Un PROJET QUI FAIT LIEN

This is the basis for urban forms that have an awareness of the site’s geography and the flooding of the river Leysse. From the river, the clusters in the Vetrotex ZAC form belts that loop back on themselves to create a thick front of buildings on the north-south urban axis, rue Alsace-Lorraine. Lot F stands out for its location at the entrance to the neighbourhood and its connection to the existing factory. It is an urban and architectural pivotal point between picturesque suburban housing to the south, the new buildings of the ZAC and industrial buildings. The project “reacts” to every situation that surrounds it. It echoes the factory by anchoring its roofing into a continuity of the volumetric lines of the sheds. This also resonates with the mountain skyline and the roofs in the suburban district.

les terrasses en gradins

The attic setbacks, with their varying heights, sequence the street-front façades. The outer limits of the project are stepped into terraces towards the open landscape. These terraces wrap round to the centre of the cluster, sparking a differentiation in massing with the street. and alleviating any direct opposition. The light penetrates more deeply into the cluster. The housing units have full-length terraces or large balconies. The ground floor of the building has large arcades that cadence the row of shop fronts at the corners of the building and create an active urban plinth. Soil conditions are highly restrictive, so the programme planned for semi-underground parking at the centre of the cluster. Instead, we decided to position the parking spaces under the wings of the building, without making any changes to the retail spaces. This arrangement frees up the centre of the cluster, amplifies the open ground and offers a single-level, accessible garden. An airy cluster and a source of biodiversity, it is open onto rue Vetrotex and is visible from Pierre de Coubertin square through a double-height porch. Added to this west-east porosity is a secure covered walkway that opens onto the garden. This light-filled shared space unites the 4 halls: it is where residents go to collect their post, store their bikes or prams and display information for their neighbours.

Un PROJET QUI FAIT LIEN

This is the basis for urban forms that have an awareness of the site’s geography and the flooding of the river Leysse. From the river, the clusters in the Vetrotex ZAC form belts that loop back on themselves to create a thick front of buildings on the north-south urban axis, rue Alsace-Lorraine. Lot F stands out for its location at the entrance to the neighbourhood and its connection to the existing factory. It is an urban and architectural pivotal point between picturesque suburban housing to the south, the new buildings of the ZAC and industrial buildings. The project “reacts” to every situation that surrounds it. It echoes the factory by anchoring its roofing into a continuity of the volumetric lines of the sheds. This also resonates with the mountain skyline and the roofs in the suburban district.

les terrasses en gradins

The attic setbacks, with their varying heights, sequence the street-front façades. The outer limits of the project are stepped into terraces towards the open landscape. These terraces wrap round to the centre of the cluster, sparking a differentiation in massing with the street. and alleviating any direct opposition. The light penetrates more deeply into the cluster. The housing units have full-length terraces or large balconies. The ground floor of the building has large arcades that cadence the row of shop fronts at the corners of the building and create an active urban plinth. Soil conditions are highly restrictive, so the programme planned for semi-underground parking at the centre of the cluster. Instead, we decided to position the parking spaces under the wings of the building, without making any changes to the retail spaces. This arrangement frees up the centre of the cluster, amplifies the open ground and offers a single-level, accessible garden. An airy cluster and a source of biodiversity, it is open onto rue Vetrotex and is visible from Pierre de Coubertin square through a double-height porch. Added to this west-east porosity is a secure covered walkway that opens onto the garden. This light-filled shared space unites the 4 halls: it is where residents go to collect their post, store their bikes or prams and display information for their neighbours.