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The extension of the Apprentice Formation Center is a compact and economic building. It achieves the composition of the complex of the Chambre des Métiers of the Val-de-Marne Departement, near Paris.

The raw yellow concrete facade gives a clear identity to the building. It comes down on the ground and back up again the previously existing building, creating an open air sunny room, a generous public space linking the old and the new. On the existing building, the concrete defines an extension of the cafeteria.

In a game of inversion, the new building backs its concrete facade and is based on a complex steel structure. The long span (20m) of the plumbers workshop is assured with full height beam that frames the second floor. The triangulations of these beams give the diamond shape of the upper level windows and the inclination of the zinc.


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Apprentice Formation Center (Photo: David Boureau)

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Apprentice Formation Center (Photo: David Boureau)

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Apprentice Formation Center (Photo: Denis Ferratier)

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Apprentice Formation Center (Photo: Denis Ferratier)

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Apprentice Formation Center (Photo: David Boureau)

PROGRAM:

• Creation of a new three level building: double-height hall, double height plumbers workshop, classrooms, meeting room with good natural light
• rehabilitation of the existing: creation of a cafeteria, refurbishing of classrooms and offices.

MATERIALS AND ENERGETIC PERFORMANCES

• Raw concrete tainted in mass
• Zinc
• Steel
• planted terrace
• recuperation of rain water by a draining
• 80 kwh/m² / year

New Surface: 2749 m²

Cost Excluding Taxes: 3,937,866€ (1,432€/m²)

Calendar:

• Competition winning: March 2007
• Delivery: September 2009

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Apprentice Formation Center (Photo: AIR)

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Apprentice Formation Center (Photo: David Boureau)

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Apprentice Formation Center (Photo: David Boureau)


AIR was created in 2000 by Cyrille Hanappe, later on joined by Olivier Leclercq.

Air, Architecture, engineering, research
Air is a group of like-minded people sharing complementary skills and abilities.
Architects, urban planners, engineers, economists, all concerned with sustainable development, work together in order to harmonize technology and architectural thought.
This approach guarantees a complete coherence during the realisation of the project

An innovative architectural formula
The objective is to attain a perfect equation between the structure’s context and its function, through an architecture that is evident, an architecture that innovates in its form and also optimises the program.

Sustainable development ahead of its time
Beyond common ecological norms, sustainable development, as we see it, implies a philosophy of true progress with respect for the environment and for the sustainability of construction.

Extending beyond expectation
Our competences have already taken form in hotels, apart’ hotels, cultural centers, commercial spaces, hospitals, shops, entertainment complexes, educational buildings, individual and collective housing and architectural exhibitions... AIR transforms the dreams of architecture in living spaces.

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