BFV Architects

Pulse Office Building & Restaurants

PULSE OFFICE BUILDING & RESTAURANTS

BFV Architectes

Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle

ARCHITECTS
BFV Architectes

AREA
29450.0 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2019

CATEGORY
Office Buildings

PHOTOGRAPHS
Frédéric Delangle

LOCATION
Saint-Denis, France

MANUFACTURERS
Laudescher, Mermet, Metra, Plafometal, Kompass, model system italia

ACOUSTICS
AVLS

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Jean Bocabeille, Olivier Fassio, Jean-Brice Viaud

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
Artelia

WOOD STRUCTURE
Barthes Bois

FAÇADES
Arcora

LOCATION
Saint-Denis, France

Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle

Text description provided by architect.

Pulse is a seven-storey office building. The building’s core – a vast atrium – is covered with a glass roof letting the natural coming into the wooden nave.

The rigor of the construction system contrasts with the warm atmosphere and colors of the workplace.

Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle
Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle

Wood can be found in all parts of the building, from the entrance hall to the many floors, creating a warm, quiet and peaceful work environment.

The building structure is dual, mixing core elements in concrete with wooden columns, beams and floors.

Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle
Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle

Services and facilities for employees, including three catering areas, are located around the atrium on the ground floor. An urban garden and terraces can be found on the last floor. The food grown in the garden is cooked at the cafeteria.

The geometric composition of the large windows generates a mosaic pattern on the façade. This pattern stops above the entrance hall, giving way to a vast green terrace.

Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle
Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle

Like a treasure in a jewel case, the wooden building is protected by aluminum slats of three different colors which also

Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle


Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle
Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle
Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
Pulse Office Building & Restaurants
© Frédéric Delangle
Pulse Office Building & Restaurants


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BFV Architects
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