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Architects: Studio-02 Architectes
Location: Île de Nantes, 44200 Nantes, France
Area: 4200.0 sqm
Project Year: 2015
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Client: Eiffage Immobilier Ouest Societé d’aménagement Samoa (Nantes)
Program: Unencumbered offices
Partners: Cdlp / Elythis / Studio Joran Briand
Hqe Targets: 3,4,5,7,9,10
Environmental Approach: Performance level conforming to Ecofaur2 RT 2012 THPE
Technical Equipment: Thermal solar cells, Rainwater capture, External insulation
Budget: 5,600,000 €
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From the architect. The Kanoa tower is a project that fits into the vast urban development plan for the Island of Nantes.
This is a very understated building, whose shape, worked to the extreme, is the main feature. 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.
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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.
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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.
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On the ground floor, a parking lot is equipped with a system of automatic, superimposed parking spaces (vehicle lifts), thus doubling its capacity.
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