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This emblematic project in the EuroNantes quarter introduces a gradation in the way people live in the air.
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The lower floors come in varying kinds of outside spaces with plant bins built into the railings.
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The higher floors, above any obstructed views, have terraces that become big panoramic screens with winter gardens protected from winds and bad weather.
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The script is honed and simple. The building reflects an image of great sobriety.
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Encased in light-coloured metal sidings, the façades catch the light in a constantly changing play of reflected light. Work on the skyline introduces variations in forms and varying ownership of the roofs.
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This enables different scales of views to people looking at the building from a distance and a diversity of places for the building’s users.
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The design plays on the idea of movement, backgrounds and multiplicity. Architecture in cinemascope. Source by Hamonic+Masson & Associés Architects.
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Location: Nantes, ZAC Euronantes, France
Architect: Hamonic+Masson & Associés Architects
Project Team: Gaëlle Hamonic, Jean-Christophe Masson, Marie-Agnès de Bailliencourt, Julie Bourgeois, Arnaud Grenié
Inspection office: SOCOTEC
Urban Planner: Atelier Ruelle
Developer: Nantes Métropole Development
Environmental commitment: RT 2012
Graphic: Luxigon
Client: Kaufman & Broad
Surface: 10,352 m² SDP
Year: completion in 2017
Images: Luxigon, Hamonic+Masson & Associés Architects