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UNITS is a project in the eastern Parisian suburb, which aims to rethink the concept of the office, proposing a series of precise and flexible solutions for reconfiguring the traditional workspace.

The workspace looks like a large library where individuals and information flow freely, thereby overturning and distorting the spatial characteristics of the offices as we are used to imagining them.

There are four typologies of spaces: 

CAB (20 units): a hybrid between a sofa and a flight of steps, made with recycling rub, geared towards the urban landscape that borders the building.

F1 (15 units): an area for focusing; re-used furniture elements (2 

“Less” tables designed by Jean Nouvel) are placed one on top of the other, and are used as a framework for a curtain that follows a curved line. 

TGV (25 units): a space for confidential discussion with walls made from white AAC blocks. The special technical ceiling allows the intensity of incoming light to be adjusted, starting from a soft candlelight up to an artificial cold light in order to fulfill different user types. 

UNIT6 (15 units): a meeting space, an opaque strip that becomes a visual and sound filter, providing intimacy but letting in air and light. The materials call to mind suburban artisan’s industrial areas.

Dimension: 6,000.0 sqm