Valode & Pistre

Prado Concorde Apartments

Prado Concorde Apartments
© Philippe Chancel

Prado Concorde Apartments

Valode & Pistre

ARCHITECTS
Valode & Pistre

AREA
28000 M²

YEAR
2019

PHOTOGRAPHS
Philippe Chancel

MANUFACTURERS
Saint-gobain

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Denis Valode – Jean Pistre

EXTERNAL WORKS CONSULTANT
Relief Ge

DESIGN TEAM
Valode & Pistre

LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Raphia

LOCATION
Castelnau-le-lez, France

MEP & HVAC CONSULTANT
Argetec

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Cic Delmas

LIGHTING CONSULTANT
8'18''

QUANTITY SURVEYOR
Cic Delmas

ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINIBILITY CO
Ntddigo

ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT
Cabinet Hedont Acoustique

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS
Opalia, Helenis

CATEGORY
Master Plan, Apartments, Urban & Land Use Planning

Text description provided by architect.

Castelnau-le-Lez is a town located near Montpellier in the South of France which enjoys a very mild Mediterranean climate.

Prado Concorde Apartments
© Philippe Chancel
Prado Concorde Apartments
© Philippe Chancel

The new Prado Concorde development on the edge of the Lez river and at the entry to the town combines collective housing with school facilities and shops in a vast urban island surrounding a garden shaped like a valley.

The accommodation architecture systematically gives pride of place to the external extensions of the dwellings so that residents can make the most of the advantages of the climate.

Prado Concorde Apartments
© Philippe Chancel
Prado Concorde Apartments
© Philippe Chancel
Prado Concorde Apartments
© Philippe Chancel
Prado Concorde Apartments
© Philippe Chancel

A genuine outdoor room increases the habitability of each dwelling, a living space where everyone has their own tree providing shade at mealtimes.

To achieve this objective, the project exploits an innovative concept of a large balcony whose triangular geometry with variable cross-section takes up the efforts through cantilevers in line with the tree container built into its thickest part.

This high- performance prefabricated concrete component is systematically offset between floors to allow enough air for each tree to grow. The advantages of these balconies go beyond their practical use; the play between their offsets and inversions and the combination of triangular prisms floating one above the other bring movement and lightness to the façade like a flight of birds.

Prado Concorde Apartments
© Philippe Chancel


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Valode & Pistre
T + 33 1 53632200 F +33 1 53632209
Valode & Pistre
115 Rue du Bac, 75007 Paris, France