Research centre of the Urbalad Campus, Michelin, Cebazat
The project participates in the overall modernization of Michelin's Industrial Research and Development center, following the orthogonal grid that governs the site and marking the entrance in a powerful way. It connects the two sides of the test circuit that divided the site in two until then and imparts a smooth flow to the complex. Identical rectangular structures are dynamically paired and arranged along a wide interior street in a way that offers great functional flexibility. A huge horizontal surface that functions at once as a glass roof and a solar canopy punctuated by photovoltaic panels brings the fragmented structures together to form a single building and contributes to controlling climate and to the strategy of low energy consumption.
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Program
Research center, offices, conference rooms, company restaurant.
Client
Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin
Project team
Chaix & Morel et Associés, Paris
Philippe Chaix, Jean-Paul Morel, Rémy Van Nieuwenhove, Rémi Lichnerowicz, Benoit Sigros
with Lorraine Chazal, Carmen Martinez Gil, Flora Genel
and Valéria Carvelli, Amandine Chainé, Iris Ménage, Laura Rebolleda Jané, Mélodie Renault, Michel Roux-Dorlut
Intervenants extérieurs : Atelier Juno, Alexandre Baron, Caroline Djuric et Mirco Tardio
Aubry & Guiguet, programmiste
Ingérop, ingénierie et économie
Arcora, enveloppe
Base Consultant et Integral Concept, développement durable
Ingélux, lumière naturelle et artificielle
Vulcanéo, sécurité incendie
Ayda puis Alternative, acousticien
Neveux-Rouyer, paysagiste
Eiffage Construction, constructor
Key figures
Area : 69 000 m² SDP / 82 000 m² SHON
Construction costs excl. VAT : 170 M€
Competition 2008 - total completion 2018
Environmental specifications
Quality environmental approach, based on a consumption target less than a BBC project.
Photography credits
Christian Richters
Jean-Marc Besacier
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