French architecture studio Dream has completed an office building in Paris, which is clad with terracotta tiles to "evoke the history" of the industrial site in the Saint-Ouen district.
Situated within one of three Olympic villages, the mass-timber structure by Dream will be used as office space for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games team during the Olympics this summer. One of nineteen buildings in the Saint-Ouen Olympic Village, it was strategically designed for its use beyond the event.
The building is clad with terracotta tiles
"The main idea behind the building is to imagine the office building of the future, with a particular focus on mixed-use programming and, in this case, the integration of a sports area of over 1,200-metre-square on the roof," studio founder Dimitri Roussel told Dezeen. "[The office] will occupy a central position within the Olympic village and then, during the 'legacy phase', it will house companies."
The structure is composed of a mass-timber frame
The building's rectilinear structure is organised into three interconnected blocks of different heights. Rhythmic glazing lines the facade and is interrupted by double-height openings punctured into the building to form sheltered terraces.
A spruce wood frame was used to construct the building and is coupled with prefabricated concrete floors and a Douglas fir exterior. Terracotta tiles clad the facade and were intended to mimic the use of brick in the area.

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