DESIRE COLOMBE in Nantes, France by Leibar & Seigneurin

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The ambitious Désiré Colombe project by the architecture firm Leibar & Seigneurin completes a major project undertaken by the city of Nantes, jointly sponsored by Nantes Métropole Aménagement and ADI. This development has brought back to life an emblematic legacy of the built center of Nantes and an abandoned landscape, including the particularly noteworthy former Bourse and the Salons Mauduit, on a surface area of approximately one hectare (2.47 acres). It brings together public and private uses with dwellings, meeting spaces, a nursery and a public garden.

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• Architects: Leibar & Seigneurin
• Project: DESIRE COLOMBE
• Location: Gigang-Voltaire district, at the intersection of  the rue Arsène Leloup and the rue Désiré Colombe, Nantes
• Photography: Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin, Wearecontents
  
• Client: Nantes Métropole Aménagement
• Surface area: 5,993 m² (64,508 ft²) floor area
• Construction cost: €12.5m excl. VAT
• Superficie SDP : 9 320 m2 SDP
• Cost of works HT: 23.5 M € HT
• Project leader: Mr Brientin

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• BET Technical: Egis Buildings
• Acoustician: Avel Acoustics
• Program: construction of 123 apartments
• Delivery: 2019

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

The street’s existing buildings have been restored and repurposed with the aim of preserving and enhancing local heritage. The narrowness of the Livet building is compensated by the creation of a volume alternating white concrete and glazing designed to frame the historical façade of the building. The Salon Mauduit is recreated and literally inserted into the site thanks to the topography of the place, thereby encouraging its acoustical insulation. Access to the Salon Mauduit opens broadly to the Pôle Associatif (Associations Center). Inside, the space has been restored to its original proportions and elements, with the utmost respect for the memory of the place.

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

The apartments are in a continuous line forming courtyards of a residential character, while also offering exceptional views of the broad urban cityscape and of the Say Garden. Their design was determined by two requirements: to propose apartments ensuring a pleasant environment and high degree of quality of life and comfort, and to offer a range of qualities and contrasts in the views and ambiances.  Thus, the project was planned with only dual-aspect apartments, a maximum number of double loggias, the use of the volume under the roof, a limited number of apartments with a landing and an overall volume creating no visible distinction between social housing and the apartments for first-time buyers.

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Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Patrick Miara, Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Leibar & Seigneurin

Image Courtesy © Leibar & Seigneurin

Tags: France, Nantes

Categories: Apartments, House, Housing Development, Residential

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