Date

Étoile Lilas cinema, Paris

2012

Facility

Paris

Vertical, in dialogue with its surroundings, the Étoile Lilas is designed as a city cinema rather than the type of multiplex found in shopping malls on the edge of towns. We chose to split the building into two volumes (cinema and retail) to make the public forecourt indispensible for going from one volume to the other. To the north, a tall, compact volume in the continuity of the high-rise buildings along the Avenue de la Porte des Lilas. To the south, a lower volume that opens out views, in relation to the scale of the neighbouring Cirque Électrique cabaret building.
An entrance hall extends the forecourt beneath the volume of the cinemas. The three upper cinemas are suspended above this Piranesian space, stacked in order of increasing capacity, like an inverted pyramid, in order to make room for a decreasing space for circulation. Four further screens are tucked away in the lower levels in order to free up as much of the piazza level for the ticket hall and retail. The regulatory openings and circulation spaces have been multiplied to give a multitude of different access routes and exits, each broken down into panoramic sequences with a variety of views both near and far across the city.

Location
Place du Maquis du Vercors, Paris 20
Programme
7-screen multiplex (1,500 seats), retail
Client
SAS Cinelilas
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects (Magali Lamoureux team leader), EVP (structure), Innovations (services), Casso (fire-safety, disabled access), Gandon (quantity surveyor)
Surface area
5 600 m² SHON (cinéma 4 800 m², commerces 800 m²)
Cost
8.5 M€ before fit-out
Calendar
completion 2012
Materials
concrete
Certification
trial project for the new Certivea cinema rating for sustainable building

Yennenga town Burkina Faso

In progress

Urbanism

Burkina Faso

Yennenga was a Burkinabe princess. She gave her name to the new town to be built 15km outside Ouagadougou. An international competition awarded the project to our team, composed of one Burkinabe practice and five French practices of architects, urban planners and landscape architects.
Together, we have designed the town centre and its development around a central boulevard, some 750,000 m² built over 110 hectares, including numerous parks. Within an imposing climatic and demographic context, it was the land that decided the project, which fans out from a planted ribbon that displays the local flora and topography.
On the vast plain swept by the Sahelian climate, the north side of the town will rise up to provide protection from the dry, dusty Harmattan wind. To the south, its arrangement is more fractured, welcoming in the soft, damp monsoon winds.
Understanding the winds, harnessing solar power, capturing rainwater with dew traps and using of local, sustainable materials all aim to make Yennenga an energy-sufficient town.

Location
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Programme
town of 80,000 inhabitants (offices, housing, hotels, parks, facilities)
Client
CGE
Team
Architecture Studio, Arcade, Beckmann n’Thépé, Coldefy, Hardel Le Bihan (associated architects), Philippe Niez Studio (landscape architect)
Surface area
110 hectares, 750,000 m² GFA
Calendar
currently in design phase. Winning project of international competition, March 2017

Wooden Office Campus in Gentilly

On site

Campus

Gentilly

The site sits in the steep slope of the Bièvre Valley in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris. An awareness of the specific geography of the site is at the heart of this project for offices, and is revealed through transparencies and dynamic visual openings. The entire development is organised along three little valleys running north–south, allowing for the organisation of the different buildings and functions across the slope, each parallel to the other. The 11m-height difference across the site implies the creation of an upper ground-floor level at the level of Rue Pascal (G+4) and a lower ground level at Rue du Président Allende.
The architectural expression and volumetric clarity is unified, despite the design being characterised by the decomposition of the buildings into separate sections. Each segment is different, using a variety of structural grids (1.35 or 2.7 m), colours and heights (G+1 to G+7), and they seem to quietly slip past one another. A multitude of transversal passages are made possible according to which floor one is on: via the planted valley paths that run between the buildings, via the large, open 'agoras' (basement and ground floor), via the large planted terraces on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors, or via footbridges (on the 3rd, 4th and 5th floors).

Location
Rue du Président Allende, Gentilly 94
Programme
offices, staff restaurant, retail, auditorium, creche, gym, parking for 440 cars, 170 bicycle stands
Client
Scor Investment Partners
Client project manager
Theop
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects, Alain Barthe Architecture (associated architect), Niez Studio (landscape architect), EVP (structure), Egis (MEP, infrastructure, BIM manager), Elioth (facades), Lasa (acoustics), C Ingénierie (lifts), Caso (H&S), Michel Gaury (kitchens), BATIR Conseil (engineery, AMO sustainable certifications), Calq (MOEx), MOX (VISA)
Surface area
39 000 m²
Calendar
currently in design phase. Competition winner 2016
Materials
pierced concrete walls (structure), prefabricated coloured concrete and glass (facade), aluminium
Certification
E+ C- (E3 C2), RT 2012 -40%, HQE 2015 excellent, BREEAM excellent, WELL Silver

Westinghouse Housing Sevran

On site

Housing

Sevran

The Westinghouse sites form a huge area to the south-west of Sevran on the northern outskirts of Paris. The urban renewal carried out by LIN is based on mixed use and an interaction between volumes. Our block is decomposed into three volumes (first-time buyer, social and student housing), forming a single group of buildings, and a fourth, square volume (controlled rental) on the other side of the public square.
The housing volumes are connected by terrace–walkways with unobstructed views.
On the main street, the facade in three volumes gives a rhythm to the linearity of the elevation. The numerous gaps and openings give glimpses into the gardens at the centre of the block, through to the railway tracks and the internal facades, which are treated with the same design language and level of care as the street-front facades.
In the residence, the accent is on diversity and quality communal spaces: a ground-floor terrace, communal balconies at each level facing the interior of the block, a roof-top terrace. The square footprint of the controlled rental housing is organised around an atrium, with access to the apartments via an internal, open-air walkway. A planted patio on the roof of the base echoes a planted terrace on the 5th floor.

Location
Boulevard Westinghouse, Sevran (93)
Programme
200 housing units (79 first time buyer, 75 social + 45), student housing (150 bedrooms)
Client
Altarea Cogedim, Crescendo
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Adriana Cavagna project leader)
Surface area
12.000sq GIA
Cost
14 M€
Calendar
Completed end 2019
Materials
Small bricks, concrete

Village des médias, JOP2024, Dugny

2024

Housing

Dugny (93)

The Media Village will host the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with accommodation for journalists and technicians from all over the world; and then 350 housing units. Coordinator of sector A, Hardel Le Bihan orchestrated the principles of organization, composition and materiality. The site is marked by a variation in height of approximately 7.50 m between the bottom of the slope and the plateau. The practice is creating the 150 housing units of lot A2: three buildings, 16 meters thick, each cut into three epanelled volumes (R+2 to R+6) to sequence the 48 to 60 m long lines. A first building is inserted in the slope and marks the entrance of the new district with its stepped profile. Facing the unobstructed views of the park, the horizontal register of the facade is translated by prefabricated bands in white precast concrete. The other two buildings also have a flush design, to which is added an offset of the volume in plan. The projecting cornices, precast in concrete, serve as window sills. Loggias and double frames in buffering of bays animate the facades. Almost all the dwellings have a double orientation with a corner living room extended by an outdoor space.

Location
Aire des Vents, Dugny (93)
Programme
350 logements en accessions et sociaux (151 logements Hardel Le Bihan), résidences gérées, cabinet médical, crèche, salle de sport, espace culturel, commerces
Client
Sogeprom, Demathieu Bard Immobilier
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes coordinateur du secteur A, Bathilde Millet, Bourbouze Graindorge (architectes de lots), Sébastien Sosson (paysagiste)
Surface area
26 500 m² (Hardel Le Bihan 10 680 m²)
Calendar
En chantier, livraison 2024 (phase JO), 2025 (phase héritage)
Materials
béton poncé (socles), enduits épais à la chaux (étages), menuiseries bois, volets roulants alu, persiennes métalliques et stores en toile
Certification
BEE Standard, E3C1, BiodiverCity

Toulouse Cartoucherie

2018

Mixte

Toulouse

Location
av de Grande Bretagne, rue du Mail, allée Jacqueline De Romilly, Toulouse (31)
Programme
Offices, social and private housing
Client/developer
Lamotte, Fonta
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Déborah Blaise & Laurent Bouzols project leaders) Christian Pagès PL_N (associated architect), Terreauciel (landscape designer) Scoping (structure, quantity surveyor, sustainability - office), Innovation Fluides, Occinergy, EODD
Surface area
16 400 m2 SP (office 8 000 m2, housing 8400 m2)
Calendar
Competition october 2018
Materials
Tainted concrete

Timber-frame city block, Lyon

On site

Mixed use

Lyon

Around the old wholesale market, now converted into a school, the practice has designed a tower and building of social housing. Built in wood, the development replies to both the ambition of a low-carbon district, as well as the anticipated timeframe for opening the school. The white concrete facades of the four buildings (two designed by our colleagues, Insolites) set off planting on the facades and at the centre of the block. The creation of single volumes demands rigorous attention to materials and architectural detailing, ensuring the longevity of the constructions.
The mixed-use tower (housing and offices), 53 metres tall, contributes to the dialogue between the other recently constructed high-rise buildings in the Confluence district. Our proposal consists of slimming down the form and blurring its edges, in order to blend into the landscape. The base is largely open, in direct dialogue with the public space. The spaces can be adapted for other uses, reversed, and remodelled by means of a rationalised structure.

The social housing has two halls giving onto the sides, freeing up the central part of the facade and giving maximum transparency through to the centre of the block. The majority of the apartments are double-aspect and all extend out into an exterior space. The structural principle is simple: spanning from facade to facade, reinforced by one or two intermediary walls. The facade, organised horizontally, plays on a contrast between matt and high-gloss. It becomes wider on the loggia side to create a base for planting, and opens up at the corners to give far-reaching views.

Location
block C2 Sud, Lyon Confluence, Rue Montrochet, Delandine and Rue Smith
Programme
the construction of 4 timber-structured buildings for mixed use: small businesses, offices, housing
Client/developer
Woodeum, Utei
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Laurent Bouzols and Thomas Mennesson project leaders), Insolites (associated architects), Graphyte (landscape designer), Enertech (services and sustainability), Milieu (project manager, environmental)
Surface area
housing 8 500 m² (social 2,200 m², first-time buyer and open market 6 300 m²), offices 4 296 m², small businesses 993 m²
Calendar
On site. Completion Summer 2023
Materials
timber (structure), concrete facades
Certification
BBCA (Low Carbon Building)

Strato Office building, Paris

2013

Office

Paris

This building slips in between the city and the railway lines. To the south, giving on to housing and Boulevard Péreire, the massing is decomposed into storey-height horizontal strips. Its indents and protrusions mark the horizontality, accentuating the view over the new road and alleviating the look of an office building.

To the east, crenelations cut out of the end of the building give it a powerful identity. The indents open up views through to the train tracks from the boulevard. A terrace garden, planted with grasses, echoes the proliferous wild vegetation on the railway tracks below.
The building systems of the different facades respond to the structural, acoustic and thermal requirements specific to each: on the south and west sides, a thin coating of fibre-reinforced concrete gives the facade a noble mineral quality on the boulevard, which combined with a timber frame creates a thin build-up with powerful acoustic and thermal insulation properties. On the north-east side, overlooking the railway lines, precast concrete panels reduce noise levels by 45dB. Metal cladding in different tones and levels of shine, break up the very long facade into a stacking of elements of dimensions similar to a train carriage of passengers.

Location
Bd Péreire, Paris 17
Programme
offices and underground carpark
Client
Sodearif (LinkCity) / SNEF
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects (Thomas Mennesson project leader), Sfica (executive architect), Ceba (structure), C.T.H (MEP), Arcora (facades), Elan (sustainability)
Surface area
12,500 m² GIA
Cost
29 M€
Calendar
completion 2013
Materials
timber frame facades, precast concrete, fibre-reinforced concrete, metal cladding
Certification
Cep [conventional primary energy consumption] < 50 kWh/m2GIA. BBC. BREEAM very good. French regulations for office buildings

Sport facilities and housing, Paris

On site

Mixed use

Paris

'Sport, Nature and Timber', the winning project of the 'Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris' competition in October 2017, is about winning back the urban environment, part of a larger move to transform Paris's ring road, the Boulevard Périphérique. In a response to the anarchic jumble of very different types of infrastructure and constructions, the project marries a diversity of different uses with volumetric simplicity and architectonic sobriety. It creates a visual breathing space to position the relationship of the passer-by with the city, making the Porte Brancion a real place, urban and human.
The three buildings – housing, a residence for young workers and a sports facility – dialogue to recreate, within a classical orthogonal plan, a kind of inwardness that serves as a quality public space, functional and calm. Multi-orientated metropolitan interface, the open architecture dialogues with its surroundings and renders the communal uses within each building visible to the outside world.

Location
Porte Brancion, Paris 15, Vanves
Programme
housing, residence for young workers, sports and Culture facility, office, retail, urban agriculture, 25 parking spaces
Client
RIVP (residence for young workers, office & sport and Culture facility), Gecina (student housing)
Client/developer
Woodeum SAS, RIVP
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects, Terrell (structure), Pouget Consultants (sustainability), Le Sommer Environnement, Aïda (acoustics),
Surface area
10 135 m²
Calendar
competition winner October 2017. Completion 2024
Materials
timber (structure, ceilings and partitions), anodised aluminium sheet, enamelled ceramic, glass
Certification
'BBCA' low-carbon building, Plan Climat de la Ville de Paris

Social housing Croisset, Paris

2018

Housing

Paris

A short distance from the Clignancourt university campus, this building of 63 housing units is part of a development composed of two apartment buildings and a university cafeteria. The massing, arranged to ensure porosity from north to south, allows the sun through onto the tree-lined Rue de Croisset. In creating a large, south-facing open area at the middle of the development and a meadow on the roof of the restaurant, we were seeking to adhere to the original spirit of the greenbelt, which is now undergoing extreme densification. Compactness, slit, cut at an angle on the corner of the site, our project gives a new reading of the architectural language of the surrounding buildings of low-cost housing in order to improve urban comfort, optimise living space and provide higher levels of glazing in the facades. Very compact, the building is elongated by studied use of a second, lightweight skin that highlights its verticality. Following aesthetic principles based on how things are used, a network of balconies, seemingly random through its play of single and double heights, is orchestrated on the very rational grid of floor plans. This alternating arrangement enlivens the facades, allows maximum sunlight into the apartments and rationalises the surfaces of the balconies. On the garden side, the textured concrete gives a relief to the otherwise flat facade through a play of shadow and light. Its unevenness echoes the network motif of the road-side facades.

