Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Stéphane Chalmeau
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura
Urban Quartz, Rennes. © Takuji Shimmura

Urban Quartz

Rennes, France

Near to the train station, Urban Quartz initiates the urban intervention project ‘EuroRennes’.

This development plan for the sector, led by FGP, is an invitation to audacious and radical architecture.

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Three chiseled buildings emerge from the railway landscape and revive the skyline. The sharp edges of these volumes create a break between each structure, like a canyon where urban space infiltrates down into the heart of the block to reveal a panoramic view of the wild garden.

This unusual script proposes an alternative, ample and lively interpretation of the office program.

Programme
Construction of offices + shops

Location
Urban Quartz
Îlot Trigone, ZAC EuroRennes
Rennes, France

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Schedule
Delivery: 2019

Client
Icade + La Poste Immobilier

Project management
Lead architect: Hamonic+Masson & Associés, associate architect: a/LTA

Engineering
All trades: BETOM, acoustic: Jean-Paul Lamoureux, Graphic designer: SPLANN

Photographer
Takuji Shimmura + Stéphane Chalmeau

Floor Area
13 700m² offices + 300m² shops

Environmental approach
NF HQE bâtiment Tertiaire: Very efficient
BREEAM certified

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