The interior is the polar opposite of a conventional corridor lined with a monotonous array of doors on either side. The unique floor plan allows for a variety of flow options, and consequently also a flexible and adaptable distribution of spaces between the group’s various publishing houses and imprints across each floor. The result is a generous communal space, punctuated by loggias and patios, that links together a series of different atmospheres, encapsulating the individual personalities of the different entities present.
The core zone that concentrates the bulk of user flows forms the centre of gravity of this fluid space, linking it directly with the cafeteria and restaurant, which look out on to the papyrus garden, a unique landscape in the Paris region and an open-air extension of the ground floor in the summer months.
This garden, with its curtains of vegetation, not only forms a remarkable landscape but also creates a certain distance from the surrounding environment. While private, the garden is hinted at from the street, and accompanies the visitor from the esplanade through to the entrance hall.
Visitors enter the building via the bookcase gallery, where a number of showcases display recent publications and illustrate the history of the group’s various publishing houses.
After leaving the reception area, they can access the upper floors via the central core. VIPs, on the other hand, are led through to the reception gallery, a cosier and more intimate extension of the bookcase gallery. This opens on to the boardroom and a meeting room, which, in conjunction with the adjacent cafeteria and restaurant, can be adapted to accommodate all kinds of events and activities.
In the reception gallery, a VIP lift serves the top floor, where the rooftop pavilion, an additional meeting and dining space, is located. It is set in the heart of a second papyrus plantation and boasts views up to the sky, creating a serene, sophisticated reception space.
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Hachette Livre Headquarters, Vanves, Paris, France
Program: office building
Architects: Jacques Ferrier Architectures
Project Manager: Stéphane Vigoureux
Rendering Manager: Corentin Lespagnol
Project Leader: Adrian Garcin
Landscape architects: Agence TER
Structure: HDM Ingénierie SA
Fluids: SOGETI Ingénierie
Economist: SOGETI Ingénierie
Acoustics: ORFEA
High Environmental Quality assistance: SOGETI Ingénierie
General Contractor: ABCD
Cost: € 42,500,000 excl. tax
Area: 20,700 sqm
Completion: 2015