Archiweek: Richez Associés at Carré Sénart, AIA in Caen and more

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Competitions won

77 – Carré Sénart goes to Richez Associés

An urban design team was appointed on 9 February to enhance the appeal of Carré Sénart, specifically within the territory of Lieusaint and Saint-Pierre-du-Perray. The winning team comprises the practices Richez and A Concept for sustainable design; Adéquation and Ville ouverte for programming and consultation; and the engineering consultancies Tugec, Confluences and Transitec.

Lead partner: Richez Associés
Client: EPA Sénart
Image: © Richez Associés

Saudi Arabia: Lacaton & Vassal win the Hegra Villa

In cooperation with the French Agency for AlUla Development, the architects Lacaton & Vassal have been selected as winners of the Hegra Villa on behalf of the Royal Commission for AlUla, ahead of four other architecture practices. The villa is to become an incubator for artists and creatives, with several cultural spaces. The French architects' task will be to link the town with its oasis, offering a contemporary reinterpretation of the duality between the old town and the summer farms in the palm grove opposite it.

Architect: Lacaton & Vassal
Client: Villa Hégra; RCU (Royal Commission for AlUla)

On site

94 – Ivry-sur-Seine: new campus for ISEA

Studio Architecture Frédéric Lebard will deliver the new campus of the ISEA computer science school in September 2025. The project, which extends over nearly 10,600 m², comprises two buildings, one for the school and the other for student housing. Read the article.

Architect: Architecture Frédéric Lebard
Client: Hibana
Programming: Filigramme
Structural engineer: 2R Ingénierie
Building services engineer: INEX
Technical control: BTP Consultants
Floor area: 10,600 m²
Completion date: start of the 2025 academic year

14 – New stage for Caen University Hospital

The practice AIA Life Designers is delivering the early phase of Caen University Hospital (CHU), which will ultimately total 125,000 m² and provide 1,397 beds for patients. The first building was handed over in January, while the second will follow in April 2023. Work now begins on the main buildings (100,000 m²), with completion scheduled for 2026. The contractors were appointed in August 2022.

Note that the 2,600 m² oncology building has been under construction since September 2022 and will be completed in July 2023.

Architect: AIA Life Designers
Client: Centre Hospitalier de Caen
Floor area: 125,000 m²
Completion date: 2026
Image: © AIA Life Designers

30 – Nîmes: Gattepaille Architecture builds 24 homes

Located at 407 rue Jacques Baby in Nîmes, the scheme designed by Gattepaille Architecture comprises 24 apartments, from one to three bedrooms (French T2 to T4). Completion of the development is scheduled for the second quarter of 2024. The architect Carla Gattepaille explains: “I wanted to offer an architecture that shelters residents from the tumult outside, with protected living spaces where good living fosters a calm and caring atmosphere. The residence is meant to be soft, with harmonious curves that will sit in the landscape in an enduring, timeless way.”

Architect: Gattepaille Architecture
Developer: AST Groupe

Completed!

Montpellier: Collège Port Marianne by A+ Architecture

The practices A+ Architecture and AMG Architectes will deliver the new Collège Port Marianne in March 2023, in the south-east of Montpellier near Odysseum. Built by Bouygues Bâtiment for 750 pupils, the new secondary school addressed from the outset the issues of social mix and bullying by providing two separate areas for pupils according to age. Read the article.

Architect: A+ Architecture
Client: Conseil Départemental de l’Hérault
Client's project management assistant (AMOA): EGE Ingénierie
Lead contractor: Bouygues Bâtiment Centre Sud-Est
Associate architect: AMG Architectes
Floor area: 6,575 m²
Budget: €18,000,000 excl. VAT

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