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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Treasury Office in Muntzenheim, France by Atelier Zündel CristeaJanuary 20th, 2012 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Atelier Zündel Cristea The Communes du Pays du Ried Brun community wished to build new offices to house Muntzenheim’s treasury, the former offices having become too cramped. The project consisted of utilizing 190m2 for the offices, which were to include a public reception area, archival premises, a cafeteria, as well as premises for the strong-lock. The site that was chosen is easily flooded, thus binding us to raise the building 80cm, and consequently to erect a staircase, and a ramp for the physically disabled, for access to the reception area.  Exterior View
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 Exterior View To remain within the same category of materials used by the newly built neighboring cultural complex, but also as a response to cost issues, we proposed utilizing the CIBBAP principle of metal construction, according to which 40 cm wide “U” shaped sections function equally for the cladding as for the bearing structure. For the treasury offices, we restricted ourselves to the utilization of only this one material so that the structure would retain a strength and clarity in the landscape, despite its small size and isolation. The result is a building of very homogenous appearance that, thanks to its base built set back, seems to float above the field.
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