HouseVariety: Caen Services Building : By RemingtonStyle

Caen, France
RemingtonStyle
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Stéphane Chalmeau

The building is located in a park, in Caen (France). It is designed for gardeners of the city. It includes areas of workshops, offices and cloakrooms. The particularity of the building is the fact that it produces more energy than it consumes. This is due to the fact that insulation is very important and that the plan is lead by bioclimatic and heliotropic principles. Then the building is covered with solar panels that produces electricity.

Photo © Courtesy of Stéphane Chalmeau

The concept of the building is to integrate those solar panels as part of the architecture. For instance, the sheds built to support those panels are orientated to the perfect south to optimize their performance so that the plan is lead by its location in the park. Then, a pattern was design to make the panels look like a skin on the roof.

Photo © Courtesy of Stéphane Chalmeau

site plan--drawing Courtesy of RemingtonStyle

ground floor plan--drawing Courtesy of RemingtonStyle

section 01--drawing Courtesy of RemingtonStyle

section 02--drawing Courtesy of RemingtonStyle

The people

Architects: RemingtonStyle – Pierre Frinault & David Jouquand
Location: Caen, France
Environnement studies: RFR élements, B. Cimerman
Energy and thermical studies: Delta Fluides, J. Poisson
Quantity surveyor: ITE, C. Michel
Project area: 470 sqm
Photographs: Stéphane Chalmeau

Friday, May 6, 2011

Caen Services Building : By RemingtonStyle

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