Patrick Arotcharen

Office 64 de l’Habitat

Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Vincent Monthiers

OFFICE 64 DE L’HABITAT

Patrick Arotcharen

CATEGORY
Institutional Buildings

LOCATION
Bayonne, France

MANUFACTURERS
RAICO

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
OTCE PAU

YEAR
2011

MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Nobatek

ACOUSTIC ENGINEER
IDB Acoustique

QUANTITY SURVEYOR
TSA

ERGONOMICS
ANTEIS

INTERIOR DESIGNER
ASA 2002

AREA
3394 m²

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Sabine Haristoy

Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Vincent Monthiers

Through its architecture and the way it interacts with the site, the headquarters of Office 64 is an imposing monument as you enter the town.

Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Vincent Monthiers
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat

It is both discrete and significant, re-interpreting the codes of public architecture.

The building flows in tangent with the road and develops distinctly prism-like volumes which emphasize the road’s outline.

Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Vincent Monthiers
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat

The cars driving past are thus mirrored by the sequenced lines of the architecture.

A first green strip, seeming to grow straight up from the ground, is home to the workshops and to the entrance of the building, which, set further back, emerges as a façade conceived as both captor and filter.

Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Vincent Monthiers
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Vincent Monthiers
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat

This façade-glasshouse absorbs and directs light, thus limiting temperature exchanges between the interior and exterior of the building.

A double flux ventilation system supports this diffusion/evacuation of heat according to season whereas the concrete structure, externally insulated, offers excellent thermal inertia.

With grids that are adjusted according to the building’s orientation, each elevation builds a sense of depth, mass, and color, echoing the tree-lined site.

Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Vincent Monthiers
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Vincent Monthiers
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Vincent Monthiers

This work on rhythm and transparency is confirmed in the office spaces sheltered under a wooden structure, warming the atmosphere and stimulating the perception of volumes treated with sobriety.


Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat
Office 64 de l’Habitat
© Mathieu Choiselat


Office 64 de l’Habitat
Section
Office 64 de l’Habitat
South Facade


Office 64 de l’Habitat
Site Plan
Office 64 de l’Habitat
Floor Plans

Patrick Arotcharen
T +33 5 59314056 F +33 5 59422003
Patrick Arotcharen
4 Rue Monréjau, 64100 Bayonne, France