Location
Avenue de la Porte de Clignancourt Paris 18
Programme
103 social-housing units (63 by Hardel Le Bihan), shops, parking for 77 cars, university cafeteria
Client/developer
Paris Habitat, CROUS
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Pascaline Gasc project leader), Gaëtan Le Penhuel & Associes (mandatory architect: 40 housing units and university cafeteria), ID+ (engineers), RFR Elements (sustainability), Fayat (general contractor)
Surface area
4 538 m² GIA, 390 m² GIA retail (in a total of 9,070 m² GIA)
Cost
18,6 M€
Calendar
completion April 2018
Materials
concrete and prefabricated concrete

School in Lille

2010

Early childhood

Lille

Location
Lille 59
Programme
deconstruction and reconstruction of the Wagner kindergarten, lunchroom and renovation of the elementary school
Client
City of Lille
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Aix Arkitekter (architecte associé Stockholm), Krach and Berlung paysagiste associé (Copenhague)
Surface area
2,000 m², 2,500 m² roads and equipments
Cost
6,5 M€
Calendar
competition 2010 (finalist)
Certification
BBC

Rue des Annelets crèche and housing

2013

Facility

Paris

The three elements of the programme (crèche, renovated housing and new housing) were treated differently in order to fit in with the heterogeneity that characterises Rue des Annelets. Forming both a 'mix-matched ensemble' and a transition architecture, each building associated forms and materials in a distinct manner, reflecting the neighbourhood, which sits on the crossroads of what were the old suburbs of Paris and the huge modern housing blocks of the Place des Fêtes. Our architectural ensemble is consciously decomposed into a family of volumes of varied dimensions, proportions and materials. The stacking of simple coloured volumes also ensures ease of orientation and learning environment for the young children of the crèche. We also developed a natural landscape around a reactive building, following the seasons. Terraces and planted roofs, green facades, garden for crèche and apartments.

Location
30-34, rue des Annelets, Paris 19
Programme
municipal crèche (47 children), 11 housing units, of which 6 renovation
Client
DFPE (crèche), SIEMP (housing)
Surface area
1,700 m²
Cost
4 M€
Calendar
completion 2013
Certification
New-build: THPE 2005, H&E Profil A, Qualitel. Renovation: Patrimoine H&E. Plan Climat de la Ville de Paris

RHV Tower, Dakar

2015

Competition

Dakar

Our project consists of an office building that will provide users with workspaces that are comfortable and full of light, looking out over the city. But it also constitutes a new urban landmark, symbolising both modernity and respect for the environment. The choice of height (110m) replies to a double objective: stretching the tower upwards gives the office spaces the ideal depth for natural light and distant views over the peninsula and the ocean. It also means that the building is visible from the coast road, the plateau above the city and the port. Numerous buildings make up today's Dakar skyline (BCEAL, Fahd, Faycal, Kébé, Peytavin, Hôtel Indépendance ...), mostly dating from the 1960s and '70s. It seemed pertinant to us that a skyscraper, contemporary and emblematic, should join this architectural panorama as a symbol of the urban and economic renewal of the capital.
The facades, sealed by floor-height aluminium frames, are protected from sunlight by deep concrete panels interspaced every 1,2 m. The shade provided by these panels enabled us to avoid the use of air-conditioning, which is both costly and pollutant. This system makes it possible to use clear glazing for greater transparency, maximising views over the landscape of the peninsula and the ocean, which are framed horizontally.

Location
Allée Delmas, Dakar, Sénégal
Programme
office tower
Client
Amsa Reality, Redman (client’s project manager)
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects (Arnaud Neveu project leader), EVP (structure), Elioth (sustainability, facades)
Surface area
17 000 m²
Cost
18 M€
Calendar
competition finalist in december 2015

Renovation, Boulogne

In progress

Office

Boulogne-Billancourt

The building formerly occupied by Renault's head office is being transformed to set a benchmark in terms of energy efficiency, optimization of surface potential, operation and use within the framework of a rehabilitation project. The shape of the building interrupts the imposing "urban façade", opening up the block to the quay on one side, and to Rue de Sèvres on the other. The project takes full advantage of its potential, in particular by enhancing the relationship with the Seine. The new façade, insulated from the outside, reveals the structure through prefabricated, tinted concrete modénatures. The second level of the façade is made of wood. The reduction in the number of parking spaces means that a sports facility can be built in the basement, and existing office space can be valorized in the form of spaces with plenty of natural light thanks to the creation of patios. The occasional gain in superstructure surface area makes it possible to integrate a retail outlet and residential units. The creation of long balconies enriches the range of outdoor spaces. With landscape architects Bassinet Turquin, we will also take advantage of the open ground in the non aedificandi zone to plant trees and enhance the new garden that characterizes the entrance to the building.

Location
13-15, Quai Le Gallo, Boulogne
Programme
Offices, 12 housing units, sport facility, shops
Client
Covea
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Bassinet Turquin (paysage), EVP (structure), EGIS (fluides, ascenseurs, VRD), ELIOTH (ingénierie environnementale, réemploi, façades), AE75 (économie), AVEL (acoustique), Convergence (cuisiniste), CSD (préventionniste), Ginger Burgeap (géothermie)
Surface area
23 600m² (bureaux 17 600 m², ERP 3 000 m², logements 1 000 m², salle de sport 1 700 m², commerce 300 m²)
Calendar
Competition january 2022. In progress
Materials
existing concrete structure, timber (joinery, cladding, terrace decking)
Certification
E+C- équivalent E3, BBCA

Renovation of Bendor island

On site

Mixed use

Bandol

A stone's throw from Bandol on the French Riviera, Bendor offers a breath of fresh air, far from the hustle and bustle of the coast. On this small island, which was just a pile of rocks when Paul Ricard acquired it to concentrate everything he loved about the Mediterranean and to recharge his batteries, the atmosphere is multiplied, festive, sporting or contemplative. The golden age of festivities and creativity that characterized the island from the 1960s to the 1980s has gradually given way to obsolescence and the closure of some of the hotels. To rediscover the genius of the place and ensure the rebirth of Bendor without losing what makes its soul is the mission entrusted to Hardel Le Bihan in 2020, in association with the landscape designers Niez Studio. This massive renovation is rooted in the values of the Ricard family, with the most recent environmental requirements and the need for climate resilience.

Location
île de Bendor (83)
Programme
renovation of two hotels and a family estate. Renaturation of the island
Client
SAPR
Team
HPM
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Niez Studio (landscape designer), Bouygues Construction (general contractor)
Calendar
On site, opening summer 2026
Certification
BREEAM, Bâtiments Durables Méditerranéens (BDM), BiodiverCity

Reconversion bureaux-logements, Courbevoie

En études

Mixte

Courbevoie

The site is occupied by buildings with large surface areas that can be appropriated, with real constructive qualities, both in terms of infrastructure and superstructure. The project includes solutions for rehabilitating as much as possible of the buildings that can be rehabilitated, by deconstructing sparingly and building with great economy of means. Most of the existing office space has been restructured to offer a wide variety of housing types (coliving, young workers' residences, LLI, free housing), and an active first floor to serve the neighbourhood. To free up the land and develop a large central garden, the project organizes a reasoned density where the existing and the project combine their qualities. Renovated, transformed or new, volumes and surfaces interact with each other, and functionalities serve each other around the park.

Location
Courbevoie (92)
Programme
Transformation of offices into housing
Client
Meanings
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes mandataires, Alain Barthe Architecture (associated architect ), Bassinet Turquin (landscape), EVP (structure), Innovations Fluides, Casso (préventionniste)
Surface area
20 400 m² (student housing 6 100 m², housing 5 900 m², medical center 1 200 m², coworking 1 000 m², coliving 2 900 m², fablab 1 500 m², brasserie 700 m²)
Calendar
En études, chantier fin 2024
Materials
stone, mixt structure timber & concrete
Certification
NF Habitat HQE, Breeam, BBCA, Smartscore, BiodiverCity

Pullman Hotel Rive Gauche and office building

2013

Office

Paris 15

Location
Paris 15
Programme
Office, Hotel and retail
Client
Bouygues Immobilier
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, TVK (associated architect)
Surface area
45,000 m²
Cost
90 M€
Calendar
competition 2013 (finalist)
Certification
RT 2012

People Connect

In progress

Mixed use

Grenoble

The very first mixed-use project in Grenoble, Place Nelson Mandela. Over several floors: sports facilities, offices, hotel, urban spa and swimming pool, indoor/outdoor restaurants, co-living and R&D co-working. The elliptic facade – solicited by the urban context and the competition brief – adds further complexity to the complex site, close to the railway tracks and stations for train and tramway. The future building will give breath-taking views over the Alpine peaks and across the open landscape of Grenoble's presque-isle.

Location
Place Mandela, Grenoble Presqu'île
Programme
spa, swimming pool, hotel 4*, offices, coworking, restaurants
Client/developer
Redman, Youse
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Amstein Walthert (environmental engineering), Ide2projet (economy), AIA (structure)
Surface area
12 560 sq meters
Calendar
competition winner may 2019
Materials
aluminium facade, concrete facade

PAP headquarters, Paris

2010

Office

Paris

This office building is composed of different levels on a complex site. Its range of spaces, terraces, orientations and atmospheres reflects the richness of the site, which the project takes care to reveal. Each level curves or bends to allow for the slope, for different scales or to open views towards the Seine to the north, Jussieu university tower to the east, and Hôtel Lebrun, an early 18th-century mansion immediately to the west.

In order to reduce the form and free up views across the forecourt to the neighbouring historic mansion, we reduced the floor-to-floor height to 3.35m, which enabled us to incorporate a seventh storey, but also to create the entrance to the offices on the more dignified and private side of the plot via the forecourt, also opening up the gardens to the rear of Hôtel Lebrun. Entrance to the retail unit is made on the other side, at the crossroads, in order to maintain a maximum stretch of shop-front along the street. The final segment of the facade, at the west, is double-height so as to extend the ground floor up to the higher segment of Rue du Cardinal Lemoine and to ensure the continuity of the retail base. A succession of terraces is created in indents, shared external spaces at different levels. High-performance full-height glazing ensures maximum natural light.

Location
45, rue du Cardinal Lemoine Paris 5
Programme
offices, retail
Client/developer
Sodearif
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects, Arcoba (exé), Ceba (structure), Beming (MEP), Joseph Ingénierie (facades), Impedance (acoustics), Legendre (general contractor)
Surface area
5,300 m² (offices 5,000 m²; shop 300 m²)
Cost
12,4 M€
Calendar
completion 2010
Materials
reinforced concrete structure, powder-coated aluminium facades, aluminium windows
Certification
low-energy building, regulatory consumption -20%. French office building regulations

Orange Campus Lyon

2020

Campus

Lyon

The new regional headquarters for telecommunications company Orange is an extension and renovation of an old telephone exchange. While making the most of the industrial building, it also gives an urban coherence to the city block by breaking the project into two 'folded' volumes that wrap around the existing building.
Our starting position with regards integration within the neighbourhood was to create a large, uniform building on a continuous ground plane, so reducing what we see as the negative effects of a multiple development, which can be overloaded with too many building types and too many textures.
The new buildings find harmony in the homogenous grid of their facades (echoing the existing building) and the cut surfaces that shape the volumes by freeing up large planted terraces for the office floors.
The idea behind the sloping roofline is the double advantage of framing the existing building in order to enhance it, as well as freeing up views to and from the surrounding residences. The broken lines of the southern extension shape the industrial telephone exchange building, revealing its qualities as a work of architectural heritage. The terracotta coloured, powder-coated aluminium facade echoes that of the telephone exchange, which is visible behind its concrete exoskeleton. The overall ensemble forms a unique volume and a powerful landmark at the entrance to the Part-Dieu neighbourhood.

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Location
131, avenue Felix Faure, Lyon (69)
Programme
offices, staff restaurant, showroom, parking
Client
Pitch Promotion (developer), Orange (end user)
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects, Hubert Godet (associated architect), Bassinet Turquin (executive landscape architect), MOX (Visa), R.B.S (structure), Arcora (facades), Auberger-Favre (MEP), Iliade (quantity surveyor, sustainability), Builders & Partners (coordinator)
Surface area
26,000 m² GIA
Cost
44 M€
Calendar
competition 2014, completion 2020
Materials
concrete (structure), tinted aluminium cladding
Certification
Effinergie +, French standards for office buildings rating Excellent

OG2024 Athletes housing, Ile-Saint-Denis

2024

Mixed use

Île Saint-Denis

The riverside ecodistrict developed on Saint Denis Island for the 2024 Olympic Games will temporarily accommodate 2500 athletes, before becoming a genuine, mixed-use neighbourhood. The architects have established shared rules in order to ensure a harmonious building frontage along the Quai du Châtelier: a common facade language, continuity of the two-storey base, balconies, identical materials for railings, joinery and blinds. Within the PA block, Hardel Le Bihan Architectes is designing a building to house 234 athletes, reversible into offices for the ‘legacy’ phase. The housing units present largely glazed, openable facades, outdoor areas on all levels, and open floor plans suitable for office use. On the fifth floor, a recess marks an intermediary level and frees up a future planted terrace with 50cm of soil.

Location
ZAC Éco-Quartier fluvial Lot PA 11, Île Saint-Denis (93)
Programme
234 beds (during OG) ; office, ateliers (phase héritage)
Client/developer
Groupe Pichet, Legendre Immobilier
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (lot PA11), ChartierDalix, coordinating architect of the riverside district (incl. Np2f, MGAU & ChartierDalix architects, Ecotech (quantity surveyor), Atelier Volga (landscaping), Bimtech (Bim Manager), Elan (AMO BREEAM), ARCADIS (BET VRD et Thermique), BET TemPartener (Structure & MEP), Scoping (acoustics), BTP Consultant (checking authority)
Surface area
4 400 m²
Cost
10,5 M€
Calendar
competition end of 2019, completion mars 2023
Materials
sand tinted concrete, timber (window sills, joinery), canvas blinds
Certification
BREEAM VERY GOOD, E3C1

Offices, Saint-Denis

2022

Office

Saint-Denis

The narrow parcel and the context of the development zone led us to setting the building along the street. There are opening windows on all sides, while the heart of the building is composed of a large 16 x 30m patio. The project aims to promote well-being in the workplace by means of extensive and varied planting (as well as the forest patio there are two large terraces for use on the fifth floor), generous daylighting, and flexibility of spaces. The landings and lift exits offer quiet views over the interior garden.
The building is comprised of a ground floor above which are four levels, from which emerge two slender volumes. The ground floor, with a ceiling height of 5 metres, provides great flexibility of use in order to accommodate halls, restaurant and craft activities.
The 80m-long facade is ordered by an alternating grid of single and double modules. On the standard levels, the single modules are solid and the double modules glazed, whereas on the base, the fifth floor and the top floor, the modules are entirely glazed or louvered. The surface finishes of the concrete were the subject of extensive research in order that the materiality should fully contribute to the spirit and identity of the place, in particular with the stylized imprint of the concrete which evokes a motif from the Basilica of Saint Denis, on the opaque modules.

