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In 2013 the group PRD Office entrusted Philippe Chiambaretta / PCA with the conception and implementation of an ambitious office complex with a Bepos / BREEAM Excellent certification in an area of 24,000 m2.
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Located in the heart of the economic district of Issy-les-Moulineaux, the project fits into the larger urban program the Grand Paris.
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The project frees itself from the standard closed block and releases alignments to digress from the nuisance of the train bridge while leveraging maximum sunlight.
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The shape of the tripod provides courtyard and garden spaces which open to the streets.
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This typology offers optimal functionality concentrating on vertical circulation in the center core, then distributing three perfectly autonomous wings.
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Autonomy pushed through to the installation of CTA specific Air Handling Units for each wing in order to minimize the pressure losses and optimize sizing and loading of equipment.
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In addition to a geothermal program, photovoltaic panels on the roof provides significant energy savings.
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With these devices and careful design of its envelope, the building exudes a surplus of energy (BEPOS). Source and images, Courtesy of Philippe Chiambaretta / PCA.
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