Saint-Denis, France
This pair of new office buildings is located in Saint-Denis in Paris, along one side of the Place des Droits des l’Homme, a public plaza that connects the railway station with the main avenue leading to the Stade de France. The project covers 350,000 square feet comprising offices, workshops, restaurants, and retail spaces. The two main buildings consist of seven floors above ground with two below-ground basement parking levels. A six-story atrium joins the two buildings and provides an elegant covered entrance facing the plaza.
The form of the entire project responds to the immediate context, site boundaries, zoning, and program requirements. The massing of both buildings is articulated at the ground and seventh-floor levels with setbacks to the facades. At street level this provides an arcade to welcome the public, particularly from the plaza side.
The relationship of the buildings to the Place des Droits des l’Homme dictated their orientation. As viewed from the plaza, each building maintains its own identity while sharing a common architectural language. In this way the buildings appear as twins, joined by a transparent atrium, sharing similarities without being identical.
一个宏伟的中庭连接着两个建筑翼楼，为圣丹尼斯这座历史名城带来了优雅的现代美学。
该设计敏感地响应周围的城市环境，同时提供最大可能的商业空间。该建筑由两个由中庭连接的建筑翼组成，两个翼的体量由挫折连接。较低的挫折提供了一个宽敞的拱廊，欢迎公众进入综合体。
这两座建筑的方向取决于它们与 Place des Droits des l'Homme 的关系，这是一个连接城市火车站和主要大道的著名公共广场。从广场上看，每座建筑都保持着自己的特性，同时共享一种共同的建筑语言。两个翼楼中较大的一个包含自己的内部庭院，最大限度地为办公空间提供日光和空气。这两座建筑共高出七层，构成了广泛的商业项目，包括车间、餐厅和零售空间。
一个宏伟的六层中庭连接着两座建筑的翼楼，并提供了一个面向广场的优雅的有盖入口。居住者可以使用一系列横跨中庭的桥梁从一个建筑翼楼穿越到另一个建筑翼楼。