Location
Îlot 6 ZAC Nozal Front Populaire, Saint-Denis (93)
Programme
offices, craft spaces, staff canteen
Client/developer
PRD
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Grue (landscaping), Bollinger Grohman (facades), EVP (structure), Innovation fluides (services, sustainability), GCC (contractor)
Surface area
17 500 m²
Calendar
Completed in 2022
Materials
internal load-bearing concrete, dyed integrally

Offices Rue Cuvier, Montreuil

On site

Office

Montreuil-sous-Bois

On the edge of Vincennes and Fontenay-sous-Bois, the site stretches lengthwise. To the west, it borders a large company headquarters, to the east a heterogeneous block destined to be transformed. We have positioned the buildings as parallel fingers with large, east-facing patios in order to offer a more urban facade to the developing city. The treatment of the ground floor clearly rhythms and sequences the project, providing both a human scale and a certain lightness. The block is opened up by a new pedestrian alleyway that crosses the project to provide daytime access between Rue Cuvier, Rue Lagny and Rue Robespierre. The palette of materials is deliberately limited, unadorned and coherent between exterior and interior. Wood is the common element that is seen throughout the glass–aluminium–concrete ensemble. At the top of the building, the fine grid of the building envelope is extended into a glazed balustrade without a top rail to express an evanescent crown, welcoming life up on the rooftops.

Location
Rue Cuvier, Montreuil-sous-Bois (93)
Programme
offices, activities
Client
Alios Développement
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Mar & Boris(landscaping), Ingerop (structure), Arcora (facades), Lasa (acoustic engineering), Artelia (services), Addenda (sustainability), AE 75 (quantity surveyor), BOA Light (lighting)
Surface area
10 000 m2
Cost
25 M€
Calendar
Feasability 2017, completion in 2024
Materials
wood (curtain wall, floors and structure), aluminium (facade)
Certification
BREEAM Very Good, Well Core and Shell, HQE BD

Offices in Aubervilliers

2020

Office

Aubervilliers

This office building plays an important role in the development of the Nozal Front Populaire neighbourhood development zone on the northern edge of Paris. It borders Rue du Pilier, which is set to become a busy urban artery as the shortest route from the new Place du Front Populaire to the Canal de l'Ourcq.

Our project reconciles the functional requirements of a blank office building (compact, divisible, typologically homogenous with a continuous depth of 18m, identical floors, etc.) with a division of massing that introduces a form of relief, of rhythm to aid its integration into the urban landscape. The compact volume is subdivided into four parts articulated by slight translations and rotations. These variations give a sequential reading of the facades while maintaining a functional unity from the 2nd floor up. On the ground floor an entrance porch opens right through to the internal gardens and provides independent public access to a gym, which itself is given increased visibility from the street by means of a double-height, fully glazed facade.

Location
Rue du Pilier, ZAC Nozal-Front Populaire, Aubervilliers 93
Programme
offices, gym
Client
Nessus
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Atelier Roberta (landscape architect), Terrell (engineering), Cbre (client project management), Acoustique & Conseil (acoustics), Sinteo (sustainability), Omega Alliance (demolition decontamination)
Surface area
Offices 8 100 m², gym 600 m²
Calendar
completed 2020
Materials
architectonic concrete, glass, steel and aluminium (facade)
Certification
Sustainability (2015 standards) Excellent, BBC Effinergie 2017, Breeam (New construction 2016) very good, Well Core and Shell Gold

Offices & Nursery, Bordeaux

In progress

Mixed use

Bordeaux

This mixed programme closes the eastern front of a block inspired by the traditionnal Bastide, a typical, orthogonal group of buildings of different heights around a large square hosting a market or important public events. Our Bastide is conceived as a coherent whole which nevertheless allows the richness of the programme, the rhythms of the facades and the entrance signals singling out each building. The heart is inhabited by a large central which is enlivened by the outgrowths (atypical housing to the west, micro-crèche to the east). The western part of the block is composed of housing by Leibar & Seigneurin and King Kong architects. At the base level, the coherence between the housing and the tertiary programme (offices or higher education school) is obtained by creating a double height of the base and setting back the corresponding facades of the ground- and first floor. Located at the corner of the block, the office building reverses the general principle. The visible load-bearing facade is animated by the noble concrete modelling, the projecting cornices and a slight recess in the window frames. The roofs of the emergences are sloped and made of zinc, those of the lower volumes in the form of accessible or planted terraces.
The flexible design allows for a 100% school, 100% office programme or a combination based on vertical and horizontal division. Access to the 6,000 m² building is via three different halls.

Location
Lot DFAU2C, ZAC Garonne Eiffel, Bordeaux
Programme
Offices, nursery
Client
Demathieu Bard Immobilier
Team
Hardel Le Bihan (Sibylle Darde and Baptiste Egéa project leaders), Kaplan (landscape design), Projetx (services), Math Ingénierie (structure), Diagobat (sustainability), Emacoustic (acoustique)
Surface area
5 900 m²
Cost
9,8 M€
Calendar
Start of works spring 2023
Materials
Tinted and precast concrete, wood
Certification
BREEAM Very good

Office renovation, Paris

On site

Office

Paris

In Paris, the Maine Montparnasse district is undergoing a major transformation, as part of the dynamic metamorphosis of emblematic entities such as the train station and the Montparnasse Tower. On the edge of these complexes, the office building that marks the corner of Boulevard Pasteur and Rue du Cotentin is highlighted by a free and richly planted setback. It has a massive facade with a strong 70's connotation, with a pleating that is as atypical as it is remarkable. Wishing to preserve this essential feature of its identity, we propose to optimize the performance of the envelope, the articulation between the different spaces and programs, while giving birth to a new perennial image. The project gives to read a continuity between the whole of the spaces, without rupture nor base, light and slender volumes, a frontage expressing the interior quality of offices benefiting light, views and space.

Location
88-90 Boulevard Pasteur, Paris 15e
Programme
Office, event center, constructions and installations necessary for public services or of collective interest
Client
ACM
Team
ARC PM
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Niez Studio (landscape design), EVP (structure), Setec (sustainability, MEP, fire safety, VRD, quantity surveyor), Art Acoustique, Arcora (facade), Cam Ingénierie (elevators), Gaury (kitchen), Builders & Parnters (executive architects), Eiffage Construction (general contractor)
Surface area
18 000 m² (office 17 000 m², Cinaspic 1 000 m²)
Cost
NC
Calendar
On site. Completion 2025
Materials
aluminium facade
Certification
BREEAM, HQE BD, BiodiverCity

Office development in Paris

2014

Competition

Paris

Location
18-20, avenue de la Porte d’Italie, Paris 13
Programme
office, hotel, retail, parking
Client
Vinci Immobilier
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, EVP (structure), Inex (MEP), Greenaffair (sustainability), Lamoureux (acoustics), Atec (quantity surveyor)
Surface area
22,500 m²
Cost
37 M€
Calendar
competition 2014 (not selected)
Certification
BREEAM very good (hotel, offices)

Office building rue de Bercy

2021

Office

Paris

The studio is refurbishing and transforming 12,000 sqm of office space on Rue de Bercy in Paris' 12th arrondissement. The project opens up the building, which paradoxically had been cut off from its surroundings: housing the car park of the AccorHotels Arena, the ground floor turned its back on the green spaces of the Place Bernstein and the adjoining riverside park.
The entrance and lobby on Rue de Bercy are preserved, but the car park is reduced to a central pocket encircled by retail outlets that open to the exterior. At the centre of the building we have demolished the base (ground and first floors) of the original building to create an atrium bathed in natural light.
With regards massing, the building is lifted up to the height of the three protruding cylinders. The two corners are closed and the concrete walls of the cylinders demolished to create a large open floor plate on each floor for improved internal organisation. An 8-storey agricultural greenhouse will be built on the roof of the restaurant.
On the facade an inclination is incorporated which lightens the solid panels between glazed openings, while above, the spandrel panels are cut down to allow for more glazing and make the building appear lighter.

Location
61-69, rue de Bercy, Paris 12
Programme
offices, agricultural greenhouse, retail, restaurant, 24 parking spaces
Client
Axa
Client project manager
Redman
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, MOX (executive architects), Softroom (decoration & furniture), Alto (sustainability), Evp (structure), Katene (MEP), Acef (facades), Meta (acoustics), Mugo (landscape architect), CC Ingénierie (lifts), Conceptions Nouvelles (kitchens), Softroom (decorating), Dal (quantity surveyor), Vpeas (specifier), Csd Faces (fire safety), Qualiconsult (Checking authority and fire safety)
Surface area
15,250 m² (offices 14,000 m², retail 500 m², restaurant 500 m², agricultural greenhouse 250 m²)
Cost
31,6 M€
Calendar
feasibility end 2015, design phase 2016-2017, site 2018-2020
Materials
enamelled ceramic, composite metal panels
Certification
Sustainable building, BREEAM, WiredScore

Nazca Hotel

2005

Competition

Peru

The hotel is a line soaring up towards the sky, a vertical monument dedicated to the mysterious geoglyphs that cover the Nazca desert in southern Peru. Two inhabited beams suspended 100 m up house 20 bedrooms, the panoramic restaurant and the reception. These beams are supported by three columns housing vertical circulation, photovoltaic panels, reservoirs and water treatment plant. One of these extends up to 200 m as an observation tower for the entire site. The hotel was prefabricated in Lima and assembled on site in a few weeks. It is a fragile giant, just like one of the archaeological figures that it steps over. Its energy sufficiency and building system mean that it is both extensible and reversible. Economical and dismountable, it will always be adaptable to the uncertain future of tourism.

Location
Nazca desert, Peru
Programme
hôtel de 20 chambres, observatoire des pétroglyphes
Surface area
2 000 m²
Calendar
Concours d’idées Arquitectum 2005

Musée et ateliers d'artistes, Créancey

2016

Equipement

Créancey

From 2013 to 2016, the practice Hardel Le Bihan has transformed Créancey's Castle outbuildings to develop studios, workshops for artists and showrooms.

Location
Créancey castle, Burgundy (21)
Programme
exhibition room (private collection), artist workshops
Client
Privé
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes
Surface area
750 m²
Cost
1,2 M€
Calendar
completed in 2016
Materials
tiles, stone

Montparnasse by Nouvelle AOM

In progress

Mixed use

Paris

Nouvelle AOM is the collective created in June 2016 to enter the international Demain Montparnasse competition.  Formed of the association of the founders of three separate Parisian practices (Franklin Azzi Architecture, Chartier Dalix and Hardel Le Bihan Architectes), it is a new, independent entity, working in collaboration with a team of highly qualified, Paris-based consultants, including Setec, T/E/S/S and Elioth.
Three studios, because the associates felt that the Montparnasse Tower deserved a collaborative design, that it must be the reflection of multiple entities.
The name refers to AOM, the collective of architects who designed the original tower, which was built in 1973: Agence Architecturale pour l'Opération Maine-Montparnasse, made up of Eugène Beaudoin, Urbain Cassan, Louis-Gabriel de Hoÿm de Marien and Jean Saubot.
The architects of Nouvelle AOM are of the same generation as the tower, grew up in the neighbourhood. In October 2016, finalists selected out of 700 candidates, they brought together a team of about 50 people on the 44th floor of the tower to form a laboratory of design and research, producing models on site, working, collaboratively, on the project for the tower they dreamed of for Montparnasse.

www.nouvelle-aom.com

Location
33, avenue du Maine, Paris 15
Programme
office building, business center, hotel, restaurants, stores, sky greenhouse
Client
EITMM
Client project manager
Sefri-Cime
Team
Nouvelle AOM (Franklin Azzi, Chartier Dalix, Hardel Le Bihan Architects), SETEC (general engineering), T/E/S/S (facades), Elioth (sustainability), GV Ingenierie (quantity surveyor)
Calendar
construction site start on 2024, delivery on 2028

Mixed-use building, Nantes

2019

Mixed use

Nantes

Standing at the foot of Tabarly Bridge, the building can be seen from a distance, marking the edge of the burgeoning Malakoff neighbourhood, the sweeping landscapes of the Loire, and Nantes Island. Its massing and architectural detailing are also designed to work at a human scale, and work well within the surroundings.
Our project is based on overlapping uses by positioning them across the width of the building. This mixed-use approach reflects the dynamism of the 'nouveau Malakoff' surrounding neighbourhood. Slipping between the three sections that make up the development makes it possible to abut the programmes: a volume of housing to the south and two volumes of offices to the north. This decision to overlap the different volumes greatly increases the quality of the future building, in terms both of urbanism and architecture as well as functionality and sustainability. The orientation of the housing units is given priority, with views over the Loire, providing a maximum number of multi-orientated apartments and loggias at the corners.
The regularity of the facades is enlivened by variations in the frame in the form of occasionally alternating single and double grids. The prefabrication of concrete elements highlights the care given to the architecture.

Location
Boulevard de Berlin. Malakoff Centre urban development zone. Nantes
Programme
28 housing units for open market, offices, shops, parking
Client
Linkcity Grand Ouest
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects, MOX (executive architects), Bouygues Bâtiment Grand Ouest (general contractor)
Surface area
6 000 m² floor area (housing 2 000 m², offices 4 000 m², shops 250 m²)
Cost
9 M€
Calendar
completion april 2019
Materials
prefabricated impregnated concrete

Mixed-use block Rue de Picpus, Paris

On site

Mixed use

Paris

Under the coordination of Hardel Le Bihan, the collaboration between the three architectural agencies Barrault Pressacco, DVVD, Hardel Le Bihan and the landscape architects Bassinet Turquin ensures a variety of styles for this 26,000 m² block. The overall coherence is ensured by the use of identical materials and the agreement on common rules. On the rue de Picpus, the linear nature of the plot, 100 meters long, led us to set the residential building back 20 meters to offer the inhabitants a public square of approximately 1000 m². The composition of the metallic façade of the office building (HLB) expresses the reconversion of the existing activity hall (arch. Roland Schweitzer). The building is organized in three parts: the hall with a height of R+1 is embedded in a built volume of R+4 crowned by an attic recessed on the facades, excluding the gable. The roof of the hall is transformed into an accessible terrace for the offices.
In the garden of the heart of the block, open to the public during the day, our R+8 apartment building opens up the view towards the sky at the bottom of the plot with a marked spread of the last two levels. The organization in plan is clear, with a first floor composed of three dwellings, then a current floor of five dwellings taking advantage of a double exposure or a favorable southeast or southwest exposure for the mono-oriented apartments.

