Center,

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(1996) *Covered market, Lyon (1998) *Botanical garden greenhouse facilities, Bordeaux (1999) *Rugby football centre,

Marcoussis Marcoussis () is a Communes of France, commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Marcoussis is the location of the CNR (National Centre of Rugby) where the France national rugby u ...

(2000) *Musée du Jardin botanique, Bordeaux (2006) *éNergie zérO, Saint Denis (2008)

Awards

In 1987, Jourda received a ''mention spéciale'' under the

Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent The Prix d'architecture de l'Équerre d'argent (The Silver T-square Prize) is a French architecture award. This prize was launched in 1960 by "Architecture Française" magazine and its director Michel Bourdeau. It is given annually by Le Moniteu ...

for the School of Architecture in Lyon. In 1999, she was awarded the ''European Solar Prize'' for the training centre at Herne-Solingen and, in 2000, the ''Palmarès Acier 2000'' for the law courts in Melun. In 2007, she was awarded one of the five first

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. In 2009, she became a knight of the

Légion d’Honneur 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 ...

."L’architecte, Françoise-Hélène Jourda reçoit la Légion d'Honneur"
, ''Archibat''. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

References

External links

Françoise-Hélène Jourda at Jourda Architectes
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