a reluctant icon îles,
the mansail of the Ile de Nantes
The “Oiseau des Iles”, named after Nantes’ last great yacht, is a residential building situated in the Prairie au Duc joint development zone (ZAC) in the middle of the Machines de l’Ile de Nantes site.
Architect Tom darmon Architecture
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client nantes habitat |
program 30 logements collectifs et intermédiaires, commerces et parking |
Surface 3150 M²
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Cost 5.3 M€ HT
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status livré en 2016 |
Global Ingineer astec
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densité et urbanité
Elle est composée d’espaces publics qui font front à la Loire et qui sont pour les Nantais un territoire de loisir et de promenade. Le projet amorce le nouveau quartier de construction le long de la Prairie aux Ducs. Le bâtiment occupe la totalité de la parcelle et déploie sur 3 000 m² des commerces et des logements portés par Nantes Habitat qui à terme, offriront à la ville un immeuble et des logements remarquables depuis la rive nord de la Loire, jusqu’aux parties ouest de l’île.
Program
Typology
du socle à l'émérgence
The central location of this operation raised the issues of the building’s urban character, in relation to an as-yet un-built neighbourhood whose identity remains to be defined. The project proposed a tripartite composition: the plinth, the emerging structure and the prow. The plinth anchors the building to the ground and constructs the scale of the neighbourhood street. It fits into the nearby school group – the école Aimé Césaire – with its similar dimensions and materiality, thereby defining an immediate environment on a pedestrian scale. The parking spaces located at the centre of the cluster are surrounded by the intermediate housing and retail programmes. This limited the excavation of contaminated soil and helped expand the plinth, allowing it to occupy the entire parcel. The emerging structure stands out from the plinth with its simple volume that soars into the sky, culminating in a decisive point that pierces the urban landscape and heralds a neighbourhood in the distance.
Link between past and futur
The composition of the volume in two distinct parts, one terrestrial, one aerial, is accentuated by the choice of materiality and different morphologies. The wood-clad plinth features a series of undulations and distortions that helps to identify the different programmes, including the intermediate housing and restaurant. The emerging structure uses a rectangular framework borrowed the from pre-existing industrial buildings, enclosing a simple volume structured by a while metal grid with alternating solids (loggia), voids (framing the distance) and transparencies (concealment system). Combining the system of the façade with the external balconies offers two advantages: as well as providing a private framing of the distant horizon for residents to make their own, it brings to life a remarkable building for the people of Nantes. In the extremely flat topography of this sector, the building helps to compose the skyline of the Ile de Nantes, which can be seen from the historic centre. The Oiseau des Iles responds to various challenges in relation to pedestrians, the neighbourhood and the distance.
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L'oiseau des îles
the mansail of the Ile de Nantes
The “Oiseau des Iles”, named after Nantes’ last great yacht, is a residential building situated in the Prairie au Duc joint development zone (ZAC) in the middle of the Machines de l’Ile de Nantes site.
Architect Tom darmon Architecture
|
client nantes habitat |
program 30 logements collectifs et intermédiaires, commerces et parking |
Surface 3150 M²
|
Cost 5.3 M€ HT
|
status livré en 2016 |
Global Ingineer astec
|
densité et urbanité
Elle est composée d’espaces publics qui font front à la Loire et qui sont pour les Nantais un territoire de loisir et de promenade. Le projet amorce le nouveau quartier de construction le long de la Prairie aux Ducs. Le bâtiment occupe la totalité de la parcelle et déploie sur 3 000 m² des commerces et des logements portés par Nantes Habitat qui à terme, offriront à la ville un immeuble et des logements remarquables depuis la rive nord de la Loire, jusqu’aux parties ouest de l’île.
Program
Typology
du socle à l'émérgence
The central location of this operation raised the issues of the building’s urban character, in relation to an as-yet un-built neighbourhood whose identity remains to be defined. The project proposed a tripartite composition: the plinth, the emerging structure and the prow. The plinth anchors the building to the ground and constructs the scale of the neighbourhood street. It fits into the nearby school group – the école Aimé Césaire – with its similar dimensions and materiality, thereby defining an immediate environment on a pedestrian scale. The parking spaces located at the centre of the cluster are surrounded by the intermediate housing and retail programmes. This limited the excavation of contaminated soil and helped expand the plinth, allowing it to occupy the entire parcel. The emerging structure stands out from the plinth with its simple volume that soars into the sky, culminating in a decisive point that pierces the urban landscape and heralds a neighbourhood in the distance.
Link between past and futur
The composition of the volume in two distinct parts, one terrestrial, one aerial, is accentuated by the choice of materiality and different morphologies. The wood-clad plinth features a series of undulations and distortions that helps to identify the different programmes, including the intermediate housing and restaurant. The emerging structure uses a rectangular framework borrowed the from pre-existing industrial buildings, enclosing a simple volume structured by a while metal grid with alternating solids (loggia), voids (framing the distance) and transparencies (concealment system). Combining the system of the façade with the external balconies offers two advantages: as well as providing a private framing of the distant horizon for residents to make their own, it brings to life a remarkable building for the people of Nantes. In the extremely flat topography of this sector, the building helps to compose the skyline of the Ile de Nantes, which can be seen from the historic centre. The Oiseau des Iles responds to various challenges in relation to pedestrians, the neighbourhood and the distance.
movie
Completed
Construction
Studies
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The opera balconies
The vetrotex sheds
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