Location
42-48 rue de Picpus, Paris 12e
Programme
228 housing units, offices (HLB offices + 36 housing units), shops, kindergarden
Client
Emerige, Paris Habitat
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (coordinator), Barrault Pressacco et DVVD (associated architects), Bassinet Turquin (landscape designer), structure Khephren (offices) and Ecobat (housing), services Inex (offices), Innovation Fluides + Pouget (housing), sustainability Citae + Tribu, quantity surveyor Mazet (offices), B&C (housing), Arcora (offices facades)
Surface area
26 000 m² (offices 4 847 m², housing 17 346 m² (social 10 800 m² (HLB 2 850 m²), shops 1 240 m², Cinaspic 2 600 m² : kindergarden 514 m², activity 2 926 m²)
Calendar
On site. Completion in 2025
Certification
RT 2012-20%

Mixed development, Paris

On site

Mixed use

Paris

Mixing hotel, offices and workshops in a hybrid programme, the 17&CO project redensifies the Avenue de Saint-Ouen, aiming to become a destination in its own right, linked to the internationally renown neighbouring flea-market. By redrawing the lines needed to structure the site, we are able to open the ground floor out onto the street and bring the public space into play. The challenge is also to open up the block: the overall urban form was designed to dialogue with the existing apartment block to which it runs parallel, enhancing it and making it more accessible.
The site, whose trapezoidal geometry allows us to create generous terraces on the west facade, is made permeable by throughways, openings, public and shared semi-public spaces, not only at ground level but also higher up. Right up to the roof, where a sky bar, gym and glasshouse for events have been created.
Reversible landmark building, the Karaoke Tower marks the southern limit of the development, punctuating the advertising hoardings along the Boulevard Périphérique. The tower speaks of parties and sound, neither of which find a ready home within the traditional urban fabric.
Finally, the project, which preserves 500 existing parking spaces, incorporates a multi-service transport hub based on the idea of a valet service that offers different modes of transport to follow on from the private car: bicycles, car sharing, communal parking.

Location
Avenue de la porte de Saint-Ouen, Paris 17
Programme
Offices, hotel, youth hostel, retail, karaoke, transport hub
Client
BNP Paribas Real Estate
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Terrell (structure), Le Sommer (sustainability), Mugo (landscape architect)
Surface area
18,000 m² GIA (offices 8,800 m², hotel 3,700 m², hostel and co-living 4,700 m², karaoke 600 m²)
Calendar
completion in 2024

Mesnil Amelot station

2016

Facility

Le Mesnil Amelot

Location
Le Mesnil Amelot 93
Programme
automatic GPE's metro line 17's station
Client
Société du Grand Paris (SGP)
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Arnaud Neveu et Magali Lamoureux project leaders), Feichtinger Architectes, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates SRA, Oger International (engineering), Sepia GC (structure), Tisseyre+associés (acoustics)
Calendar
Restricted competition 2016 (not selected)

Mehul mixed-use block, Pantin

On site

Mixed use

Pantin

At the crossroads of Rue Gambetta and Rue Paul Bert, the winning mixed-use project on Block 6 respects the cultural heritage and diversity of the Méhul area. The urban fabric is characterized by the close interweaving of residential and industrial activity. The relationship between new building and renovation/ conversion participates in achieving the desired balance, particularly with the preservation of two warehouse buildings with saw-tooth roofs, one metal and the other concrete. The density of the project is concentrated on the north side of the site with residential and office buildings along Rue Paul Bert, which are G+3/4 + a roof-top storey. To the south, the low, G+1 nursery school and crafts buildings are in keeping with the existing industrial fabric. This arrangement of heights ensures optimum sunlight for the buildings and garden. All the buildings use brick, which marked the industrial history of the Pantin area. The small nursery building has timber-frame walls. Its ground-floor is clad in brick for durability and harmony within the block.

Location
Ilot 6 Paul Bert Gambetta, Méhul, Pantin (93)
Programme
75 apartments, headquarters of Majestic Filatures, kindergarden of 50 beds, logistic
Client
OGIC
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, ALtern (landscape design), EVP (structure), Oasis (sustainability), Suez (sustainability AMO and circular economy)
Surface area
housing 4 800 m2, offices 1986 m2
Cost
11 M€
Materials
concrete, timber, bricks
Certification
E+/C- (level E3/C1 for housing, level E2/C1 for the offices), Bio-based material building level 3, BiodiverCity, BDF Silver (housing), Effinergie 2017 (housing), HQE bâtiment tertaire, Osmoz (activités)

Masséna Offices

2010

Office

Paris

Location
Paris Rive Gauche Masséna urban development zone, lot M5B3, Paris 13
Programme
office, retail and parking
Client
Ogic, Sogelym Dixence
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Antoine Decourt project leader)
Surface area
6,130 m²
Cost
14 M€
Calendar
competition 2010 (not selected)
Certification
NF Bâtiments tertiaires, BBC, Certivea

Maritime museum, Cherbourg

2019

Facility

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

The permanent exhibition pavilion of the Cité de la Mer is a building located alongside the famous submarine Le Redoutable. Built in 2002 by the architects Studio Milou, it is a museographic space on 3 levels, designed to accommodate 1,000 visitors. To highlight the aquariums, modernize the scenographic path and offer a better working environment to the museum teams, we completely transform the interior spaces. In support of the scenographic proposals of our partner Pascal Payeur, we are enriching the palette of materials, with, for instance, bumpy stainless steel plates that reinforce the effect of immersion at the heart of the visit concept. Some architectural modifications were also necessary on the existing building: the tour now begins at the second floor level with the ascent of a large escalator to match the height of the highest aquarium in Europe, the entrance was modified; some floors were demolished to create views from the ground level and to free space, as in the new Jules Verne lounge, which is double-height and faces the aquarium.

Location
Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg (50)
Programme
Rénovation des espaces d'exposition du Pavillon des expositions permanentes
Client
Ville de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Benoît Fiton, chef de projet), Pascal Payeur (scénographe), Lydia Elhadad (muséographe), Patrick Hoarau (graphisme), Soheil Ghodsy Conseil (audio multimédia), TFPI (BET), Impedance (acoustique), 8'18' (éclairage), MOX (maîtrise d'ouvrage d'éxécution)
Surface area
1 600 m²
Cost
3,5 M
Calendar
Concours lauréat 2014, livré en 2019

Logements seniors, Carrières-sous-Poissy

2019

Equipement

Carrières-sous-Poissy

In line with the urban planning guidelines laid down by ANMA, the volumes accentuate the dynamics of the angular plot with their slender roofs. Breakthroughs and spreadings help to recreate the parcel rhythm of the ordinary town and identify three main "houses". The buildings are firmly anchored in the ground, with a unified treatment from the ground to the top. The variable depth of the balconies and their staggered arrangement enliven the overall effect. The seniors' residence responds to a wide range of needs by offering a variety of private outdoor spaces and typologies ranging from large T1 apartments (34 m²) to small T3 apartments (660 m²), with a majority of large T2 (44 m²). The high-ceilinged, generously glazed, walk-through spaces draw the eye to the garden at the heart of the block, designed by landscape architects Grue.

Location
ZAC Centralité, Carrières sous Poissy (78)
Programme
Résidence de 87 logements pour personnes âgées et une crèche
Client
Lamotte
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Grue (paysagiste), Tribu (BET HQE), Exe (économie), Bim ingénierie
Surface area
5 000 m² SDP
Calendar
Concours restreint 2019

Logements Gratte-Ciel, Villeurbanne

In progress

Mixed use

Villeurbanne

L'agence assure la coordination du macro-lot C de la ZAC Gratte-Ciel Centre-Ville, réinterprétation de l'emblématique quartier bâti par Môrice Leroux dans les années 1930. Le projet prolonge et densifie l'avenue Henri Barbusse dans la perspective de l'Hôtel de Ville, sous la direction des urbanistes ANMA. La co-conception s'est organisée autour d'ateliers menés pendant 15 mois suite à la concertation avec les riverains et futurs usagers. Notre bâtiment dit B2 est un immeuble mixte en R+13 de 32 logements en BRS (bail réel solidaire) développés au-dessus de deux niveaux de commerces. Sur la parcelle d'angle de 16x26 m, la volumétrie asymétrique induit une façade plus large sur la rue de Pressensé, que nous proposons de découper pour conserver une échelle domestique, appropriable dans le nouveau quartier. Un escalier extérieur occupe la faille, marquant l'entrée des logements en référence directe aux Gratte-ciel historiques de Leroux. Les plans d’étages sont cruciformes : l’escalier au nord, les ascenseurs et autres gaines au centre, afin de libérer les quatre angles et d'obtenir la quasi-totalité des logements bi-orientés. Les cuisines sont toujours éclairées naturellement et la plupart du temps connectées à l’espace extérieur privatif. Dès que possible les salles de bain sont également disposées en façade, dans un souci constant de ventilation saine, principe cher à la conception hygiéniste du début du XXe siècle.

Location
Macro-lot C, Zac Gratte-Ciel Centre-Ville, Villeurbanne
Programme
Logement BRS, logement social et social étudiant, bureaux, crèche, commerces
Client
Rhône Saône Habitat, Groupe SERL
Team
Hardel Le Bihan (architectes mandataires), Plages Arrière, Héros (architectes associés), Suply (architecte crèche), Prelem (fluides), Positherm (HQE), Cogeci (structures), C+POS (Breeam)
Surface area
18 000m² (13 400 m² logements, 2 800 m² commerces, 900 m² bureaux, 820 m² crèche)
Cost
25 M€
Calendar
Début de chantier 2023
Materials
Structure mixte bois-béton
Certification
E3C1

Logements coliving Montpellier

In progress

Housing

Montpellier

In the grounds of a former infantry training school, the Cité Créative new district brings together schools and companies in the cultural and creative industries, housing and activities. Facing the Halle Tropisme, a cultural centre that marks the western entrance to the Cité, the 160 coliving units are distributed in seven volumes set up according to a play of shifts and offsets to maximize views and visual openings. Lot 1EA is organised around a large open-air garden that provides a cool island effect. Along the main street of the district, the coworking base opens onto this transparent garden. The penthouse restaurant expresses the vertical walkway dynamic of the block, whose dwellings are served by corridors and the landscaped roofs are largely accessible. Lot 1EB is smaller in scale and is installed in relation to the existing perimeter wall and welcomes newcomers to the ZAC. The construction is planned to be mixed, with a concrete framework and modular wood, with facades alternating white rendering and wood cladding, balconies or private loggias for all the dwellings in addition to the large shared outdoor common areas.

Location
rue Fontcouverte, ZAC Cité Créative lots 1EA et 1EB, Montpellier (34)
Programme
161 logements coliving, coworking, restaurant, salle de sport
Client
Axis (Babel Community), GA Ossabois
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Theorème (engineering), Lasa (acoustics), Amodev (sustainability)
Surface area
5 830 m² (coliving 4 500 m², coworking 600 m² restaurant 300 m², fitness 430 m²)
Calendar
In progress
Materials
modular timber construction, concrete frame (groud floor & passage way), bois (bardage, terrasses)
Certification
BREEAM Excellent, Biosourcé level 2, RE 2020 (Ic énergie seuil 2025, Ic construction seuil 2025)

LN apartment

2004

Housing

Paris

How does one go about installing an apartment, an office, a small apartment for occasional visitors, and an exhibition space for a collection of contemporary art, all within 165 m2? We undertook studies in this dynamic typology that would optimise both space and volume within the complex programme. Spaces and functions are considered by superimposition and permutation rather than fragmentation and distribution. An open, continuous space winds around a technical core, prism of articulation between the existing and the extension, between dark and light, communal and private. Three large sliding screens and two pivoting screens allow for the subdivision of space that is around the core, providing for a multitude of different configurations to meet a variety of professional or private uses. In an open space arrangement, the mobile screens hide storage and equipment, functionally and visually neutralising each part of the programme to give one neutral, unified space.

Location
Paris
Programme
partment, office and small guest apartment
Client
private
Surface area
165 m²
Calendar
2004

Le Monde headquarters, Paris

2015

Competition

Paris

French newspaper Le Monde wanted a headquarters that would hold a place in the heart of Paris similar to the place it occupies within the landscape of French media. The building has to be both landmark and observatory, to make sense of the city that it calls home, and in return to provide it with a singular and exacting viewpoint. As the site benefits from exceptional visibility, the project had first and foremost to put forward its urban qualities.
Its massing acts as an indicator of the complex topography of the site, and of the rich architectural heritage of the surrounding area. But it is above all within the editorial offices, inside looking out, that we wanted to provide the staff of Le Monde with stimulating spaces. A building within which information circulates freely, where ideas can be thought through calmly. A protective haven for the journalists, conducive to debate, while also forming a place to welcome the political, economic and cultural figures of the moment, as well as the readers themselves of the different titles published by the group.

Location
avenue Pierre Mendès France, Paris 13
Programme
construction of an office building
Client
Groupe Le Monde
Team
EVP (structure), Sylva Conseil (timber), Elioth (sustainability, facades), Atec (quantity surveyor), Piet Oudolf (landscape architect), C. Sandison (artist)
Surface area
20,000 m²
Cost
40 M€
Calendar
competition 2014-2015, finalist project
Materials
concrete, anodised aluminium facade
Certification
french standards for office buildings - Sustainable building - Certivea

Ivry Confluences Lot 1B

2019

Competition

Ivry-sur-Seine

In order to preserve links with the town's history and collective memory, we chose to renovate the existing concrete halls, incorporating them into the brick office developments. At the confluence of the Seine and the Marne, the five conserved halls (the competition stipulated the renovation of only one) were largely glazed and were destined to house shared facilities and collective spaces. The massing was built up on the Rue Molière side of the site, with three 18m, nine-floor office buildings.

Location
ZAC Ivry Confluences Lot 1B, Rue Molière, Ivry-sur-Seine (94)
Programme
Office, restaurant, fitness, parking
Client/developer
Emerige
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Charlotte Marchal and Clément Bertin project leaders)
Surface area
30.066sq
Cost
60 M€
Calendar
Finalist, competition jan 2019
Materials
Bricks, concrete
Certification
BREEAM International New Construction 2016, niveau Excellent. E2C1. Effinergie +. Wiredscore Silver

Ilot mixte Avenue de Lyon, Toulouse

En études

Mixte

Toulouse

L’îlot Avenue de Lyon marque l’entrée du projet métropolitain Grand Matabiau, sur la rue du Faubourg-Bonnefoy. Le lieu, chargé d’une histoire maraîchère, appelle une conception capable de tisser un lien fort entre centre-ville, canal et faubourg, et respectueuse de son identité.
Les façades et volumes du nouvel îlot empruntent aux éléments patrimoniaux qui l’entourent : architecture toulousaine, esprit de faubourg, bords du Canal du Midi. Sur l'Avenue de Lyon, le front bâti régulier reprend la trame des faubourgs et forme un socle surplombé de deux émergences dont le facettage s’adresse aux différentes infrastructures en présence. La connexion urbaine s’exerce aussi par l’implantation d’un archipel de programmes thématiques autour de la solidarité et de la mixité entre acteurs locaux, habitants, populations précaires et hôtes ponctuels.
La co-conception en ateliers thématiques (quatre agences d’architecture et deux de paysage coordonnées par Hardel Le Bihan) se ressent dans la richesse et la cohérence d’écritures et de matérialités de l’îlot. La démarche de recherche constante a permis à l’équipe de compenser la construction neuve par un projet à faible impact carbone en brique, brique de réemploi, bois en structure et béton bas carbone.

