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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. Origami Office Building in Boulevard de Friedland, France by Manuelle Gautrand ArchitectureFebruary 5th, 2012 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Manuelle Gautrand Architecture Demolition of an existing building (office building of the 1970s) with conservation of a 4-level underground parking lot. Construction of an office building (about 300 work spaces) that hosts the French headquarters of Barclays Capital Bank. The building comprises luxury offices, lobby, relaxation area / cafeteria, six meeting rooms, computer rooms, technical premises, archives, and parking lot (85 car places). The building features two courtyard gardens and the top of the building provides a combination of part garden roof, part wooden deck terrace.  Exterior View (Images Courtesy Vincent Fillon)
 Exterior View (Images Courtesy Vincent Fillon)
 Images Courtesy Vincent Fillon This office building stands on avenue Friedland, in the immediate vicinity of the Arc de Triomphe and Place de l’Etoile, in a luxurious Parisian neighborhood. The project was implemented in two parts: the main building on a 20 meter-wide stripe on the avenue, and an extension in the rear, between two courtyard gardens. At the ground floor level, the lobby plays on transparency between the street front and the main garden. The building in the rear of the lot is more private, and it is there that the cafeteria and meeting rooms are laid out, with garden space on both sides.
 Exterior View (Images Courtesy Vincent Fillon) The unusual location of the site led us to design a project that would embrace and take advantage of the view and immerse into the natural light. An emblematic showcase of the building – the main facade is mostly glass, partially covered with a second-skin of screen-printed marble pattern. The rendered effect is a tremendous origami and the view of this delicate folded marble can be enjoyed both from exterior and interior of the building. The panels are composite, a film of marble mounted on a twin layer of glass. The symmetrical panels that are folded and assembled by two form an “open-book” pattern and thus highlight the design of the veins of the marble.
 Exterior View (Images Courtesy Vincent Fillon) This second skin is translucent and acts as a breast wall to ensure privacy as well as filter daylight, creating a soft interior atmosphere. Marble folds create a vibration along the 30 meter-long front. At both ends, in continuity with the façades of neighboring buildings, the origami becomes calmer and flattens out. But in the central part it forms a delicate bas-relief. The project then develops into the depth of the site with the same objective of clarity while adding a strong presents of plants. The offices roofed with large lawns weave around the two courtyard gardens. The lobby functions as a meeting point of these two atmospheres – the urban and sophisticated of the main facade, and the more private and verdant of the other side of the building. The interior spaces were designed in a contemporary spirit, highlighting the luminous atmosphere with light-colored and soft materials.
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