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Vannes, France



Architects: Office Zola architectes

Client: SCI Pasithea

Project team: BMF (economy), Arest (structural engineering), Kypseli (fluid engineering), Alhyange (acoustic)

Design team: Laure Gahéry, Édouard Guyard, Eliott Beuvelet, Pauline Justin

Photographer: Office Zola

Project description: The house and its fragment of the hall are a beautiful work of interest from the industrial heritage of the 19th century. 

This third place aims to be a place dedicated to well-being. It is about bringing together different programs of distinct characteristics with modularity, sustainability, and well-being as principles. A place that takes into account current environmental issues. 

The building is designed according to three principles: compactness, modularity, and openness. The intervention aims to reuse the existing timber frame in order to reuse it in the new construction. A wooden frame elevation is placed on the lowered part of the house. 

The use of bio-based materials is favored with the implementation of wood wool insulation. The ventilation is handled by a double flow plant with energy recovery. Rainwater is partly collected and reused in the project.