Location
Avenue de Lyon, Toulouse (31)
Programme
210 logements, résidence intergénérationnelle (42 lgts), Hostel de 100 chambres, pôle d’innovation sociale de Toulouse Métropole, commerces, activités ESS et ateliers
Client
Bouygues Immobilier, Vinci Immobilier
Team
L’Effet Urbain
Team
Hardel Le Bihan (architecte et coordinateur), 2PMA, Atelier Rita, Cros Leclerc, Atelier APA (architectes associés), Atelier du Sillon et Topager (paysage), Lab Ingénierie (environnement), Mobius (réemploi)
Surface area
19 500 m² (logements et résidence intergénérationnelle 13 200 m², hostel 4 000 m², commerces-activités ESS- ateliers 1 150 m², pôle d’innovation sociale 1 150 m²)
Calendar
en études, livraison 2026
Materials
bois et béton bas carbone (structure), briques de réemploi, béton agrégats de briques concassées, enduit (façades)
Certification
RE 2020 seuil 2025 et 2028, Label BiodiverCity niveau argent, Label Biosourcé niveau 3, Bâtiment Durable Occitanie niveau or, NF habitat HQE niveau excellent

Housing, Rue de l’Harmonie

2012

Housing

Paris

The social housing and sheltered accommodation make this a place of hope, of social (re)integration by means of access to appropriate housing. The southern facade continues those already along the street, drawing a slight fold to affirm and enhance the offset of its surface from the two adjoining buildings. The existing house is lifted up and reorganised to make it possible to incorporate the sheltered accommodation and to give it a distinct character. It makes best use of abutting the window-less party walls in order to preserve the transversal openness across the site.

Location
6, rue de l’Harmonie, Paris 15
Programme
sheltered accommodation and social housing (26 new units, 14 renovated)
Client
Paris Habitat
Surface area
1,200 m²
Cost
2,4 M€
Calendar
completion 2012
Certification
New-build: THPE 2005. BBC. H&E Profil A, Qualitel. Plan Climat de la Ville de Paris. Renovation: Patrimoine, H&E

Housing, Plateau de Saclay

On site

Housing

Palaiseau

Location
Îlot C16, Plateau de Saclay, Palaiseau (91)
Programme
114 logements neufs dont 6 maisons de ville et 19 logements flexibles
Client
Pitch Promotion, Demathieu Bard
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, D’Ici Là (paysagiste), Elioth (structure), Ingérop (bet tce)
Surface area
8 640 m² SDP (logements 7 150 m², bureaux 1 750 m², commerce 500 m²)
Cost
20 M€
Calendar
Concours 2021, PC 2023, livraison 2026
Materials
béton teinté dans la masse, enduit à la chaux

Housing, Massy

2021

Housing

Massy

Opposite Massy TGV station, two buildings of student residences and 177 housing units are being built on the site of the demolished Safran block. The organisation of the team into co-conception workshops, the dialogue and the clear attentiveness between the partners has resulted in a joy of conception that is palpable in the urban and architectural harmony of the block.
The sculpted massing creates generous spaces: duplexes, double heights, terraces and loggias clad in timber. All the apartments have views over a canopy of gardens on the ground and higher up.
The two residences pool their functions, with shared circulation and services on the ground floor (breakfast room, cafeteria, laundry, sports room, caretaker's apartment) and at higher level (large shared terrace on the 6th floor). The halls are full-depth spaces, transparent and very high, working with the landscaping concept of permeability at the centre of the block, where access to the many bicycle storage spaces is also found.

Location
Avenue Carnot, Massy 91
Programme
177 first-time buyer housing units and 255 student housing units (HLB 52 apartments, 156 student rooms)
Client
Nexity, Keyden
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architecte design team leader and coordinator (Adriana Cavagna project leader), MG AU and NRAU associated architects and urban designers, Atelier Roberta (landscape design), BA Structures (structural engineers), Kerexpert (services/ energy performance), Urbacité aménagements (infrastructure), CdB Acoustique (acoustics), BTP Consultants (regulatory compliance consultants), MOX (site architects, site management), Elite (site programming)
Surface area
19,700 m² gross floor area (Hardel Le Bihan 4 300 m² students + 3 750 m² first-time buyer)
Cost
28 M€ (overall)
Calendar
Completed in 2021
Materials
impregnated concrete, timber–aluminium windows, aluminium frames, smoothed render, timber
Certification
French housing regulations

Housing, Campus UCAD of Dakar

On site

Campus

Dakar

A symbol of excellence in West Africa, the University of Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) in Dakar is a reference well beyond the African continent. The 27 new buildings designed to house 10,700 students are spread over three different sites: UCAD, Cité Claudel and École Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP). The design was driven by an ambition for high-quality internal spaces and for thermal comfort: careful choice of materials, natural ventilation, a balance between sun-screening and sufficient natural light, wind channelling, etc. The morphology of the buildings reveals this bioclimatic approach while respecting the surrounding urban fabric (limited height), and at the centre of each building, walkways and footbridges create convivial, community spaces.

The lively ground floors are designed as communal spaces (laundry, study room, TV rooms, club rooms, kitchens) and student-related shops. The campus addresses the city by means of new entrances, small public squares and planted areas. The facades, defined by the regular grid of bedrooms, are enlivened and identified by different patterns in the mashrabiya screens (providing solar-shading and privacy). These were designed with Senegalese artist Alun Be, who also created the brick mosaics that ornament the gable walls, depicting UCAD teaching.

Location
Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal
Programme
student housing
Client
Amsa Realty SA
Client project manager
Redman
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects, Alun Be (architect, artist), Niez Studio (landscape architect), EVP (structure), Elioth (environmental and climatic engineering), Solutech (MEP), SC Afrique (civils), Vpeas (quantity surveyor)
Surface area
120,000 m² GIA
Cost
25 M€
Calendar
First buildings completed in 2023. On site
Materials
brick, concrete
Certification
Sustainable building. Test project for new French regulations in climatic zones abroad

Housing Érard Paris

2019

Housing

Paris

In order to integrate this new building into its environment, particularly with regards the two low adjoining buildings, we broke down its massing and made it less compact. The 6th and 8th floors step back incrementally from the street-front and west facades to form two upper-level superimposed volumes, benefitting from their west-facing aspect. The five first levels benefit from balconies that cantilever 1 metre out over the street and participate in the overall composition of the volumes, where each section reveals a different type of apartment. The accessible exterior spaces – balconies and terraces – provide both efficient sun-screening and privacy from the neighbours. They reinforce the coherence and identity of the ensemble, while lightening its mass.
We proposed an innovative building system to minimise the use of concrete and thus the resultant environmental disruption from the site. Above all, the practice was adamant that the building should be made as flexible as possible to meet the future, anticipating the obsolescence of the envelope and changes in the building's use. The structure is formed of a reinforced concrete frame with the core providing lateral stability. The facade, in lightweight timber panels, can easily be modified or replaced in the long term.

Location
Rue Érard, Paris 12
Programme
27 new housing units for first-time buyers, 1 retail unit
Client
Emerige
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects (Renaud Pinet team leader), EVP (structure), Silva Conseil (timber construction), MCH (MEP), MOX (executive architect)
Surface area
2 000 m²
Cost
3,5 M€
Calendar
Completed in may 2019. Competition 2015
Materials
Timber panels (facade frames integrate insulation), reinforced concrete (posts, beams, floor slabs)
Certification
H&E 2012

Housing units and offices, Nantes

2019

Mixed use

Nantes

This development on the Boulevard de la Prairie au Duc, in an up-and-coming neighbourhood on the Île de Nantes, is comprised of three buildings with one shared base at ground level. This base houses six retail units, offices facing south and onto the central space, and entrance halls to access the housing units and offices above. The roof of one of the buildings is accessible and has a vegetable garden and external furniture, encouraging shared use by the residents.
Building A comprises 11 storeys above ground, with retail units on the ground floor, then two levels of offices and nine storeys of first-time buyer housing units. Balconies provide views over nearby shipyards and the banks of the Loire in the distance.
Along Boulevard de l'Estuaire, Building B is seven storeys high and occupies a prime position on the site, overlooking the railway tracks that are soon to be transformed into 'city gardens'. The generously glazed ground floor houses modular office spaces designed for collaborative projects and innovative working practices. The five upper levels contain first-time buyer housing units. The unusual detailing of the vaulted roof on the side of the central open space and of the facades (a regular grid of slender concrete beams in-filled with glazing) are inspired by the language of industrial building, in reference to the site's past. Broad balconies give onto the city garden.
Finally, Building C, comprised of social housing units, eight storeys high, presents homogenous massing marked by the regular rhythm of windows, which transcribe its logic of compactness. On the garden side, cantilevering balconies benefit from a south-facing orientation.

Location
Bd de La Prairie au Duc, Nantes (44)
Programme
new housing units, offices, retail
Client
Groupe Duval (offices and social housing); Marignan (open market housing)
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects (Sandrine Restoux project leader), Atelier Roberta (landscape designer), Egis (engineers), Legendre (general contractor)
Surface area
9,400 m² GFA (housing 7,150 m², offices 1,750 m², shops 500 m²)
Cost
12 M€
Calendar
competition 2015. Completion 2nd quarter 2019
Materials
polymer impregnated textured concrete and impregnated rough concrete, precast balconies

Housing rue de la Pompe, Paris

2015

Housing

Paris

The development is built on a large site that was entirely occupied by a garage. The challenge of the operation consisted in integrating social housing, quality housing for first-time buyers and a crèche, all on the same, densely developed site. The street frontage of the site is characterised by a non-alignment, which allowed us to express two distinctive volumes and so soften the visual impact of a large built face. This non-alignment resulted in the street having two different widths, so generating two different building heights (an extra storey for the first-time buyer housing). The inclined planes of the rooflines allowed for the integration of roof terraces on the top two levels of each building: the successive recesses above the fifth floor allow for generous terraces orientated to the south and the east.

Location
46-50, rue de la Pompe, Paris 16
Programme
construction of 80 housing units (38 social, 42 first-time buyer), crèche and car park
Client
Sodéarif (LinkCity), Paris Habitat (social housing), LBO (investor)
Team
Innovation Fluides, Philipe Niez (landscape architect)
Surface area
7,000 m²
Cost
15 M€
Calendar
completion 2015
Materials
stone, aluminium, frameless structural glazing
Certification
BBC. H&E Profil A option. Plan Climat de la Ville de Paris

Housing Etoile Annemasse

On site

Housing

Annemasse

Ambilly is at the centre of the Etoile development zone, which links Annemasse and Geneva. Plot C8, developed by architects Atelier Martel, Cathrin Trebeljahr, Bamaa and Hardel Le Bihan, displays a coherence that was established during collaborative workshops with the urban designers D&A and the client. The decision to use the same materials throughout – sandblasted concrete and Douglas fir – contributes to the overall harmony. For the housing units designed in collaboration with Bamaa (lots G1 and G2), we also worked on connecting the two buildings by means of shared stringcourses and identical floor heights. The principal height of the block, ten floors over ground level, responds to the required flexibility with a concrete grid system into which timber panels are inserted that integrate single- or double-leaf windows. This organization makes it possible to rearrange the windows in the event of change of use.
The small apartment buildings on lots E and F ensure the transition with the surrounding suburban fabric. Three-storey timber-framed buildings with facades in pre-aged Douglas fir on a sandblasted concrete base, they comprise a majority of two-level units, naturally lit circulation cores, and living rooms opening onto outdoor space – garden or terrace.

Location
ZAC Etoile Annemasse-Genève, Ambilly (74)
Programme
116 housing units, ground-floor retail units, a two-storey underground car park (HLB: 54 units of which 27 have a timber structure)
Client
Bouygues Immobilier
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, (associate architects), Marco Rossi Paysage (landscaping), Plantier (concrete structure) Arborescence (timber structure), GC2E (services), BET Philippe (quantity surveyor), Alp VRD (infrastructure), Orchidée (sustainability)
Surface area
9 000 m² GIA housing, 8 450 NIA, 900 m² GIA retail
Cost
16,3 M€ (estimation at sketch design/ planning application)
Calendar
En études, completion in 2024
Materials
concrete (structure and sandblasted finish, composed of local Salève aggregates), wood (structure, external joinery, cladding), aluminium (external joinery)
Certification
E2C1, label BiodiverCity, NF HQE, RT 2012

Housing Charonne, Paris

2015

Housing

Paris

The proposed site for the creation of 12 apartments is on a north–south axis, with a 9m-wide street-frontage, facing a little square that opens up views. A high adjoining building to its east allows for abutment, and to the west a generous, tree-lined courtyard. Studies of sunlight and models of the massing of the city-block led us to opt for a single, compact building. To the west, we bring it back 2m from the boundary so as to be able to put in windows to bring natural light and an open view from the kitchens, bathrooms and entrance halls, as well as a second aspect for the sitting-rooms in those apartments on the courtyard side.
The road-side and courtyard-side apartments are separated by a light-well. Extending the 2m recess as far as the road enables us to open up the centre of the block onto the road, giving a visual continuity with the greenery of the square, better ventilation, and allowing more light into the light-well. The progressive cladding of the new building, dictated by its massing, animates the facades on the garden and street sides. Each recess is used to create a terrace or balcony.

Location
141 rue de Charonne, Paris 11
Programme
12 housing units and 1 retail unit
Client
Elogie
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects (Marc Ordureau project leader), SRC (contractor)
Surface area
995 m²
Cost
2.39 M€
Calendar
delivery 2015
Materials
timber frame, metal and textured concrete cladding, thermal solar panels
Certification
BBC Effinergie, Habitat et Environnement, Cerqual profil A

Housing Bobigny

On site

Mixed use

Bobigny

The housing scheme for plot J1 of the Écocité Canal de l'Ourcq development zone is broken down into seven buildings of different heights, arranged over the site in accordance with the urban and landscaping principles established by Devillers & Associés, urban planner for the Écocité development. In order to reinforce the Rue de Paris as an urban thoroughfare, while also sheltering the centre of the city-block from this busy road, our architectural scheme forms a sufficiently solid screen while leaving visual openings through to the canal.
Within the context of the block, the choice of a pentagonal plan for the buildings presented several advantages: providing an extra face by comparison with a traditional plan, this form, with its subsequent folds on the internal faces of the block, offers increased possibilities for multi-aspect apartments with the resulting variety of views. By sequencing the facades in this way, the project fragments the northern facades, avoiding direct views between the buildings and creating a long, uninterrupted, backlit surface. Like a cylinder, the pentagon is more compact than a four-sided plan. For the same floor surface it has less linear facade and proportionally more windows, resulting in an architectural image of greater quality.

