An emblematic urban development project in the Montpellier metropolitan area, the Port Marianne district stems from an ambitious vision to extend the city towards the sea.
Architecture firm
A+Architecture, Hellin Sebbag Pirany architectes
Location
République ZAC, Lot E, Montpellier, France
Photography
Camille Gharbi, Drone-Ops
Collaborators
Tecta (Infrastructure Engineer), L’Echo (Economist)
Structural engineer
TERRELL
Environmental & MEP
Celsius Environnement (Mechanical and Thermal Engineer), Novacert (Environmental Engineer), Gamba (Acoustic Engineer)
Client
SERM, Icade / Kalelithos / REI Habitat
Typology
Residential Complex
In Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis), near Paris, the site was exemplary of the franchised city made up of hangars and warehouses, often regarded as disparaging urban elements. The project led by Atelier WOA (Wood Oriented Architecture), with architectural and urban as well as social and societal objectives, transformed a neglected parcel of land into a d...
Project name
L'INDUSTREET IN STAINS (FRANCE)
Architecture firm
Atelier WOA (Wood Oriented Architecture)
Location
Foncière Atland, Stains, France
Photography
Camille Gharbi
Built area
11,000 m² including 7,000 m² for teaching areas and 4,000 m² for workshops areas
Structural engineer
Innovia
Environmental & MEP
VIZEA
Material
Mixed wood-metal frame for the "workshops" areas, wood post-beam structure type glued laminated timber and mixed wood-concrete floor for the "teaching" areas. Carpentry and adjustable aluminum sunshade. Aluminum curtain wall. Facade materials: prefabricated concrete panel, metal cladding and pre-gray wood cladding. Heating and cooling according to a principle of natural ventilation and night ventilation
Typology
Education, School