Dock En Seine Offices
DOCK EN SEINE OFFICES
Franklin Azzi Architecture
ARCHITECTS
Franklin Azzi Architecture
GENERAL ENGINEERING
SNC Lavalin
PLANNERS
Sequano
MANUFACTURERS
Laudescher
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER
Green Affair
ACOUSTIC ENGINEER
Acoustique & Conseil
KITCHEN DESIGNER
Michel Gaury
FLUID MECHANICS ENGINEER
Berim
FACADE ENGINEERING
Façade Design Ingénierie
ARCHITECTS COLLABORATORS
Paul Armand Grether, Adrien Pineau
TeCHNICAL INSPECTORS
Bureau Veritas
YEAR
2010
AREA
16200.0 m²
CATEGORY
Office Buildings
LOCATION
Saint-ouen, France
Text description provided by architect.
The Saint-Ouen Docks site has an industrial port activity past, which decay had given way to industrial wasteland, and has now become the ideal strategic location for an Eco-Neighbourhood.
This labelled project is an example of an environment-driven project.
The main volume of the ‘Dock en Seine’ building comprises six stories.
In order to meet the necessary environmental objectives, and to overcome constraints related to streamlining of the programmes, this building was tightly packed.
Down with the very first sketches – and with the valuable assistance of its own Parametric Design Research Laboratory – studies are launched in order to determine:
the structural diagram, the building depth, the percentage of facade apertures (based on the variations between the different seasons’ solar radiation), the shape, the data related to artificial and natural lighting, the wind effects, and the load distribution imposed upon the structure (in order to optimize the amount of material and the acoustics).
On the facade, the dimensions of the openings are never arbitrary, even if they look seemingly random.
The protective volumetric membrane comprises a series of cells that are juxtaposed, but still, are independent of each other. This passive envelope enables
Thanks to this passive envelope, the project both avoids the over-exploitation of mechanical systems and reaches high environmental objectives.