Location
îlot J1, ZAC Écocité, rue de Paris, Bobigny (93)
Programme
193 new housing units (30% social, 70% first-time buyer), school, retail and parking
Client
Cogedim, Demathieu Bard Immobilier
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects – housing (Sandrine Restoux project leader), Sylva Landscaping (landscape architect), Incet (MEP), Symoe (sustainability), MOX (executive architect), Lehoux Phily Samaha (architect – school)
Surface area
13,100 m² (housing), 700 m² (retail), 4 000 m² (school)
Cost
19,5 M€
Calendar
on site. Competition 2015, completion first quarter 2019
Materials
Bricks, concrete
Certification
H&E (habitat & environment) 2012

House in the woods

2012

Housing

France

It is unusual for architects to be asked to build in the middle of a forest. This opportunity followed the adoption of an urban planning law that authorised the transformation of agricultural buildings for housing. The project consisted of transforming a ruined shed used by the forestry management. The project takes inspiration from its particular setting, which in all directions consists of a homogenous succession of smaller or larger trunks and tangled undergrowth. Consequently, the house does not have a main facade, its layout is not polarised: from all points of the main room, which includes the kitchen, dining room and sitting room, the inhabitants have framed views of the surrounding forest. The bedrooms are designed as cabins sitting against the internal walls of the facade and roof, in cylindrical volumes like broad, hollowed trunks.

Location
France
Programme
annex to the forest station
Client
private
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes
Surface area
220 m² GIA + terraces
Cost
630 000 €
Calendar
completion 2012
Materials
timber (larch)

Hotel in Amiens

2012

Facility

Amiens

In both function and architecture, the hotel is the first thing met by travellers exiting from the south side of Amiens' Gare de Nord. Largely open onto the public space, its ground floor reads as an extension of the station's forecourt. The main body of the 6-storey building takes the form of a large, curving, concrete sail, rounded at the principal angles so as so soften its massing and recall the stretching curves of the railway tracks that run alongside the space. The choice of white concrete pays homage to Auguste Perret, architect of the station, the Place Alphonse Figuet and the tower. A top floor in backlit, profiled glass highlights the curves of the facade and reinforces the presence of the building at night, a nod at the neon signs that characterise station surroundings. The organic composition of the windows amplifies the dynamism of the facade despite the strict regularity of its structural and functional grid.

Location
ZAC Gare Centre, Amiens (80)
Programme
hotel with 108 bedrooms and restaurant
Client
Sodéarif (LinkCity)
Surface area
3,500 m²
Cost
5,5 M€ (excl. fit-out)
Calendar
completion 2012
Certification
French standards for service sector buildings, THPE Cref (energy performance reference) -20%, Certivea

Hotel Cour des Noues, Paris

On site

Facility

Paris

Our practice has won, together with real estate developer Coffim, the competition for the transformation of a former printing house into a hotel in the 20th district in Paris. The site is in the heart of a grassroots, industrial neighbourhood, typical of the East side, Rue de la Cour des Noues. The building will also host a coworking, a cocktail bar and a garden. On the street side, the facade made of concrete panels hides a metallic structure. Our project enlightens the industrial heritage by revealing the existing qualities of the printing house, through a new facade made of steel. Also, the public access to the coworking and patio in the center of the program is at the core of the concept. More picture of the site before transformation here.

Location
2 - 4, rue de la Cour des Noues, Paris 20e
Programme
139 rooms, restaurant, bar, fitness, bar
Client/developer
Coffim
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Sara Impera, project leader), Studio Niez (landscape design), Lamalle (structure), Solab (Fluides, environment engineering)
Surface area
4 700 m²
Cost
12,4 M€
Calendar
Competition 2020, studies 2020-2021, on site 2022-2024
Materials
Steel, glass

Hotel citizen M, Paris

2023

Facility

Paris

The existing office building is demolished in favor of an 84-room hotel developed on five levels. Part of the low floors are kept as infrastructure, except for a twenty square meter area at the back of the plot, where a charming shade garden blossoms in the open ground. A monumental staircase marks the entrance and leads to a first double-height basement, naturally lit, where the lounge, the bar, the patio and the meeting rooms are located. On the second floor, the furnished rooms are glazed on their entire facade. The window frames are concealed by natural stone frame elements. Thermal solar panels for the production of hot water conceal the technical equipment necessary for the proper functioning of the establishment.

Location
18, Rue du Croissant, Paris 2
Programme
84 hotel rooms
Client
citizenM
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Benoît Fiton, project leader)
Surface area
2695 m²
Calendar
Completed in 2023
Materials
Stone, concrete, aluminium panels
Certification
BREEAM

High-rise office building Paris

2021

Office

Paris

The project to transform this high-rise building, located Rue de la Tombe Issoire in Paris, seized the opportunity of the asbestos being removed, for an overall revision of the way the building was used. The facade of its base has been brought into scale with the rest of the building. It has been stretched to double height, serving as a protective screen for the Japanese garden that has been made at the corner of the two roads. The ground floor has been entirely rethought. The entrance is part of a fluid distribution that runs from the forecourt right into the centre of the building. Off the reception is a meeting room overlooking the garden, and a lounge area that manages the transition between the exterior and interior.
In plan, the office areas are now open floor plates, flexible and modular, around a restructured central core; the landings are naturally lit; circulation has been optimised, gaining 100m² on each level; a peripheral walkway has made it possible to incorporate internal solar shading and for facade maintenance without the need for a cradle system.
On the third floor, part of the surface area originally destined for traditional offices has been transformed into a co-working space, opening onto a terrace on the same level. By optimising services, a terrace on the 12th floor has also been freed up and enlarged, providing 360° views over the rooftops of Paris.

Location
27-29 rue de la Tombe Issoire, Paris 14
Programme
Restructuration of an high-rise office building from the 1960s. Creation of a coworking space, a fitness and a café
Client
SCI ACM Tombe Issoire
Team
Sedri
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Raoul Collados team leader)
Surface area
11 150 m² + 310 m² of outdoor spaces
Calendar
Completed in 2021. Feasibility 2016, construction starting nov 2018
Materials
Prefabricated concrete, enamelled glass, sheet steel
Certification
sustainable building (HQE Exceptionnel)

H House

2013

Housing

Paris

The massing blends into the dense urban landscape, fitting in with the heights and scale of the adjoining buildings, keeping the idea of a traditional townhouse, or of artists' workshops. If its height closer resembles that of an apartment building, its volumetric composition in three distinct volumes gives it the reading of a house. Our approach was one of a certain abstraction from materials (heterogeneous surroundings) into order to focus on the shape. The massing is simple and pared back. Three blocks are piled one on top of the other, in the same material (power-coated steel cladding) but with different finishes.

Location
Paris
Programme
private house
Client
private
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Clément Bertin project leader)
Surface area
180 m² GIA + terraces
Cost
1.5 M€
Calendar
completion 2013
Materials
power-coated steel sheets (cladding), timber (openings)
Certification
BBC Cep<50 kWh/m2 SHON

Greyfoot

2015

Bureau

Paris

Le territoire du projet rassemble des entités contradictoires dans leur fonctionnement mais qui participent à l’identité de ce morceau de ville. L’enjeu de notre proposition est de les fédérer pour aménager une cohérence urbaine. Le projet est envisagé sur un mode recto verso : un extérieur dense qui répond à l’environnement intense, à la ville de la voiture. Un « intérieur » protégé et accueillant, propice au confort d’usage et à la sociabilité urbaine, dans une variété d’espaces à l’air libre. L’enveloppe extérieure est caractérisée par la minéralité du marbre et la transparence du verre. Des débords de planchers de près de 1 m participent à la protection solaire et au nettoyage des façades sans recourir à des nacelles.

Location
Paris
Programme
immeuble tertiaire
Client
Unibail
Surface area
12 500 m² SHON
Cost
25 M€
Calendar
concours 2015

Gendarme station and Housing

2010

Facility

Bresles

Location
Bresles 60
Programme
construction of a gendarme station and 30 housing
Client
Société d’aménagement de l’Oise
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Antoine Decourt project leader)
Surface area
2,500 m²
Cost
5,8 M€
Calendar
competition 2010 (not selected)

GCC Headquarters

2015

Office

Les Mureaux (78)

Location
Les Mureaux (78)
Programme
bureaux et parkings
Client
GCC
Team
en association avec Atelier Silva Landscaping (paysagiste)
Surface area
6 339 m² (extension 85 m2)
Cost
10,5 M€
Calendar
concours 2015, projet non retenu

G House

2022

Housing

Vanves

Le monolithe de brique s’intègre sobrement sur la parcelle de 7 x 22 m, dans le contexte hétérogène caractéristique de ce quartier périurbain des Hauts-de-Seine. Il assure une transition évidente entre le tissu pavillonnaire et les mitoyens (R+1) et les logements collectifs plus denses de quatre étages en vis-à-vis de la maison, sur la rue. A cet égard, un dispositif de mise à distance était essentiel. La clôture sur rue, sous forme de moucharabieh en brique crée un premier filtre, puis un porche à rez-de-chaussée assure un sas d’entrée généreux, à l’air libre, avant d’accéder à l’intimité de la maison et à la surprise du grand volume ouvert sur le jardin. Un système de demi-étage entre rue et jardin est créé pour rattraper le dénivelé et moduler le parcours en douceur entre les extérieurs et les intérieurs. Depuis l'extérieur, la proportion réduite de vitrage protège la tranquillité des habitants tandis qu'à l'intérieur, l'abondance de lumière naturelle et de vues donne une impression d'ouverture généreuse. Les larges cadres menuisés et les persiennes en bois anoblissent ces ouvertures et apportent de la chaleur à l’enveloppe homogène des façades en briques.

Location
Rue Murillo, Vanves (92)
Programme
Maison individuelle
Client
privé
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Innovation Fluides
Surface area
180 m²
Calendar
livrée en 2022
Materials
structure mixte béton-brique creuse, parement brique, menuiseries bois

G apartment

2005

Housing

Paris

Looking for a work method specific to the project allowed us to associate the interior designer and architects from the beginning, bringing together two very different methods and styles. The clients wanted to introduce two different ambiances: château life, in a classical style, and urban life, with a pared back, contemporary architecture. To avoid any kind of cadavre exquis and ensure coherence within this pairing of designers and styles, we focussed our attention on the centre of the apartment for the installation of all the functional and technical aspects of the programme, while the interior designer worked on the internal envelope, the rear of the facade. The result was spaces with a duality, with an abstract contemporary face on the city side (white gloss) and a traditional, decorative face on the park side (18th-century panelling, heavy curtains). Between these two worlds a collection of contemporary art finds its home.

Location
Paris
Programme
major refurbishment of an apartment
Client
private
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Sylvie Nègre (interior designer)
Surface area
350 m²
Calendar
completion 2005

Eden Monceau office, Paris

2015

Office

Paris

This renovation adds a bit of soul to the traditional treatment of an office building. In its respect for the history of the existing buildings, the project restores the urban qualities that were originally aimed for, making them more functional, with circulation space adapted to today's, and tomorrow's, requirements.
We chose to preserve the private house at number 5, renovating and refitting it. The building at number 7, which was of no particular historical interest, and whose floor heights did not lend themselves to being united with number 9, has been partially demolished. The street-front building at number 9 has been preserved. Its courtyard-side wings, badly connected, have been demolished so as to free up space at the centre of the block. These demolitions enabled us to recreate an articulation of volumes on the street. The creation of a large rectangular courtyard across all three plots opens the site up to the north while unifying the whole development around a garden. Finally, the new circulation cores are designed and positioned so as to free up workspace, optimising dedicated spaces, rationalising people flow and enabling connections between the three buildings at different levels.

Location
5-7- 9, rue Jacques Bingen, Paris 17
Programme
reorganisation and extension of three adjoining office buildings
Client
GCI
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects (Pascaline Gasc and Nicolas Lombardi project leaders), EVP (structure), C.T.H (MEP), Ideel (sustainability), Atec (quantity surveyor)
Surface area
7,300 m² GIA
Cost
15 M€
Calendar
completed in 2015
Materials
precast concentre, fibre-reinforced concrete, metal cladding
Certification
BREEAM Very Good, French standards for office buildings, Certivea

Delbet additional floors

2006

Housing

Paris

This project began with a modest building (3-storey, Art Deco-inspired facade and regulatory allowance for another 150 m2) and a client living in the 50 m2 of the top floor without much interest in contemporary architecture. However, property values left him no alternative in order to accommodate his growing family in central Paris. Then comes a chance meeting with a new generation architectural surveyor from the planning office, who confirmed, "the possibility of expressing a contemporary architectural creation, on existing buildings, as on buildings which will be constructed." A constructive discussion began. We treated the two new levels like a zinc roof so as not to add another element to the facade, which already had a crowning and two different renders. The volume is broken down to respect a balance of scale with the existing levels below, to create breathing spaces, let in natural light and cross views, within the perimeter of the overall volume. The client's wishes matched the latest sustainability targets: to plant recesses and vegetalise the facades, natural light, remain living on the 2nd floor during works, and avoid the use of wet trades.

Location
Paris 14
Programme
construction of two additional storeys and renovation of existing
Client
private
Surface area
135 m² (extension 85 m²)
Cost
300,000 €
Calendar
completion 2006
Materials
timber (structure), zinc
Certification
sustainable building

DDD House

2014

Housing

Paris

The massing fits into the dense urban landscape, adapted to the volumes of the street and the scale of the adjacent buildings, all the while maintaining the idea of a traditional town house, should that be a private mansion or an artist's studios. While its height is more reminiscent of an apartment building, it is the composition of volumes in three distinct groups that allows it to be read as a house. Our approach was to distance ourselves from materials, of which there is quite a variety in the surroundings, and to concentrate on the form. The massing expresses simple and pared-down form. Three boxes are piled one on top of another, all in a single material (clad in power-coated steel sheets) but with different finishes.

Location
Paris 20
Programme
private house
Client
private
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Renaud Pinet project leader)
Surface area
250 m²
Cost
500,000 €
Calendar
completion 2014
Materials
brick, concrete

Daumier additional floors

2009

Housing

Paris

The project consists of the addition of two extra floors to a two-storey 1950s townhouse. In order to avoid the new volume looking like a heavy block, we used a cladding of aluminium mesh in different densities. This perforated second skin unifies and distinguishes the extension. It integrates all the different functions of the envelope (cladding, shutters, balustrades), thus limiting the addition of these extra elements on to an existing, modernist facade. The new volume appears as a simple crown that enhances its base, giving only an idea of the bedrooms inside.

