I Park in Montpellier, France by NBJ Architectes

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Thought a process of dialogue with the city of Montpellier, the equipment company of the Montpelliéraine region, Jean Nouvel, chief architect of the ZAC and promoter Pragma, the housing building “I-Park” facing the new town hall of Montpellier, is a building of eight levels in variable layers.

Thought like a stratified and faceted monolith, the project constitutes an urban built front in its dividing line with the street. Adjoining the project site, a public park in continuity of Lez will offer unobstructed views of the river and its banks to housing. A landscape band allows a distance between public and private spaces.

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• Architects: NBJ Architectes (Elodie NOURRIGAT/Jacques BRION)
• Project: I Park
• Location: ZAC Consul de Mer, Montpellier (34) France
• Photography: Paul Kozlowski
• Owner: Pragma
• Project area: 4 000 m²
• Project ending: 2019
• Cost: 8 M€ HT
• Team: Calder / Durand / Apave / Tracer

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The base of the project is treated with stamped concrete while the body of the project consists of a unified facade. A double skin allows adaptability to each orientation, in connection with the direct / projected environment. A specific composition was thought for the urban facade. It is a sequence of three buildings interacting with each other and thus forming an animated entity. The facades facing the park and the Lez have the challenge of offering the vision of a park turning on the frame, integrating and absorbing perfectly the construction in its environment. A game between vegetated facades and reflecting facades projecting the plant in the urban fabric is thus set up.

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This project draws its specificity from a strong desire for research and experimentation on living conditions in a Mediterranean climate. The vegetated facades are the subject of an upstream research allowing us to work directly with specialists as well as the realization of prototypes.

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Image Courtesy © Paul Kozlowski

Image Courtesy © Paul Kozlowski

Image Courtesy © Paul Kozlowski

Image Courtesy © Paul Kozlowski

Image Courtesy © Paul Kozlowski

Image Courtesy © Paul Kozlowski

Image Courtesy © Paul Kozlowski

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Tags: France, Montpellier

Categories: House, Housing Development, Residential

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