Office building
In the rather dense and mineral railway-station district of the city of Massy, this project is a bioclimatic garden-building, a cut-up geography generating terraces and planted surfaces. Tailored as a relief, the structure creates a folding movement around the central garden.
A revamped classic 18-meters long office-block forms the volume. The strip’s inflexions and different heights are subject to the urban templates and the orientation requirements. The 10- to 18-meters large inner garden is generous and planted in a very natural spirit. The whole forms a privileged working space where the relationship with light, sun and green prevails. The pathways give access to wooden terraces on the garden-roofs, offering a relationship with the outside which contributes to the quality of everyday life.
The black facades are cut-up by seemingly randomly set large windows but designed on a 1.35 m. pace. The glass plane is set back, the doorways are clad with a lacquered metal frame which hides the joineries so that only the glass is visible even when the windows are open.
Location
Massy (91)
Client
Hertel Investissement
Occupant
Ericsson headquarter France
Surface
17,000 sqm
Estimated cost
€31 M excluding VAT
Project Team
Hérault Arnod Architectures, design and project supervisor
Florent Bellet, project manager
Batiserf, structure
Cosentini, hvac
Elan, sustanibility
Arcora, facades
Schedule
Competition 2011
Delivered 2015
Program
Offices
Company restaurant
Shops
Energy performance
Certification BREEAM level « very good »
RT 2012
Cep max -10%
Certification HQE level « exceptional »
Certification NF « bâtiment tertiaire »
Photos
André Morin