Location
Paris 16
Programme
two new upper floors
Client
private
Surface area
80 m² GIA + terraces
Cost
340 000 €
Calendar
completion 2009
Materials
timber panels (structure), aluminium (mesh on facade)
Certification
sustainable building

Crédit Agricole headquarters

2013

Office

La Rochelle

Location
Parc technologique de Lagord, La Rochelle 17
Programme
headquarters offices
Client
Groupe Crédit Agricole
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Philippe Niez (landscape architect)
Surface area
20,000 m²
Calendar
competition 2013 (not selected)
Certification
RT2012

Courbevoie, 110 housing units with retail

2018

Competition

Courbevoie

At the prow of the Rond Point de L'Europe, our project brings unity and a clear reading to the entrance of what is today a heterogeneous neighbourhood with little attraction. The practice studied the incorporation of 110 economic and sustainable housing units with retail outlets on the ground floor. Breaking with the office language of the 1990s, the three upper floors are both set back and fragmented, 'folded' to lighten the ensemble. As well as a shared garden, the accessible roof terraces provide families with the possibility of turning their hand to urban vegetable gardening and composting in the new urban block–neighbourhood.

Location
Rond Point de l'Europe, Courbevoie (92)
Programme
housing
Client
Axa Investment
Team
Sefri Cime
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Barbara Clout, project leader), Innovation Fluides
Surface area
6 659 m²
Cost
13,5 M€
Calendar
competition 2018
Materials
brick
Certification
E+C- niveau E2/C1, Effinergie +

Coliving et bureaux Cesson-Sévigné

2020

Mixed use

Cesson-Sévigné

This mixed-use block is the first to be built in the ViaSilva urbanization, on the site of the new Rennes metro. Highly visible from the station, the building plays its role as an urban signal while ensuring a smooth transition of scale between the infrastructures and the future neighboring buildings. The 38-unit apartment building interacts with an office building. On the upper floor, programmatic mix and mutualization are expressed through the suspended garden and the shared space open to this beautiful open-air wooded area. On the housing side, the garden is served by a common space of 110 m2, intended during the day for office employees and in the evening and on weekends for young residents.
The evening and the weekend to the young residents of the colocation/coliving apartments. For this new centrality, the stepped volumetry and its successive recesses dialogue with the horizontalities of the bus station and the metro viaduct, while ensuring a smooth transition between their different heights.

Location
Ilot B8, ZAC Atalante ViaSilva, Rennes (35)
Programme
Offices, coworking, 38-unit housing incl. 12 coliving units, shops, restaurants, sport
Client
ADI, Probimmo
Team
Hardel Le Bihan (Charlotte Marchal, project leader), Philippe Niez (landscape designer), EVP (structure), Innovation fluides, Meta (acoustics), I2C (quantity surveyor, Moe d’exe)
Surface area
Housing 2 234 m², offices 3 239 m², activity 1 560 m²
Cost
9 M€
Calendar
Competition 2017, studies 2018-2019, completed in 2022
Materials
Tinted concrete, aluminium joineries
Certification
E2C1

Cinéma, Fontainebleau

2013

Cinema

Fontainebleau

Location
rue Maréchal de Villars, Fontainebleau 77
Programme
6 screens cinema (1,200 seats), retail, playground
Client
SAEM Butte Monceau
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, EVP (structure), Innovation Fluides (MEP), Peutz (acoustics), Atec (quantity surveyor)
Surface area
5,000 m²
Cost
7,2 M€
Calendar
competition 2013 (not selected)
Certification
RT 2012

Cinema, Bordeaux

2021

Facility

Bordeaux

In the Bassins à Flot district, the cinema stretches from the quay to Rue Lucien Faure across two city blocks, around 80m long and 45m wide, separated by a covered walkway. The entrance faces the recently created Place du Pertuis. From the hall to the screen entrances, the building is largely open over the city. The long corridor on the first floor, like an internal street, gives a sequence of views out over the city of Bordeaux and the water in the Bassins à Flot harbour basins, and participates in the urban animation of the facades. The cinema exits dotted around the complex, along with the retail destination on the ground floor, participate in this quest for dialogue between the new cinema and its surrounding neighbourhood. The form, the play of roofs and the arrangement of the building make the most of the site to increase both user experience and energy efficiency. The glazed surfaces and sun-screens are adapted to their orientation to ensure thermal, acoustic and visual comfort. The landscaping of gardens overhanging the quay brings natural light into the middle of the building while also providing green space for residents and strollers along the quay.

Location
Bassins à Flot, Bordeaux (33)
Programme
13-screen multiplex cinema (2,400 seats), retail
Client/developer
Pitch Promotion, Fayat Immobilier
Team
Connexion Batiment
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects, Studio Briand & Berthereau (interior design, signage), Ingerop (engineering)
Surface area
12 000 m²
Cost
22 M€
Calendar
Completed in 2021
Materials
glass, steel structure, polished concrete (cinemas), steel trough (roof)

Children's gallery, Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris

2010

Facility

Paris

This project consisted of creating an exhibition space for children, an educational workshop and a theatre in the large room of the Galerie de l'Évolution. We took down all the existing installation apart from the cross beams supporting the mezzanine, in order to arrange the exhibition space over two levels. The theatre and educational workshop are superimposed at the far end of the room. The theatre is an enclosed space on the ground floor, entirely glazed, which can be screened off by means of a large curtain around its perimeter. The educational workshop opens onto the theatre from the mezzanine.

Location
36, rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Paris 5
Programme
educational space for the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution
Client
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN)
Team
Pascal Payeur (scenography)
Surface area
650 m² GIA
Cost
2,4 M€
Calendar
competition winner and completion 2010

Chalet des îles

2013

Facility

Paris

The extension of the Chalet on the lake in the Bois de Boulogne finds its place within the landscape by embracing the contrast between two different architectures. The glass and timber pavilion opens onto the water. It comprises a sheltered, planted patio and, on the roof, a large terrace offering panoramic views out over the lake. The building is low and light. A hedge of azaleas encloses the space. The facades carry a system of sunscreen panels that function as vertical shutters, animating the facades and giving them a clear identity.

Location
Bois de Boulogne, Paris 16
Programme
reconstruction and extension of the Chalet des îles
Client
private
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Antoine Decourt project leader)
Surface area
120 m² GIA
Cost
800,000 €
Calendar
completion 2013
Materials
timber (sunscreens in larch, roof terrace in Douglas fir), glass (triple glazing)

Centre for higher education, Paris

2017

Mixed use

Paris

To ensure its place within the horizontal lines of the riverside landscape at the foot of France's national radio station building Maison de la Radio, a multi-energy hub for last-mile logistics has been designed as a long object on the banks of the Seine. Sitting above this, in the style of a lightweight building on stilts, Hardel Le Bihan's centre for higher education divides into two suspended levels, which are extended by continuous balconies overlooking the river. These are topped by a little rooftop pavilion that opens onto the roof garden. The facade is light and transparent, rhythmed by folds in the glazing that dialogue with the rippling waves and multiply the viewing angles.
Inside, to support a new approach to education based on entrepreneurialism, the flexible floor plates with a timber-framed structure house different methods for education, in teaching spaces and in an incubator, which aims to accompany young graduates in the transition into working life. The building has been awarded the highest environmental certification, E+/C-, meeting the low-carbon emissions targeted by the City of Paris.

Location
Avenue du Président Kennedy, Paris 16
Programme
multi-energy hub, logistics centre, higher education centre, public esplanade Clients: PRD Office (education), Sogaris (logistics)
Client
PRD Office (education), Sogaris (logistics)
Team
Setec Organisation
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects (Juliette Chourrout project leader), Bassinet Turquin (associated landscape architect), Syvil (architect multi-energy hub), Philippe Roux (coordinator), Egis (engineering), Elioth (sustainability)
Surface area
Education centre 7,500 m² (teaching rooms 6,000 m², incubator 1,500 m²)
Calendar
competition Réinventer la Seine, winning project 2017
Materials
timber, glass
Certification
E+/C-. Bioclimatic design, cogeneration, Sylfen Energy Hub storage system

Cavalaire cœur de ville

2022

Concours

Cavalaire-sur-Mer

En 2022, le concours pour la transformation du cœur de ville de Cavalaire-sur-Mer a pour objectif de concilier le charme d’une petite ville pittoresque, à échelle humaine qui doit pendant quelques mois d’été être hyper efficace dans son fonctionnement et ses services pour accueillir des flux démultipliés. La recherche du meilleur équilibre entre cette dualité d’échelles, de rythmes et de publics a servi de fil rouge à notre conception. Notre proposition offre ainsi un modèle économique à géométrie variable pour un lieu agréable à vivre toute l’année. Le projet urbain est d’abord un paysage, pensé comme une allée provençale fraîche et ludique, avec des parcours faisant corps avec l’architecture pour soigner partout le rapport du dedans et du dehors. Pour potentialiser les usages, la grande salle de spectacle s’ouvre par exemple sur un forum abrité (6 x 150 m), ou encore plus largement sur la place du marché à travers trois larges ouvertures. Les grands bâtiments ont une architecture méditerranéenne, avec la pierre comme matérialité commune, un design singulier et une dimension signal puissante. Certains programmes jouent les contrepoints à la masse de la pierre, comme le gymnase, avec sa peau de bois assemblée verticalement.

Location
Avenue Pierre et Marie Curie, Cavalaire-Sur-Mer (83)
Programme
médiathèque ; salle de cinéma et théâtre, salle de concert, salles de musique et danse ; salle de sport, gymnase, commerces, coworking, micro-crèche
Client
Ville de Cavalaire-Sur-Mer
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (mandataire), Buzzo Spinelli Architecture (architecte associé), TER (paysage), Kanju (scénographie), CET (structure, fluides, économie), Zefco (environnement), Avel (acoustique)
Surface area
11 000 m² SU (cœur musical 3 500 m², cœur de vie 3 800 m², cœur économique 3 700 m²)
Cost
44,5 M€
Calendar
Concours 2022. Projet non retenu
Materials
pierre naturelle issue des carrières de Provence, remplissage de cloisons en paille agglomérée, planchers bois CLT, complexes acoustiques à base de fibres et panneaux de bois, textiles recyclés
Certification
RE2020, Bâtiment Biosourcé Niveau 3, Ic Construction 2025

Campus Engie

2018

Competition

La Garenne-Colombes

In the competition for Engie's future headquarters, we wanted the architecture and landscaping to be a vehicle for the company's restructuring and transformation. This was the basis for the fluid approach taken by the team, with the idea of facilitating exchange, of both people and knowledge, circulating, meeting and mutually enriching. Capable of evolving and open to the city, the development acts as a landmark within the landscape, conceived to be at the forefront of innovation, yet still able to adapt to, indeed to generate, future evolutions. By associating the renovation of a large industrial building with new, timber-framed buildings, the Engie campus creates an ecosystem, a grid that houses new ways of living and working while preserving the well-being of its users.

Location
La Garenne-Colombes (92)
Programme
Spaces for meetings, for private or informal working, exterior, food court, conference rooms, sports facilities.
Client
Nexity, Engie
Team
Baumschlager Elberle (chief architects), ChartierDalix et Hardel Le Bihan architects (Adriana Cavagna, project leader), SLA (landscape design), Greenaffair (environment), RFR (structure and facades), Artelia (engineering)
Surface area
81.550sq (buildings), 19.950sq (countryside), 39.000sq (campus heart)
Calendar
Competition 2018 - finalist project
Materials
timber

Campus de Ouidah Bénin

In progress

Campus

Benin

The Ouidah campus in Benin is a major academic project carried out by the Sèmè City development agency as part of the Government Action Program (PAG 2021-2026). Hardel Le Bihan is coordinator architect of its realization, in team with the Taller de Arquitectura Ricardo Bofill (RBTA, Barcelona), Cobloc Architecture in Cotonou and the landscape designer Niez Studio. On an exceptional natural site, the ecocity dedicated to Made in Africa innovation will eventually spread over a 336 hectare site, developed by urban planners Atelier LD. The campus will be built around five innovation clusters. Hardel Le Bihan is building the Sports Academy, the incubator-makerspace, the conference center, academic buildings and student housing. The project is based on a bioclimatic and resilient approach, an active step to develop and strengthen local eco-construction sectors. Sustainable construction methods are favored, using standardized structures and frames for the academic (8m) and residential (6m) buildings, which, with their adapted heights and dimensions, offer modularity and scalability to adapt to programmatic hazards.

Location
Ouidah, Benin
Programme
A Campus including academic buildings, a Sports Academy, conference hall, housing and services
Client/developer
Agence de développement Sèmè City (ADSC)
Team
Hardel Le Bihan (commissioning architect), Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura and Cobloc architecture (associated architects), Niez Studio (landscape designer), Atomas (engineering), Peutz (acoustics), EVP Ingénierie (advisor structure), Elioth by Egis (advisor bioclimatic design)
Surface area
173 000 m² (Hardel Le Bihan 69 000 m²)
Calendar
Consultation 2022, winning project

Campus de bureaux, Colombes

In progress

Campus

Colombes

The site is a future landmark for the entrance of the City of Colombes, when driving from the A86 Highway. Together with ChartierDalix Architectes, we chose to avoid the local model of great business center of the neighborhood : hence the volumes helps the Campus to be an urban linkage. Its porosities create forecourts, visible and accessible from the outside.
Planted terraces, as well as the central yard, are shared, modular spaces. The building base is dedicated to services.

Location
Colombes (92)
Programme
8 immeubles de bureaux, socles de services, pôle de mobilité, terrasses jardins accessibles
Client/developer
AG Real Estate
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, ChartierDalix architectes associés, EVP (structure), EPPAG (HQE), EGIS (fluides), TN+ (paysagiste), AEU (écologie urbaine)
Surface area
78 000 m2
Materials
Béton
Certification
HQE bâtiment durable 2016, niveau Exceptionnel, Leed Building Design + construction v4, Core & Shell niveau Gold, Well, Core & Shell, niveau Silver

Bureaux, nouvelle gare d'Annemasse

2019

Competition

Annemasse

Location
Parvis of the new train station, Annemasse ZAC Etoile
Programme
Office
Client
Bouygues Immobilier Urbanera
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Arnaud Neveu project leader, EVP (structure), Sinteo (sustainability)
Surface area
3 740 m²
Cost
5,2 M
Calendar
Competition 2019
Materials
Concrete
Certification
Eco-quartier, Bepos Effinergie 2017

Bureaux et logements La Courrouze

On site

Mixed use

Rennes

The operation is developed in the Domino sector of La Courrouze, a former military zone in Rennes, Brittany. Its three buildings are anchored on a common base 4.50 m high. The first is a residential building with a floor-to-ceiling height of 9 metres, offering maximum views out, while the first two levels are occupied by offices. The other two buildings are for offices, at R+4 in the central part, and R+6. The sandy-ochre concrete façades, tinted in the mass, are enlivened by an effect on the pattern of hollow joints. There are no projections, and the external spaces of the offices and flats are recessed into the volumes in the form of loggias.
The common base includes double-height retail units to the north (on the avenue side) and two levels of parking to the south. Landscape designer Niez Studio has used it to create a communal hanging garden on the first floor. All the offices on this first level open onto this vast terrace, while access from the ground floor is via the large external step between the emergence of the residential units and the central plot.

