Competition: Les Pays de Fontenay Le Comte
Award: Second Place
Project Name: Tourism Office of Les Pays de Fontenay Le Compte France
Architects: Thibaudeau Architecte, Agence d’Architecture Guiraud-Manenc
Location: Place de Verdun, 85200 Fontenay-le-Comte, France
Engineering: Aliance 21
Client: Communauté de Communes du pays de Fontenay le Comte
Area: 360.0 sqm
Year: 2014
 

French firm Thibaudeau Architecte & Agence d’Architecture Guiraud-Manenc has earned second place for a competition to design the new tourism office for “Les Pays de Fontenay le Compte France.” Designed to encourage tourism in South Vendée, the design merges a contemporary style with a consideration for the historic and artistic identity of the area.

A single story structure, the building is located within a public square in the city. It is composed of polished white walls, stretched and folded horizontally, with large cuts that break up the form and frame views to create a relationship between the office and surrounding city.

The exterior shell is made of white concrete, contrasted by warm wood surfaces on the interior.