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Press Kit | no. 1040-02
Aalta
Martin Duplantier Architectes
In this confrontation of scales, the prevailing theory "not in my backyard” is here treated in a different way.
The residential buildings are oriented to both to the gardens and to the streets, but this paradigm is changed through this created space for activities, work, services and exchanges. The office building is part of an effort to bring functional diversity while responding to entrepreneurial issues: companies being attracted by tax-free areas to settle their headquarters for a certain time, they will be changing and the building will have to be flexible to meet these variables.
It offers them greater flexibility in planning and organization, free space with minimal bearing points. However behind its neutrality, the facade has a dynamic urban aspect: undulating through streams, its white shell seems to lead a movement in the neighborhood.
Technical data
Project's name : Aalta
Adress : 1 rue Louis Lagorgette - Cenon
Brief : around 12 offices
Client : Sccv Aalta (Martin Duplantier, Laurent Duplantier, Anouk Debarre)
Architects : Martin Duplantier and Laurent Duplantier architectes
Dates : 2007 - 2012 (completion)
Net area : 1 117 m²
Construction system : concrete structure on 6 floors. Raft foundation. Prefabricated concrete elements for the facade.
MATERIALS : Exterior skin made of prefab concrete elements. Aluminium frames and double glazed windows.
Concrete floors on typical floor, oak wood flooring on the 6th floor. Acacia wood terrace.
Building cost : 950€ HT/sqm
Energy consumption : dual purpose air-air heat-pump; French energy regulation (RT2005).
Martin Duplantier Architectes
Based in Paris and Bordeaux, Martin Duplantier is a young architect and urban designer, also graduated from HEC Business School. After a start in different international offices (GMP in Berlin and then David Chipperfield in London, who co-designed the HEC campus extension with Martin in 2012) , Martin develops various scales of work, including innovative sustainable approaches at urban scale and a proper design process enriched by his multicultural influences and his personal background.
Today , his work is spread over four different axes:
- Campuses : with a specific approach on informal spaces management the knowledge economy;
- Coastline: re-thinking the Atlantic coast’s urban dimension (from the Luanda Bay in Angola to the French Basque country, currently on site);
- New densities in urbanity: multiple current projects give opportunities to develop not only new housing typologies but also innovative urban fabrics through mix-used programs in suburbia.
- Urban regeneration: 1950-70s urbanity has left entire city chunks that need to be transformed and recycled (Arago project is currently on site).
Martin Duplantier Architectes gathers about 15 to 20 architects. He achieves elegant projects and tackles bigger scale through diverse programs.
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- Martin Duplantier
- martinduplantier@architectes.orgme2.ca
- 33 1 42 81 48 42
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