83 MARCEAU

83 MARCEAU

PARIS
FRANCE, 2016-2021

WORK PLACE

PR–608

83 Marceau combines the three Es: excavate, extend, illuminate.

PROGRAM

Extensive renovation of a building designed by Claude Barré (1920-1996) in the 1970s. Five levels of superstructure concealed eight levels of infrastructure. The reconfiguration of the building began with the transformation of the basement: the parking decks were removed on three levels, and a central courtyard was dug out, allowing natural light to penetrate through a green garden. A business center and service areas, bathed in natural light, are located on the mezzanine and garden levels. On the ground floor, the reception lobby is housed in completely open spaces. It opens onto the city via Avenue d’Iéna on one side and onto the gardens on the other. On the upper floors (first to sixth), there are large, flexible office spaces of around 1,200 m². The top two floors have terraces offering views of the Arc de Triomphe.

DETAIL

Situation

Avenue d’Iéna, Paris, France

Year

2016-2021

Status

Order

Built-up area

10 150 m²

Project management

SFL Société Foncière Lyonnaise, Paris

Project management

Dominique Perrault, architecte, urbaniste

Project execution

AIA

Interior designer for the Business Center and service areas

Ana Moussinet

Landscaping

Après La Pluie

Design offices

Khephren Ingénierie, AE75, Arcora, A9C, Jean-Paul Lamoureux, Barbanel, BEGC, CSD, GTA, LMI, Greenaffair, Socotec, Artelia

Interior architect and reception area design

Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost

DESCRIPTION

Excavate, digging into the parking lot so that the basements reach the level of the courtyard offices and gain three floors. Extend, playing with the unique topography of the room that faces the street. No longer thinking about doing without right angles, but working with the trapezoidal shape. Illuminating, by bringing light and energy from the street inside, superimposing domestic elements and office lighting. No longer thinking in terms of misalignment, but thinking about funfairs, about the formidable power of distorting mirrors.

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On the ground floor, mirrored finishes create both an optical illusion and a play on materials. Arranged in this way, they resemble water lilies. The public space, its cars, and its people are blurred like reflections in a pond. The air vents become figures, also water lilies, which, combined with the tube lights, transform the ceiling into a collage, echoing the collective at work. The addition of human-sized mesh curtains adds warmth to the space.

Excavate, extend, illuminate, to broaden the field: restore the staircase to its rightful place. Metallic and spiral-shaped, it stands as a mediator between spaces and employees who chat between floors. This is Georges Clemenceau’s insight: “A ministry staircase is a place where people who arrive late meet people who leave early.” It is up to us to allow the workplace, especially since its value is being questioned, to be an oasis.

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