Et Centre Culturel à Nantes in France by Tetrarc Architects

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Program_ Design an equipment dedicated to con-temporary and emerging music, assembling together 2 performing show halls (1200, 400 places), 16 re-cording and training studios, spaces for digital exper-imentation, offices, and welcoming public spaces.

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• Architects: Tetrarc Architects
• Project: Et Centre Culturel à Nantes
• Location: Nantes, France
  
• Traductor: Matthieu Blanche
• Competition: 2005
• Study: 2005-08
• Completion: September 2011
• Photographer: Stéphane Chalmeau
• Building surface: 7222 m2 SHON

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• Project Manager: Michel Bertreux
• Project Director: Rémi Tymen
• Project Study: Guillaume Blanchard
• Client: City of Nantes / SAMOA
• Structural Engineer: BET Structure_ SERBA, BET Fluides_ AREA, Scenography_ ARCHITECTURE & TECHNIQUE, Acoustics_ BAUDE, Multimedia_ VTCI, Running_ OMEGA
• Program: Concert hall 1200 seats/ concert hall 400 seats/ 16 recording and training studios/ spac¬es for digital experimentation/ offices/ welcoming public spaces (cafe, restaurant, bar).
• Main Contractor: Shell building_ ETPO, Metal framework_ ACML, Metal façade (front)_ EMFA, Cladding_ GUILLONET, Aluminium millwork_ RENOUARD, Millwork_ GUITTENY, Plasterer_ PIM, Locksmith trade_ CMR, Stage_ AMG-FECHOZ, Stage network_ AUDIOTECHNIQUE, Design_ MÉTALOBIL, Lift_ CFA, Heating, ventilation_ HERVÉ THERMIQUE, Electricity_ INÉO

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Project_ On the “île de Nantes”, La Fabrique takes place on one side of the previous Dubigeon ware-house, near the Alstom warehouse ( the upcoming centre of the “Quartier de la Création”) and the old shipyard turned to great gardens.This context gave Tétrarc the opportunity to gather the recalls of a place abandoned by History and re-mind us that Culture is continuum made of sedimen-tation & fertile rediscovery.

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History of places made of industrial warehouses.
History of the techniques that built them, when sci-ence and aesthetic meet up to create a new beauty.
History of the ships built with the strength skills and talents of the workers.

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History of artists whose eyes felt on this universe, from Monet, painter of the brand new steel struc-tures, to the Becher who used to forgotten metallic shapes.

Again, History of the industrial production organiza-tion which enable to place under the same roof an experimental workshop, an assembly line, a rectifi-cation workshop, an export site ; all those as a living picture of the concept of flexibility.

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The project is made of 3 distinct elements. First, the 400 Hall (with offices upon it) then the 1200 Hall : two parts connected by a public Hall inserted in the concrete post frame of the Halle Dubigeon. Finally the studios take place in a volume suspended above an old air-raid shelter.

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Tags: France, Nantes

Categories: Concert hall, Offices, Studio

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