Pyramides d’Argent 2022 – Pays de la Loire
Societal Impact category

Competition winner, 2018
Project completed, 2026

Environmental Approach
RT2012
Reuse of materials from the site
Use of low-carbon concrete
Renovation of 30% of the project’s final floor area
Preservation of two Art Deco buildings, representing approximately 20% of the Cour Monselet floor area. An additional wing dating from the late 1980s is also retained. As a result, 30% of the project’s total floor area consists of refurbishment. Adapting the existing buildings for housing and co-living use is both a design and construction challenge; however, retaining the structural elements significantly reduces the environmental impact of the development.

Areas
7,000 sq.m total GFA
5,795 sq.m GFA – 94 dwellings
22 social/affordable housing units in the refurbished building
72 market-rate / social / affordable housing units in three new buildings
786 sq.m GFA co-living – 26 rooms in the refurbished building
420 sq.m GFA childcare facility
2,605 sq.m parking – 104 spaces
2,000 sq.m landscaped areas

Building A: refurbishment for co-living
Building B: new housing
Building D: refurbishment for housing
Building E: new social housing
Building F: new housing and childcare facility
From R+3 to R+4 with attic levels

Project Owner 
Bouygues Immobilier

Design Team
Lead architect (design):
Carta – Reichen et Robert Associés
Landscape architects: D’ici là
Building services engineering: EMENDA
Structural engineering: Serba
Delivery-stage design / cost consultancy: BE EXE

Credits
Photographer: Franck Gallen