Article source: atelier d’architecture King Kong 

The town of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou wished to build a new hall for festivities and cultural events in a redevelopment area centred around the railway station. Designs for the new Hall had to respect the Technological Risks Prevention Plan implemented in the area. The building designed by King Kong was therefore positioned at a tangent to the outer perimeter demarcating this zone, oriented so as to limit noise pollution for those living in housing to the south of the plot.

Image Courtesy © Arthur Péquin

• Architects: atelier d’architecture King Kong – Jean-Christophe Masnada
• Project: La Quintaine
• Location: Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
• Photography: Arthur Péquin
• Client: City of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
• Project manager: Etienne Henry
• Surface: 1 381 m2
• Cost of building work: 3 640 935 € HT
• Timeline:
  • contract awarded in July 2012
  • beginning of construction works in October 2013
  • project completed in June 2015
• Procedure: restrained public designer election competition

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