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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.

New’R, ZAC EuroNantes Gare in Nantes, France by Hamonic+Masson & Associés architects

May 3rd, 2015 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Hamonic+Masson & Associés architects

This emblematic project in the EuroNantes quarter introduces a gradation in the way people live in the air. The lower floors come in varying kinds of outside spaces with plant bins built into the railings. The higher floors, above any obstructed views, have terraces that become big panoramic screens with winter gardens protected from winds and bad weather. The script is honed and simple. The building reflects an image of great sobriety. Encased in light-coloured metal sidings, the façades catch the light in a constantly changing play of reflected light. Work on the skyline introduces variations in forms and varying ownership of the roofs. This enables different scales of views to people looking at the building from a distance and a diversity of places for the building’s users. The design plays on the idea of movement, backgrounds and multiplicity. Architecture in cinema scope.

Image Courtesy © Hamonic+Masson & Associés architects

Architects: Hamonic+Masson & Associés architects
Project: New’R, ZAC EuroNantes Gare
Location: Nantes, ZAC EuroNantesGare, block 1C
Calendar: Under construction, completion in 2017
Client: Kaufman&Broad
Inspection body: SOCOTEC
Contractor: Nantes MétropoleAménagement
Environment: RT 2012
Graphics: Luxigon
Urban planners: Atelier Ruelle
Surface: 10 352 m²

Image Courtesy © Hamonic+Masson & Associés architects

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Tags: France, Nantes

Categories: Building, Residential, Tower

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