Location
ZAC de la Courrouze Lot D10, Rennes (35)
Programme
Offices and housing
Client
Groupe Duval, Kermarrec
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Studio Niez (landscape), Solab (sustainability, MEP, acoustic), Ouest Structure, I2C (MOEX), Cabinet Lemonnier (quantity surveyor)
Surface area
7 131 m² SDP (5 170 m² offices, 1 900 m² housing, 50 m² shared space housing)
Cost
8,8 M€
Calendar
On site. Completion in 2024
Materials
Tinted concrete (façades), concrete (structure), aluminium (joinery)

Bruneseau Seine District, Paris

In progress

Urbanism

Paris

Launched by Semapa in March 2017, the 'Inventer Bruneseau' competition concerns the creation of a 100,000m2 neighbourhood destined to recreate a link between Paris and the eastern suburb of Ivry sur Seine, at the end of the Avenue de France and next to the Quai d'Ivry motorway interchange. The new district is a densely populated, built-up area immediately alongside Paris's boulevard périphérique ringroad, It is organised around a public space that extends the Avenue de France towards Ivry by passing beneath the périphérique. The Bruneseau Seine project proposes a coherent and harmonious architectural sequence, alternating very tall buildings with lower constructions along both this new axis and the Seine. It offers calm, generous and welcoming surroundings, as much for its residential programme as for the offices and retail. In the centre of the neighbourhood is a large hall beneath the périphérique, which houses a food market and a cultural and social programme open to the public. In Michel Kagan's municipal centre, a permanent shared facility is created around the theme of craft and applied art. The housing reunites a mix of generations and re-examines ways of living at high level in Paris.

Location
Paris and Ivry-sur-Seine
Programme
Urban area including two high rise buildings around and above Paris' ring road
Client/developer
AG Real Estate, Les Nouveaux Constructeurs, Icade, Nexity
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, YTAA, Adjaye Associates, Buzzo Spinelli (architectes associés), Bassinet Turquin (paysagiste), Egis (general engineering), Elioth (environmental engineering)
Surface area
98.670sq
Calendar
International competition 2017. Laureate in march 2019.
Materials
timber, concrete
Certification
BBCA (Low Carbon Building)

Bricks housing Pajol Paris

2014

Housing

Paris

The 7-storey building contains 24 rented apartments in its upper floors, while the ground floor contains retail units. The entire length of facade running along Rue Pajol, round the corner, and a third of the way down the facade on Rue Neuve is occupied by one single retail unit, 140 m², but is divisible into two units if required. The other end of the north facade (the crèche side) is occupied by a smaller retail unit. Between the two is the entrance hall to the apartments and the concierge's lodge, which is a small apartment facing onto the garden. Conforming to urban planning legislation, the ground-floor floor-to-ceiling height must be at least 3.2 m (the average under-soffit height is 3.4m).
The single vertical circulation core composed of an enclosed stairway and a lift-shaft, runs from the basement up to the 7th floor. Floors 2 to 5 contain two small, single-aspect apartments, a two-room corner apartment and two three-room apartments at either end, occupying the full depth of the buildings. The 6th and 7th floors are massed towards Rue Pajol while backing up onto the adjoining gable. Their successive steps back create large, accessible terraces.

Location
31-33, rue Pajol, Paris 18
Programme
24 new housing units and retail
Client/developer
Soferim (CPI)
Team
Cap Structures, Innovation fluides
Surface area
2,089 m²
Cost
2,9 M€
Calendar
completion 2014
Materials
brick, concrete

Brazza Housing, Bordeaux

On site

Housing

Bordeaux

In Bordeaux's Brazza district, the three buildings are aligned along the Garonne riverfront, separated by 6-metre gaps running perpendicular to the river to let the sun through into the development. The poplars of the Angéliques Park riverside landscaping run along the front. As well as a south-facing garden, generous loggias extend the upper apartments. Inside, the design puts the accent on a range of framed views over the landscape, and on sunlight. The loggias' trapezoidal geometry reinstates an orthogonal plan for ease of fit-out.
Again for the purposes of rationalising the plan, buildings B (G+7) and C (R+4) share a lift and staircase. They are linked by an external walkway. Building A (G+5) is independent. Close to the river, the ground floors are raised and access is made from the centre of the block via raised paths, like pontoons. The facade design takes its inspiration directly from the concept developed for the park by Michel Desvignes: the lightweight grid of the posts (tapered cylinders) becomes narrower as it rises, contributing to an impression of slenderness and to a progressive privacy necessary to the appropriation of the loggias.

Location
Lot A1 Brazza District, Bordeaux (33)
Programme
58 open market housing units, parking silo 168 places
Client/developer
Vinci Immobilier
Team
Équipe : Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Cyril Mabime, project leader), Gastel (landscape design), Vivalto (structure + fluides), Altostep (BET VRD), 3D Manager (quantity surveying), Emacoustic (acoustics), Soler Environnement (sustainability), Cobe (executive architect), Gescor (OPC)
Surface area
3 989 m²
Calendar
Consultation files summer 2020, delivery 2023
Materials
Concrete, aluminium

Boulogne-Billancourt offices

2012

Office

Boulogne-Billancourt

Location
Seguin Rives de Seine urban development zone, Lot Y, Boulogne-Billancourt 92
Programme
offices, showroom, restaurant and parkings
Client
Kaufman & Broad
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, EVP (structure), VS-A (facade), RFR Elements (sustainability), Atec (quantity surveyor)
Surface area
9,300 m²
Cost
18 M€
Calendar
competition 2012 (finalist)
Certification
NF Bâtiments tertiaires, BBC, Certivea

Apartment hotel, Paris

2017

Facility

Paris

In an area of urban redevelopment alongside the northern stretch of Paris' boulevard périphérique ring-road at Porte Pouchet, the long facade of the Odalys City 148-room apartment hotel faces onto what is soon to be Place Pouchet. The project is part of a larger scheme for a zone of urban development directed by urban planners TVK and Michel Guthmann. The massing and envelope of Hardel Le Bihan's architectural proposal for the hotel address three issues: the arrangement of assorted spaces and scales, at first glance difficult to unite; respect for the visual comfort and privacy of the residents of the Borel flats to the rear of the site; and reducing acoustic reverberation in the future square. Rather than creating additional disturbance, the undulating metal cladding of the long facade contributes to urban comfort by diffracting traffic noise. This wave was also designed to bring a bit of joy into this cold and impersonal zone on the city's edge. The corridor and facade walls are load bearing, whereas the walls between the bedrooms are lightweight partitions for easy dismantling, a design choice on the part of the architects in case of change of use: large, open floors could easily be created.

Location
Rue Missoffe, Paris 17
Programme
apartment hotel, 148 rooms with kitchenette; hall–reception; breakfast room; spa-hammam; gym; 53-bay car park
Client/developer
Groupe Duval
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architects (Magali Lamoureux project leader), MOX (executive architects), EVP (structure), IGREC Ingénierie (services, quantity surveying, sustainability), LASA (acoustics), Legendre (General contractor)
Surface area
6,581 m² (apartment hotel 5.258 m², shops 1.323 m²)
Cost
10.8 M€
Calendar
competition winner 2013; completion November 2017
Materials
concrete, anodised aluminium cladding

42 logements à Épinay

2014

Logement

Épinay-sur-Seine

Location
îlot Le Peigne, av de Lattre de Tassigny, Epinay-sur-Seine 93
Programme
42 new housing units, retail and parking
Client
DCF for La Foncière Logement
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Atec (quantity surveyor), At3e (thermal engineering)
Surface area
3 700 m²
Cost
7,1 M€
Calendar
competition 2014 (not selected)
Certification
H&E profil A Qualitel, RT 2012

38 new housing units in Sartrouville

2011

Housing

Sartrouville

This project is part of the overall urban renewal of the Quatre Chemins neighbourhood. We have created an urban street frontage and broken the building down into three blocks in order to open up views into the middle of the development and through to the building at rear of the site. The idea was to give the three blocks the look of juxtaposed buildings of the ordinary and varied forms found in the streets of the town centre below: double-pitched roofs, attics, brick buildings, rendered buildings ... The architectural sequence thus created along the street breaks with the monotony of the particularly uniform existing built fabric (one single block of uniform height on the western side of the street). The scale of the street is changed by introducing a kind of domesticity that was lacking. Finally, as the above ground car parks take up a large proportion of the space, we chose to conceal them by integrating them into the ground-floor plan, to the north beneath the building, to the south beneath the terraces.

Location
Les Quatre Chemins, Sartrouville (78)
Programme
38 new housing units « Plus CD », above-ground parking 38 places
Client
Batigere IDF
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, LGX (general engineering)
Surface area
3,115 m²
Cost
4,2 M€
Calendar
completion 2011
Materials
brick, concrete
Certification
H&E (habitat & environment) A rating, HPE 2005 Cref -20%, Qualitel

30 housing units in Clichy

2013

Housing

Clichy

Location
Rue Chance Milly, Clichy 92
Programme
construction of 30 new housing units for first time buyers
Client
Crédit Agricole Immobilier
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Antoine Decourt project leader)
Surface area
3 150 m²
Cost
4,2 M€
Calendar
competition 2013 (not selected)
Certification
RT2012

250 Housing units in Palaiseau

2016

Housing

Palaiseau

This new neighbourhood is grafted in one continuous flow onto the surrounding neighbourhoods: a new kind of hybrid urban typology, between houses in the woods and the eco-neighbourhood, a residential neighbourhood that goes hand in hand with the free composition of a contemporary and sustainable piece of city. Permeability with surrounding styles deliberately influenced the form of our building, its orientations, massing and geometry. The variety of typologies (detached and collective) and architectural styles (three teams of associated architects) play a strategic role in this quest for heterogeneity. It was not a question of designing a self-sufficient, exogenous 'housing estate', but rather of proposing a neighbourhood with a variety of atmospheres, integrated with its surroundings and using mimicry, breaks in scale and heights to create a feeling of having always been there. The enviable geographic position of the site, at less that a kilometre from a major regional transport hub and close to a shopping centre, led us to favour circulation on foot or bicycle within a public space conducive to community contact, where the role of the car is carefully managed and confined to functional car parks.

Location
Avenue des Alliés, Palaiseau (91)
Programme
construction of 250 units of social housing
Client
Immobilière 3F
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Gaëtan Le Penhuel (lead architect), O-S Architecte (associate architect). CET Ingénierie (general engineering), RFR Elements (sustainability), Sylva Landscaping (landscape architect)
Surface area
25,000 m²
Cost
31 M€
Calendar
completion 2016
Materials
concrete, timber and powder-coated metal (openings), external insulation
Certification
H&E Profil A. RT 2012. Label BBC

170 logements, Nantes La Beaujoire

En cours

Mixte

Nantes

Situé à 10 minutes de la gare de Nantes en tramway, le quartier du stade de la Beaujoire est repensé par les urbanistes Germe&Jam pour bâtir de nouveaux programmes de logements accueillant suffisamment de mixité. La parcelle industrielle de 10 000 m² est bordée d’infrastructures (voie ferrée au sud, rocade au nord). Une nouvelle voie privée est créée pour traverser l’îlot dans sa largeur. Autour de cette voie s’implantent sept immeubles de logements, dont un composé de deux niveaux de bureaux, suivant une gradation de hauteurs allant du R+2 à R+8 pour ouvrir un maximum les perspectives vers le ciel depuis la rue. Les logements intermédiaires (au plus haut R+4), sans ascenseur, sont composés essentiellement de duplex. Les logements à RDC ont tous un jardin et l’ensemble des appartements de l’îlot sont multi-orientés.
La déclinaison de matériaux d’enveloppe selon la typologie adoucit la perception de la densité : brique de terre cuite pour les intermédiaires, béton sablé teinté dans la masse, bois pour l’émergence de logements libres. Les détails sont particulièrement soignés, pour mieux justifier la sobriété de l’ensemble. L’ornementation réside dans les effets de tamponnement autour des ouvertures, la serrurerie, les corniches en béton et jeux de calepinage des briques qui soulignent les socles des différents bâtiments.

Location
17, rue de l'Ouche-Buron
Programme
logements (libres 50%, abordables 25%, social 25%), bureaux, commerces, crèche, cabinet médical
Client
Marignan
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, Guillaume Sevin (paysage), IBA (structure), Solab (fluides, acoustique), Motec (économie), Ageis (VRD)
Surface area
12 500 m² (logements 10 500 m² SDP, bureaux 1 800 m², commerces activités et crèche 400 m²)
Cost
20,6 M€
Calendar
en études, chantier début 2024

132 Housing units in Chevilly-Larue

2016

Housing

Chevilly-Larue

Location
Zac Triangle des Meuniers, Chevilly Larue (94)
Programme
132 new, first-time buyer housing units
Client
Nexity
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (Antoine Decourt project leader), in association with Raphaël Gabrion architecte
Surface area
8,165 m²
Calendar
competition 2016
Certification
RT 2012

120 housing units, Marseille

In progress

Housing

Marseille

Looking towards the port and its industrial landscape in the west, within the Littorale zone developed by Euroméditerranée and urban designers Anyoji Beltrando, the site is marked by the historic layers of the Mediterranean. On the long plot between Rue Cazemajou and Boulevard de Vintimille, conception is shared between Buzzo Spinelli Architecture and Hardel Le Bihan in a duet anxious to provide the same quality and typological innovation to both lots. The ensemble comprises two apartment buildings to the north and south, which frame a series of rent-controlled apartments orientated east–west. The height is adapted to the volumetric constraints and contexts of each orientation: the G+7 apartment building defines the new square, while the G+4 to the north-east fits discreetly into the skyline of Boulevard de Vintimille. The rent-controlled apartments to the east are restricted to G+1 to let more light through. To the west, the raw earth facades rise to G+5. The system of access rhythms the 60m facade of the rent-controlled apartments: the stairways and walkways that outline the slender volumes, a choice of access that enlivens the developments along the new alleyway and the Rue des Entrepôts. All the units are double-aspect and benefit from large sheltered outdoor spaces.

Location
Boulevard de Vintimille and Rue Cazemajou, Euroméditérannée 2, Marseille
Programme
123 housing units, a collective space, activities, retail, parking
Client
Nexity, Logis Méditerranée
Team
Hardel Le Bihan Architectes (lead consultant), Buzzo Spinelli (associated architects), Der Sahakian (landscaping), Even conseil (environmental), Setec (services)
Surface area
7 635 m² (housing), 490 m² (retail and activities), 239 m² (collective space)
Calendar
competition winner November 2021 – In design, completion 2025
Materials
integrally dyed concrete, hempcrete
Certification
RE2020 -20%