Kanoa Tower
Kanoa Tower
Studio 02
AREA
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
BUDGET
$5M - 10M
YEAR
2015
LOCATION
Nantes, France
TYPE
Commercial › Office
The Kanoa tower is a project that fits into the vast urban development plan for the Island of Nantes.
To minimize the tower’s impact on the street, it was designed in a "boot" shape and discreetly covered in zinc, which was laid down in shingles to create a scaled effect.
This is a very understated building, whose shape, worked to the extreme, is the main feature.
Inside, the lobby is notable for its functionality and the diversity of programs that can be offered simultaneously.
This is a place for meetings and conviviality, where the structure’s modularity allows for many types of events thanks to its ephemeral boundaries.
The walls of wooden cladding incidentally serve as a place to park bicycles in suspension, and provide residents with individual lockers in which to store helmets and miscellaneous equipment.
On the ground floor, a parking lot is equipped with a system of automatic, superimposed parking spaces (vehicle lifts), thus doubling its capacity.
