Our aim was to create a completely new dwelling experience in the heart of Monaco
– Jean-Baptiste Pastor
Jean-Baptiste Pastor is the Chief Executive Officer of “SAM du Parc”, the developer of MONA RESIDENCE as well as the “SAM Michel Pastor Group”, the Project Manager.
“My role covered all the aspects of the development of this project”. MONA RESIDENCE has been a real challenge both technically and environmentally. MONA RESIDENCE is an elegant high-rise which fits perfectly to its surroundings. It curved shape offer overlapping gardens and balconies as well as magnificent views from its balconies. “The objective is that our clients feel at home. We always aim at excellence and for this reason, we have chosen world-renowned architects Jean-Michel Wilmotte and Rainier Boisson, landscape designer Jean Mus, interior designer Ora Ïto and Contemporary Artist Daniel Buren. The lobby is a constantly evolving work of art imagined by Daniel Buren. This project is unique at all levels: interiors, exteriors, gardens as well as common areas. We wanted to integrate in this building a strong environmental approach and therefore we had to innovate through technologies such as geothermic systems, active tile system, solar panels”
With MONA RESIDENCE, Group Michel Pastor has proven once again its strong desire to offer its clientele “a new experience of life in the Principality of Monaco and to develop a building capable of interacting with its time and to meet expectations of our distinguished clients”
Jean-Michel Wilmotte is an architect, urbanist and designer. He founded his own agency in Paris, in 1975. Jean-Michel Wilmotte has continued to develop its know how across the years in France as well as abroad. His projects are characterized for their elegance as well as the quality of its finishings.
He operates in both the public and private sectors, across luxury, hospitality, residential, and the service industries. His projects include among other the restructuring of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the refurbishment of the hotel Lutetia, the transformation of the Halle Freyssinet in Station F in Paris, the conception of Google office at King Cross Central in London, the interior design of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam or the design of the Ecole Internationale de Genève. “Architecture is a plural activity that requires to compose constantly with a multitude of parameters. This diversity inspires me, stimulate my creativity”
Mr. Boisson, Architect & Urbanist and Mrs. Danyelle Boisson, Urbanist have founded the agency “Architecture et d’Urbanisme” in 1976. Mr. Boisson has developed across the years a variety of projects such as the refurbishment of more than a hundred private apartments in the sea extension neighborood of Fontvielle in Monaco as well as ultra high end apartments or the rehabilitation of historic sites such as the Garnier Opera in Monaco.
“The living spaces in MONA RESIDENCE were imagined as a “traveling” or a sequence plan, to highlight the beauty of the sea”
Since 1997, Ora Ïto’s studio has worked with a fluid vocabulary materializing movement reinventing streamlining in the digital era and giving shape to the desires of our contemporary society. For MONA RESIDENCE “My idea was not to just create an interior design, but rather, a total sensorial experience”. Ora Ïto seeks to design timeless pieces so as to lean away from “wasteful consumerism”.
Daniel Buren is a French philosopher, spatial sculptor, and urban decorator. As a French artist and painter, he was the first to introduce “in-situ” to the fine arts world. He defines his work by being “... in the space, for the space, because of the space. This tension to the space in translated into the titles I use, which always end by “working in-situ”.“I was seeking to create something that would make the entire space vibrate”
A graduate from the prestigious National University of Landscape and Gardens of Versailles, for over 30 years Jean Mus has become the reference in its sector of activity. Jean Mus combines the respect of the environment to the creation of unique spaces always respecting the history of each specific site and its evolution across time.
“A landscape architect is a set designer servicing nature. We are here to link, harmonize, and liberate, but always in the best interest of the building”
The teams at Michel Pastor Group had a decisive role in the design and development of this unique project. More specifically in the technical and environmental fields, for such achievements as the BREEAM “excellent” label. From left to right: Lionel Accary, Eric Parmentier, Philippe Dieulafait.
The teams at Centre Immobilier Pastor provided years of expertise in the fields of sales, rentals, marketing, and property management. Their knowledge of the Monaco real-estate market lead to the development of this luxury tower aimed at high-end clientele.
From left to right: Bachir Messie, Lucija Campo Rodin, Béchir Mahresi, Aïleen Fabre, Patrice Cenciarelli.
The strong partnership between Michel Pastor Group and Green Affair (“BREEAM” label), EDEIS (studies and technical controls), Expertises & Géothechnique S.A.M (study and control of geotechnical and structural elements) and Apave (control study) as well as other providers and workers, was fundamental to the success of this project.