Flower Market is designed by Atelier Didier Dalmas, The A3 block is the first block of the new ZAC “Lyon Confluence II” to be developed. It?s a prototype. His ambition is to invent a way of life characteristic of the new neighborhood.

The A3 block has a privileged location within the ZAC. On one side, it?s exposed on the major axis of the confluence district: the ?cours Charlemagne? and on the other side, it?s on one the main squares: ?the central place? to the south, in front of the regional hotel.
Photography: Jérôme Ricolleau
The building of the “Halle aux fleurs”, is an old market hall that has been preserved. This building is an industrial architecture. It testifies to a commercial past and allows to offer a variety of typologies to the islet.
The rehabilitation project consists of transforming the old hall into sports facilities. Are created: a dojo, a dance hall, offices and locker rooms and sanitary facilities for each activity.
Photography: Jérôme Ricolleau
This building had been designed for the auction of products of national interest market, but was never used for this function, and was eventually dedicated to the sale of wholesale flowers. A very specific architecture characterized this building: a double rostrum composed of steps arranged back to back, creating a particular spatial configuration inside this double-height concrete structure.

Large openings made of concrete sun breezes on the first level of the south-east and north...