The Multi-purpose hall in Calais (France) designed by TANK Architectes is an adaptable space built to welcome different community, social and entertaining events of the town, like festivals, weekly markets, fairs, concerts, spectacles, etc.
The new multi-purpose hall by TANK Architectes, French architectural studio from Lille, was inaugurated in the historic center of Calais in the mid-June of 2015. Made of steel, timber and aluminium it has a modular structure, which allows to modify the existing space according to its variable function.
 

Description of the project by TANK Architectes

A pliable covered hall on the Place d’Armes of Calais; held by a light long-range structure stating a horizontal line while the tower of the Place stands high in the background; the architecture offers wide openings and a great adaptability to different employ. The large accordion door opens like a curtain to a stage to re- veal partially or completely the life inside. The hall establishes its role as a vibrant urban architecture. When it is completely closed, wide glass breaches integrated in the folding door offer a constant view inward and out, and let the natural light flood in.

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Bollinger + Grohmann ingénerie (engineering studies); HDM ingénerie (sustainable development); ATS (acoustic).
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Clement Berton.
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Ville de Calais.
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Ground surface.- 1,255 sqm; project surface.- 1,180 sqm.
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€ 2,013,000
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Olivier Camus and Lydéric Veauvy. Graduates with distinction from the Superior Institute of Architecture (ISA) St Luc in Tournai, Belgium (1998 and 1999). After seven years of professional affinities, they created TANK Architectes in 2005. They are winners of the European 40 under 40 2011, awarded by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. TANK was also awarded the 3rd Trophy of Nouveaux Albums des Jeunes Architectes (NAJA) in 2006. They have several publications to his back, and have been invited to several conferences and exhibitions in places like the National School of Architecture of Grenoble (ENSAG).

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Published on: January 30, 2017
Cite: "The Multi-Purpose Hall in Calais by TANK Architectes" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/multi-purpose-hall-calais-tank-architectes> ISSN 1139-6415
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