CLIENT : iGuzzini
LOCATION : 10 Boulevard de la Bastille, 75012 PARIS - FRANCE
PROGRAM : Renovation and refurbishing of a former industrial building, Design of the iGuzzini France headquarters. Offices, entry lobby, showroom, meeting rooms and conference room.
APPOINTMENT : Architect, Interior Design, Bespoke Furniture
DATE : 2004
Abandoned industrial spaces in suspension
Craft industries, ateliers, workshops used to be the heartbeat of the Bastille neighborhood.
These activities having left the city center, what remains are empty, twisted and intricate spaces, result of extensions, subsequent in time, where the original layout is not anymore perceivable.
Spaces “in suspension” waiting to be reclaimed to the new city life.
The project for the headquarters of iGuzzini Illuminazione France focuses in turning a disordered overlapping of structures and spaces into a coherent sequence of clearly identified spaces, “the patio”, the “black chamber” and the “light chamber”.
The Patio
The entry space is a long and narrow, funnel like, space which links the core of the project, in the inner part of the city block, to the street. A surprising vertical garden extinguishes the city hectic pace to introduce a space where peace is the ideal condition to experience light. From here starts a four storey red wall that acts as constantly present reference point when moving around the building.
The Black Chamber
The underground is intentionally left without natural lighting. This perfect Dark Chamber becomes the ideal and natural space for presenting the iGuzzini products.
The Light Chamber
The upper two floors, become the space where natural light has revitalized previously dark spaces by opening up the façades, creating double height volumes, skylights. It is the space where perception can dynamically flow from one floor to the other, from one space to the other. uninterrupted. Consistent alterations to the original walls and structure free unexpected perspectives, diagonal views trough out the spaces and the floors , surprisingly questioning the relationship between inside and outside sometimes making exterior elements part of the interior and vice versa.
LOCATION : 10 Boulevard de la Bastille, 75012 PARIS - FRANCE
PROGRAM : Renovation and refurbishing of a former industrial building, Design of the iGuzzini France headquarters. Offices, entry lobby, showroom, meeting rooms and conference room.
APPOINTMENT : Architect, Interior Design, Bespoke Furniture
DATE : 2004
Abandoned industrial spaces in suspension
Craft industries, ateliers, workshops used to be the heartbeat of the Bastille neighborhood.
These activities having left the city center, what remains are empty, twisted and intricate spaces, result of extensions, subsequent in time, where the original layout is not anymore perceivable.
Spaces “in suspension” waiting to be reclaimed to the new city life.
The project for the headquarters of iGuzzini Illuminazione France focuses in turning a disordered overlapping of structures and spaces into a coherent sequence of clearly identified spaces, “the patio”, the “black chamber” and the “light chamber”.
The Patio
The entry space is a long and narrow, funnel like, space which links the core of the project, in the inner part of the city block, to the street. A surprising vertical garden extinguishes the city hectic pace to introduce a space where peace is the ideal condition to experience light. From here starts a four storey red wall that acts as constantly present reference point when moving around the building.
The Black Chamber
The underground is intentionally left without natural lighting. This perfect Dark Chamber becomes the ideal and natural space for presenting the iGuzzini products.
The Light Chamber
The upper two floors, become the space where natural light has revitalized previously dark spaces by opening up the façades, creating double height volumes, skylights. It is the space where perception can dynamically flow from one floor to the other, from one space to the other. uninterrupted. Consistent alterations to the original walls and structure free unexpected perspectives, diagonal views trough out the spaces and the floors , surprisingly questioning the relationship between inside and outside sometimes making exterior elements part of the interior and vice versa.
CLIENT :
iGuzzini FRANCE
ARCHITECT :
PLC Architectures
DESIGN TEAM :
Pier Luigi Copat, Architect, principal
Alia Bengana, Project Architect
Serge Bussière, Sébastien Abribat, Roberta Molteni, Lorenzo Barracchi, Collaborators
CONSULTANTS :
M. PATRICK BLANC : vegetalized wall
GEC ingénierie : Structural and M&E engineers, Q.S. and Cost Control
PEUTZ : Acoustic
QUALICONSULT : Building Control
QUALICONSULT SECURITE
GLOBAL : Builders’ coordination.
BUILDERS :
GRB structure, floor slabs and screed, facade ; PARIS CHARPENTE wood and steel carpentry ; PROMO architectural steelwork ; PASQUER Mechanical, HVAC ; PLENUM drywalls, false ceilings, finishing ; PROBA drywalls, false ceilings, finishing ; PATERNOSTER Electrical ; FACCHIN Staff (fiberglass plaster) ; SCHINDLER Lift ascenseur ; MBA Floors ; BARTH Joinery .
iGuzzini FRANCE
ARCHITECT :
PLC Architectures
DESIGN TEAM :
Pier Luigi Copat, Architect, principal
Alia Bengana, Project Architect
Serge Bussière, Sébastien Abribat, Roberta Molteni, Lorenzo Barracchi, Collaborators
CONSULTANTS :
M. PATRICK BLANC : vegetalized wall
GEC ingénierie : Structural and M&E engineers, Q.S. and Cost Control
PEUTZ : Acoustic
QUALICONSULT : Building Control
QUALICONSULT SECURITE
GLOBAL : Builders’ coordination.
BUILDERS :
GRB structure, floor slabs and screed, facade ; PARIS CHARPENTE wood and steel carpentry ; PROMO architectural steelwork ; PASQUER Mechanical, HVAC ; PLENUM drywalls, false ceilings, finishing ; PROBA drywalls, false ceilings, finishing ; PATERNOSTER Electrical ; FACCHIN Staff (fiberglass plaster) ; SCHINDLER Lift ascenseur ; MBA Floors ; BARTH Joinery .