An urban flagship on an old mining wasteland

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Architects: Atelier 2+1 Architectes

Location: Parc d'Activité du Château, 62220 Carvin, France

Area: 2700.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Sergio Grazia

Bet Economist: PHD

Cvc / Fluids: SITAS

Structure: IN4

Main Contractor: Jean Lefebvre

Owner´S Project: SCI la Garenne de Sèvres

Cost: 4 500 000 ? HT

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An urban flagship on an old mining wastelandOn the periphery, neither an industrial zone nor an urban area, the project commitment was to create activities to ensure local governments and residents potential expectation. The showroom is the focal point of the building which thus opens on its environment as to become its flagship. 
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On this site of 13 000m2, a single-story building was essential. The workshops, administrative offices and showroom are easily accessible from the wide central hall. The hall also overlooks a huge patio with an arboreal metal posts structure covered by a canopy. Thus, both inside and outside, the architectural design clearly distinguishes the administrative functions from that of the workshops, these two components of the program having separate entrances. 

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