Françoise Astorg Bollack

Françoise Astorg Bollack
Born
Occupation(s)Architect
Educator
Preservationist
Writer on architecture and preservation
Parent(s)Marcel Astorg, architect and painter and Raymonde Astorg, née Bisch

Françoise Astorg Bollack is an architect, educator, preservationist, and writer on architecture and preservation. Her activities bridge the fields of education, criticism and architectural practice. Her research focuses on the creative possibilities that arise from designing with existing and/or historic buildings. Her method is based on the analysis of successful (or simply intriguing) built work.

Education

Life and Work in New York City: 1970-present

1970-1981

Worked as a designer for:

1981– present

Principal of Françoise Bollack Architects

Architecture Works

  • Restoration and additions at the New York State Capitol in Albany (Assembly Chamber, Assembly Parlor, Speaker’s Office & Conference room, etc.)
  • Adaptive reuse of a 19th-century school in Greenwich Village for the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
  • Chesterwood Museum Shop and Visitor Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
  • Numerous restoration and new designs for historic apartment building lobbies & renovation/restoration of high-end apartments in New York City.

Awards & Honors

For work on LGBT Center, in New York City:

For work in the New York State Capitol in Albany:

For the publication of Old Buildings New Forms: New Directions in Architectural Transformations.

  • Historic Preservation Book Prize, 2014, awarded by The University of Mary Washington Center for Historic Preservation

Her drawings are in Avery Library’s Drawings and Archives collection.

Public Service

  • Served at the City and State levels of the American Institute of Architects
  • Served on the boards of Landmark West!, the Architectural League and the Neighborhood Preservation Center
  • President of the Historic Districts Council, a citywide non-profit preservation organization, from 2011 to 2014, initiating a Preservation Design Award program, the popular "6 To Celebrate" program, publishing District Lines and heading a task force to preserve the historic buildings in East Midtown Manhattan.[4]

Architectural Work in Publications

About work in the New York State Capitol

About the Museum in Chesterwood

About the LGBT Center

  • Making A Grand Entrance[permanent dead link], 250 Cabrini Boardnews, winter 2005-06
  • "Return To Center - How Françoise Bollack Restored The HQ For LGBTs In NYC", Feature article by Fred Bernstein in GENRE Magazine, November 200
  • NEW YORK NOW, an exhibition of recent work at the AIA New York Chapter; May 2005[5]
  • L.G.B.T. Center Celebrates 20 Years In The Village; The Villager June 18–24, 2003 issue.
  • A Community Center Restored, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, New York, NY, Clem Labine's Traditional Building, November 2001
  • "The Center Welcomes NYers Home" New York Blade News, July 20, 2001
  • "Coming To Fruition," OUT Magazine

Competitions

  • "Roosevelt Island Housing," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
  • "Les Halles, Paris," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
  • "'Manhattan Parks': Savannah Grid for New York," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
  • "A Monument for Melbourne," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
  • "The Times Tower Competition, New York," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
  • "Clemson University Performing Arts Center," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
  • "East Hampton Airport," Competitions 1968-2000, Francoise Astorg Bollack, Tom Killian, LULU Press, 2017
  • "Designing The High Line - Ideas For Reclaiming 1.5 Miles Of Manhattan"[6]

About Apartment Buildings & Private Residences

Books & Articles

Lectures & Interviews

Françoise Astorg Bollack AIA book talk 2014

About Preservation

  • Oculus Book Talk: Françoise Astorg Bollack, Old Buildings New Forms: New Directions in Architectural Transformations, NYCxDESIGN 2014, AIA New York, May 12, 2014
  • Old Buildings | New Forms, Lecture at LSU College of Art and Design, February 23, 2015
  • Old Buildings | New Forms, Lecture At Tulane School Of Architecture February 25, 2015
  • Old Buildings – New Forms, Lecture at the Bedford Historical Society, February 2014
  • Inquiry HP Lecture: Old Buildings New Forms, Nov. 20, 2013
  • Breathe Deeply - Why Old Buildings Are Green, Lecture on the relationship between sustainability and living in historic buildings for a symposium organized by Landmark West! The Committee to Preserve the Upper West Side
  • AIA NY Oculus Podcast Interview, May 30, 2014
  • Interview By Susan Kathryn Hefti, in The Preservation Diaries In The Clyde Fitch Report.
  • Letting the Architecture Speak for Itself, Françoise Bollack's And Tom Killian's Interviewed By Fred Bernstein, April 22, 2007
  • On CNBC About The Museum Of Modern Art's Exhibit "Tall Buildings", Interview excerpted and published in BATIWEB, July 2004 read the article here
  • Substitute Materials- Faux Or No? Interview published in District Lines the newsletter of the Historic Districts Council, May 2004. Read the article here
  • History As Prelude: Modern Interventions In Historic Context. The Morgan Library, New York City; Respondent, February 19, 2003

On the Rebuilding at Ground Zero

  • CBC Radio Canada "Indicatif Present," Interview by Jean Claude Marsan, March 10, 2003
  • CNBC (Canadian National Broadcast Company): "Telejournal Le Point", September 11, 2002, September 10, 2002
  • "INDICATIF>PASSE>PRESENT>FUTUR SHOW," TF 1 Television Française; August 8, 2002
  • "Where Are We Now?" Radio Canada 2PM "Le Quebec en Direct", March 11, 2002
  • CBC Radio Canada Roundtable discussion with Françoise Bollack and Phyllis Lambert, hosted by Pierre Maisonneuve, March 11, 2002, 7:45 PM

References

  1. ^ "Françoise Bollack Architects - Profile". www.francoisebollackarchitects.com. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  2. ^ Bassett, Suanne (April 1990). "A Cross Section". Oculus. 52: 9.
  3. ^ "Francoise Bollack - Columbia GSAPP". Columbia GSAPP. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  4. ^ "Françoise Bollack Architects - Profile". www.francoisebollackarchitects.com. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  5. ^ "Françoise Bollack Architects - News". www.francoisebollackarchitects.com. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  6. ^ "Françoise Bollack Architects - News". www.francoisebollackarchitects.com. Retrieved 2017-08-16.