Zig Zag Architecture

Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord

Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo

Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord

Zigzag Architecture + De Alzua+

CLIENT
Cg Nord

PHOTOGRAPHS
Julien Lanoo

AREA
13000 M²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Lille, France

CATEGORY
Institutional Buildings

CONSERVATION & EXPRESION

Beyond the inspiring and forward-looking idea of the concept for a positive energy building (a teamwork since the beginning of the project was completely necessary), it was necessary to suggest a building with a good distribution, a perfect functionality and an efficient conservation.

Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo
Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo

The books and documents preserved in the departmental file are valuables public goods.

The architecture answer was born from four essential points who explain the project:

Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo
Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo

- A signal in the city : the warehouse form a seven floor homogeneous building.

The main building is saw from the Metz boulevard and from the St Bernard Street.

Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo
Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo

It's covered with a stainless steel net. The pixellation from a papyrus morphogenesis gave the shape to the net.

- A good relationship to the place : the reorganization of the site plan allow us to link the different buildings to the main path that becomes a place for meeting, exchanging and servicing.

- An easy working : two volumes organize the program in a practical way. The workspaces and the patios take place inside the low volume. The files are placed in the high volume.

Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo
Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo
Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo

- An ultra high performance building, a positive-energy building : the main demand was to build a low-energy consumer building.

A drying system, first in France, and a cogeneration heating system, low energy consumption, are setting up. 300 m2 of photovoltaic panels are placed on the roof.

Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo


Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo
Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
© Julien Lanoo


Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
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Magasins Des Archives Departamentales Du Nord
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Zig Zag Architecture
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Zig Zag Architecture
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