Article source: Platform Architectures 

The development that completes the urban composition programme of the town of  Hérouville-Saint-Clair is an enterprise centre to the west of the Place de l’Europe. The requirements of the programme – the local employment centre, a business incubator and a restaurant – imposed constraints on the layout of the centre that were overcome by the three primary volumes being assembled in an apparent imbalance.

Image Courtesy © Jérome Ricolleau

• Architects: Platform Architectures
• Project: Hérouville-Saint-Clair Hotel
• Location: Basse-Normandie, France
• Photography: Jérome Ricolleau
• Complete: May 2012
• Client: Shema
• Project Management: Platform Architectures, Bruno Douliery, François Ehouarn, Olivier Leroy
• Project Leader: Julie Clément
• Cost: 3.9m Euros + tax
• Surface Area: 2,321 sq m HSA / 2,900 sq m NSA