Colboc Franzen & Associés

FITECO

FITECO
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FITECO

Colboc Franzen & Associés

PHOTOGRAPHS
Cécile Septet

AREA
7005.0 m2

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Changé, France

CATEGORY
Office Buildings

Text description provided by architect.

The Public accounting group Fiteco was willing to get its head office and its local branch together in only one area, situated in the suburb of Laval.

FITECO
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FITECO
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The French architecture office Colboc Franzen & Associés decided to go further and to design a single building, so the construction would cost less, the environmental impact of the building would be reduced and the internal organization would be optimized.

On the first floor are situated all the common facilities. The local branch settled down on the second floor and the head office on the third and last floor.

FITECO
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FITECO
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The heart of the building is composed of an atrium, two cores of services (staircase, elevators, restrooms, photocopy room…). Interior is kept in white, floors in light grey; only the setting of the ceiling lights creates a noticeable graphisme.

The air conditioning system running all around each floor at the ceiling along the façade, a uniform positioning of the power sockets, and the moveable dividing (non load-bearing) walls give its versatility to the building.

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FITECO
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FITECO
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Therefore the neutrality of the working environment doesn’t interfere with the worker’s concentration.

Every little detail follows this implacable rhythm. Only the mirror polished stainless steel sheets and the reflection glass of the outer shell break with the strictness of the interior that reflects in itself the rigor of the company.

The folded envelope offers, all year long, the reflection of the surrounding nature and the changing light of the seasons.

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FITECO
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Colboc Franzen & Associés
T +33 1 42498024
Colboc Franzen & Associés
10 Rue Bisson, 75020 Paris, France