A sensory experience in Greater Paris. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio
21/04/2021.
[Saint-Ouen] France
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Ferrier Marchetti Studio brings a sensory experience to the greater Paris area, with the project of Paris Region Headquarters. The complex is located in Saint-Ouen, a commune situated in the northern suburbs of the capital.
Paris Region Headquarters is the first prestigious public institution to move from the historic center of the capital to Greater Paris. Connected by a footbridge, the two buildings will meet the latest environmental and technological standards with the possibility of extension.
Paris Region Headquarters is the first prestigious public institution to move from the historic center of the capital to Greater Paris. Connected by a footbridge, the two buildings will meet the latest environmental and technological standards with the possibility of extension.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Photography by Luc Boegly.
Site plan. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio.
Site plan. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio.
Ground floor plan. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio.
First floor plan. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio.
Ground floor plan - Influence 2 building. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio.
First floor - Influence 2 building. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio.
Longitudinal section. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio.
Section - Influence 2 building. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio.
Section - Influence 2 building. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio.
East elevation. Paris Region Headquarters by Ferrier Marchetti Studio.
The complex, designed by Ferrier Marchetti Studio, is divided into two buildings with themes related to landscape: one is raised above a garden of shade and freshness, the other built around a suspended garden, open on a balcony overlooking the city through a vast loggia. A third garden serves as a forecourt overlooking the city for the whole of the Paris Region Headquarters.
The visitors and users of the site are welcomed by a white hall preceded by a peristyle of arcades. The hemicycle, the large multi-purpose room, and the public lobby are organized in a vast double-height volume, transparent and bathed in natural light.
The visitors and users of the site are welcomed by a white hall preceded by a peristyle of arcades. The hemicycle, the large multi-purpose room, and the public lobby are organized in a vast double-height volume, transparent and bathed in natural light.
Description of project by Ferrier Marchetti Studio
Europe's richest region has moved from the historic centre of the capital to Saint-Ouen, becoming the first prestigious public institution to settle in Greater Paris.
This vast complex is divided into two buildings which are two variations on the theme of landscape: one is raised above a garden of shade and freshness, the other built around a suspended garden, open on a balcony overlooking the city through a vast loggia. A third garden serves as a forecourt overlooking the city for the whole of the Paris Region Headquarters.
The hall is preceded by a peristyle of arcades that welcomes all visitors and users of the site. The hemicycle, the large multi-purpose room and the public lobby are organised in a vast double-height volume, transparent and bathed in natural light.
On the upper floors, the double-façade, a simple device whose moulding varies subtly according to the orientation, was designed to provide optimum lighting for the work spaces.
The overall image is that of an open and impressive yet frugal institution, in harmony with the metropolitan and climatic challenges of its territory.
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Architects
Project team
Lead arquitect.- Ferrier Marchetti. Interior design of public spaces.- Denu & Paradon. Space planning.- Saguez & Partners. Landscape design.- D’Ici-Là.
Area
60,000 sqm.
Dates
2021.
Location
Saint-Ouen, France.
Photography
Jacques Ferrier, Pauline Marchetti. Ferrier Marchetti Studio
Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Formerly operating as two separate entities, Jacques Ferrier Architecture and Sensual City Studio combined in 2019 to create an exciting new offer: Ferrier Marchetti Studio. Ferrier Marchetti Studio seeks to develop a sensitive, humanist approach to the city, combining sustainable development and new technologies in the quest for innovation and urban delight. The result is a preliminary analysis, procedure and stance which informs the architectural design process. The practice is innovative and idealistic in its approach to what architects can and should be capable of.
Ferrier Marchetti Studio believes that architecture should be a radical agent of change and reinvention. The studio has dedicated itself to producing innovative projects and concepts with a commitment to sustainable development as a backdrop. There are philosophical roots to this approach. The research ethos Sensual City was founded by Jacques Ferrier and Pauline Marchetti in 2010 as an open resource for collaboration with other thinkers and signals the practice’s intention to create an interdisciplinary momentum, a radical movement fit for the times we are living in.
‘What is needed now is nothing less than a new humanist revolution’
Ferrier Marchetti Studio is underpinned by this laboratory of ideas, creation and urban foresight, bringing together a network of professions from the worlds of art, architecture and urban planning, and social sciences. The practice’s work analyses changing trends in large modern cities to predict the effect that they will have on architecture and that which architecture should have on them.
Ferrier Marchetti Studio believes that architecture should be a radical agent of change and reinvention. The studio has dedicated itself to producing innovative projects and concepts with a commitment to sustainable development as a backdrop. There are philosophical roots to this approach. The research ethos Sensual City was founded by Jacques Ferrier and Pauline Marchetti in 2010 as an open resource for collaboration with other thinkers and signals the practice’s intention to create an interdisciplinary momentum, a radical movement fit for the times we are living in.
‘What is needed now is nothing less than a new humanist revolution’
Ferrier Marchetti Studio is underpinned by this laboratory of ideas, creation and urban foresight, bringing together a network of professions from the worlds of art, architecture and urban planning, and social sciences. The practice’s work analyses changing trends in large modern cities to predict the effect that they will have on architecture and that which architecture should have on them.
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