projects : latest news

> Orléans-Saran prison
a green detention centre : a building with high energy performance, wooden structure and a landscape that also manifests itself in the detention areas.

> offices, hotels and boutiques for Balma development in Toulouse
Our latest awarded competition... wood and glass for the offices and a simple white volume highlighted by coloured shutters for a "nouvelle vague" hotel in Toulouse.

> Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon city centre
retrofitting of the city’s « seventies » downtown area, in the varied refineries of Port-Jerome, in Maritime Seine…

> Casablanca tramway 
pedestrians spaces for the Arts Deco district and full alignments of palm trees for Morocco second tramway, designed like that of Bordeaux, twinned with Casablanca …

construction sites : latest news

> the completion of  Saint Denis office space
a 20.000 m² of offices project developed by Pierus for the investor Arizona. The successful outcome of a project started in 2001...

> 49 green apartment building in Bègles
imminent completion for these residences accessibles through a greenhouse, dominating the horizontality of Terres Neuves landscape, district in renewal in Bègles…

> Rheims tramway maintenance depot
construction site in progress, the installations will receive in March 2010 the first rolling stocks of Rheims tramway line, inspired by the shape of a champagne glass.

> Herblay parc and ride facility 
perforated metal sheet and interior garden install an authentic landscape for our most recent completed project, inaugurated a few weeks ago...

highlighted projects :

> the French Embassy in Singapore
inaugurated in march 2002, this project is dear to our hearts because it is our very first Asian building and has been distinguished by the Singapore Institute of Architects in 2003

> 3 towers at Euralille
a hotel residence, a student residence and an office tower, in this new neighborhood of the city of Lille, designed by Rem Koolhas and directed by Jean Nouvel.

> a new central court for Roland Garros (with Paul Andreu)
Paul Chemetov has brilliantly characterized our project at Porte d'Auteuil : it is a stadium «in a city costume» ... 

Our projet, like those of Mimram, Piano and Portzamparc, was exhibited at "Le Pavillon de l'Arsenal" in Paris during the summer ...

 

> Le Mans tramway 
inaugurated in popular jubilation, in November 2007, our first tramway project was chosen BRT of the year !
It will be soon followed by those of Rheims, Orleans, Brest, Tours and Casablanca...

and also ...

> Taiyuan archaelogical museum 
5 volumes covered in kalzip sheets and touches of glass strips for this museum designed by Paul Andreu, and developed, under his direction, by us…

> les Mureaux publics spaces 
complete resumption of Les Mureaux public spaces, preparing and accompanying the re-writing of a district, with largely rebuilt buildings, in its town and in its site…

 

> Brussels tramway 
Under the King’s windows, 920 m of tramway inspired by French streetscapes…

> Gournay-en-Bray city-centre (competition winner) 
a work on the identity of the place, and the continuity of 36,000 m² of public spaces in order to reinstall an urbanity in the heart of city.
unless mentioned otherwise, 
photos by Nicolas Borel
Nic