Missillac Market Hall

Missillac Market Hall

LAUS architectes

Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier

DESIGN TEAM
Laus Architectes

LEAD ARCHITECTS
François Goulet, Grégory Lambart, Matthieu Renaud

ENGINEERING & CONSULTING > STRUCTURAL
Ascia Ingénierie

PHOTOGRAPHS
Gaëtan Chevrier

AREA
820 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Missillac, France

CATEGORY
Public Architecture, Market

Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier
Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier

Text description provided by architect.

In a recently vacated hollow space, the new market hall reweaves the urban fabric. It provides a peaceful breathing space that echoes the church square.

By setting back 2 of its boundaries, the hall creates a forecourt facing the main street and opens up an alleyway linking it to the changing heart of the block.

By thickening the 2 remaining boundaries, it offers enclosed serviced volumes. Enshrined in a gently sloping site, the hall proposes a significant, non-dominant and timeless presence: a retreat into the city that is open, lively, and welcoming.

Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier
Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier
Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier

The hall is inspired by the heritage of frugal, structured urban facilities that enhance the city's outdoor life.

It's a shelter that expresses itself in a minimum of materials, using the skills of local craftsmen: concrete (floors, annexes) and wood (framework, cladding, joinery, roofing).

Technical structures and assemblies are visible to ensure their durability and repairability. The raw larch shingle roof provides ventilation in winter and cool air in summer.

Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier
Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier

The scissor principle of the posts and crossbeams smoothes out the appearance of the load-bearing and stability elements. The alternating assemblies of the timber frame, with every second truss turned over, add animation to this repetition.

The gilled roof panels are laid on rafters suspended from the purlins. In contrast to this lightness, the annexes form thick, monolithic boundaries, in continuity with the concrete floor.

Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier
Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier

They incorporate large active windows in fixed or movable raw wood panels. A system of counterweights on pulleys lightens the shutters to open the kiosk bar and exhibition boxes.

Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier
Missillac Market Hall
© Gaëtan Chevrier


Missillac Market Hall
Site Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
Missillac Market Hall
Roof Plan


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