White Building

Lyon, France

There is a sense of calm about the second instalment of Lyon Confluences.

We wanted to strike the right note. Our project is designed in response to the surrounding landscape. That is why there are so many different facets to it. It’s urban and domestic, has mineral and plant elements, and contains both shops and housing (public and private) in its high-profile position on a major square. 

You show off all the sequences and undermine the building’s effect as a screen. It was really a time and space analysis of how people would live in and use this space that determined the building’s shape, not the other way round. It is the product of a hybridization of the parameters of its urban context and its objectives. The building is defined by human contact and encounters. It keeps a safe distance – refined without being provocative, outstanding without being showy

Program
125 temporary housing units + 27 social housing units + shops + offices

Location
Bâtiment White
ZAC Confluence
Lyon, France

Schedule
Delivery: 2014

Client
Immobilière Rhône Alpes

Urbanist
Atelier Ruelle

Project management
Lead architect: Hamonic+Masson & Associés

Engineering
All trades and environmental: Egis Bâtiments Rhônes-Alpes

Photographer
Sergio Grazia

Cost
7,37 M€ excl. tax.

Floor Area
5 370 m²

Environmental approach
QEB (Qualité Environnementale des Bâtiments) Rhône-Alpes
Qualitel Cerqual - Référentiel du Grand Lyon Millésime 2009
Bâtiment Basse Consommation - Effinergie
Chaufferie bois-énergie
Isolation extérieure
VMC double flux
Panneaux photovoltaïques

Team
Lisa Cépisul and Cesar Silva Urdaneta