Meier + Associés Architectes

Motorway Control Centre

Motorway Control Centre
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MOTORWAY CONTROL CENTRE

Meier + Associés Architectes

WORK SUPERVISION
Architech SA

M&E AND SANITARY ENGINEERING
GDClimat SA

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Emeltec SA

SURVEYOR
G Rey-Bellet SA

CIVIL ENGINEERING
Conus & Bignens SA

COLLABORATORS
Joana Pimenta, Amalia Jimenez, Victor Ferreira, Ludovic Durand, Cathie Martinie, Nicolas Pailler, Michael Schaub, Linda Serra, Jean-Philippe Tournigand-Demilly

ARTIST
R Buser

PHOTOGRAPHS
Y André

AREA
3115.0 m²

YEAR
2012

LOCATION
Saint-maurice, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Control Center

Located off the A9 motorway at the Saint-Maurice exit, the competence centre for light to heavy vehicles hosts a diversified program.

Motorway Control Centre
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Motorway Control Centre
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A control centre for heavy vehicles circulating on the Valais motorway network, and a vehicle storage area in case of bad weather on the mountain passes.

Further to the activity, have been added a hall for vehicles periodic inspection from both categories running in the lower Valais, and a regional Police station.

The architectural bias proposed face a complex program, is a primarily a "ground project." Responding to the constraint of a compound circulation linked to the site various activities:

Motorway Control Centre
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Motorway Control Centre
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a plate of bitumen clearly defines the artificial nature of the intervention within the landscape. Its shape is dictated by both the territorial boundaries and the function.

Its shape is dictated by both the territorial boundaries and the function. This exchange platform fits smoothly into the topography, revealing its landscape by some "folds."

Motorway Control Centre
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Motorway Control Centre
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This exchange platform fits smoothly into the topography, revealing its landscape by some "folds." At his heart, several "flowers" echo the elements of nature, while substituing the role of the surface water soakaways.

On this mineral plate, the building gently alights as a metal and glass "petal" , topped with a thin vegetal overlay.

Motorway Control Centre
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Motorway Control Centre
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The roof is expressed as a torn piece of natural soil rising above the new artificial ground. From the motorway, this reconstituted nature signs the new institution.


Motorway Control Centre
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Motorway Control Centre
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Motorway Control Centre
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Motorway Control Centre
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Basement Floor Plan
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Lower Floor Plan
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Upper Floor Plan
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Roof Plan


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