What if we stopped zoning?
And what if we projected an office building in the middle of a social housing district?
The building Aalta in Cenon takes advantage of different economic incentives and of the development of the Bordeaux tramway to densify and create an active interface between Palmer social district and a quiet neighborhood made of small houses.
In this confrontation of scales, the prevailing theory "not in my backyard” is here treated in a different way.
The residential buildings are oriented to both to the gardens and to the streets, but this paradigm is changed through this created space for activities, work, services and exchanges. The office building is part of an effort to bring functional diversity while responding to entrepreneurial issues: companies being attracted by tax-free areas to settle their headquarters for a certain time, they will be changing and the building will have to be flexible to meet these variables.
It offers them greater flexibility in planning and organization, free space with minimal bearing points. However behind its neutrality, the facade has a dynamic urban aspect: undulating through streams, its white shell seems to lead a movement in the neighborhood.
Brief : Around 12 offices
Client : SCVV Lagorgette
Architects : Martin Duplantier Architectes
Enterprises Executor : Eiffage (GO), Charpentiers Meilhanais, AirFroid, Davitec, Daly, MAP
Missions : Design and construction
Dates : 2007 - 2012 (completed works)
Area : 1 117 m²
Construction system : concrete structure on 6 floors. Raft foundation. Prefabricated concrete elements for the facade.
Materials: Exterior skin made of prefab concrete elements. Aluminium frames and double glazed windows.
Concrete floors on typical floor, oak wood flooring on the 6th floor. Acacia wood terrace. Budget : 950€ HT/m²
Energy performances : Dual purpose air-air heat-pump; French energy regulation (RT2005)
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