Introduction The Work of Michel Kagan - 'A Gift of Luminosity' ... 4 The Placeness of Modern Space ... 10 Interview of Michel Kagan ... 18 Architecture WORKS IN PROGRESS 81 Housing Units and Commercial Spaces, 'Villa Mazargues' in Marseille ... 26 58 Housing Units In Rouen 'Chatelet Square' ... 30 Social and Cultural Center of Champs Manceaux, Rennes ... 34 100 Apartments, ZAC of Beauregard, Rennes ... 38 Residence for Students, rue Bruneseau, Paris 13th ... 42 50 Apartments, Clichy La Garenne ... 46 BUILT WORKS 83 Apartments, Port St. Martin, Rennes ... 52 School Group 'Jules Ferry' in Noisy-Le-Grand ... 64 Villa Mouchez 70 Apartments, Paris 14th ... 74 University of Cergy Pontoise, Neuville ... 86 50 Social Housing Units, Cite Fougeres, Paris ... 96 Headquarters of Social Housing Offices, Alencon ... 104 Cite d'Artiste Parc Citroen - Cevennes Paris, 15th ... 116 Technical and Administrative Center of The City of Paris ... 128 HOUSES AND PAVILIONS Renovation and Extension of a House in Montrouge ... 142 Apartment, rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris 6th ... 146 Town House, rue Cernuschi, Paris 17th ... 152 Platform For Fashion Show, Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris ... 160 Exhibition Pavilion For Renault in Tokyo, Japan ... 164 Miniloft in Montmartre, Paris 18th ... 168 Exhibition Pavilion in Parc des Bastions, Geneva, Swiss ... 174 'Maison Sans Facade', rue Moliiere, Paris 1st ... 180 PROJECTS Bavaria Gelande, Hamburg, Germany ... 188 Rainvilleterrasse in Hamburg-Altona, Germany ... 192 New Museum of Fine Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland ... 196 Culture Center of the City of Ilsan, Korea ... 200 Masan Cultural Center, Masan, Korea ... 204 Heonin Village, Seoul, Korea ... 210 Automobile Museum, Torino, Italy ... 214 Docks Prague Liben, Czech Republic ... 218 Appendix Work Chronology ... 222 Biography ... 228