French Riviera Casino

With a panoramic restaurant on the Mediterranean sea and a 500 square meters theatre, the casino designed by Data Architects sits on a dramatic cantiliver at La Syne-sur-Mer.

Data Architects, Casino, La Seyne sur Mer, 2016

The new leisure complex and cultural centre designed by Data Architects captures the spirit of the old shipyards, docks and grid warehouses at La Seyne-sur-Mer, and is set alongside the new municipal park between the bay and boulevard Toussaint-Merle.

The building is bordered to the east by a great leisure craft marina and to the west by a recently landscaped public park, at the end of which, just by the old drawbridge, stands a new three star hotel. The casino is located at the heart of a series of large existing and future installations in the centre of the new cultural and commercial hub. The architects focused on building a unified architectural arrangement: a quadrilateral schema, geometrically simple, that fits naturally into the orthogonal portion of the land alongside the docklands.

A large stone square welcomes the visitor to the shared entrance of the casino and theatre, located right in front of the glass watchtower. With a cantilevered extension at the bow of the harbour the complex faces out to sea setting the scene for the gaming rooms and the panoramic restaurant in the old watchtower.

The structural features and differentiated facade principles emphasise the interweaving of different programs, setting the stage for emblematic areas of the building: a mineral concrete monolith at the theatre, a perforated metal cladded platform in the cantilever to the harbour for the casino, a three stories high entrance lobby opposite the naval park and a gazebos style restaurant tower overlooking the entire panorama.

The theatre holds a central position in the building, connecting the various and distinct parts of the entertainment complex. The 106 metres long platform catilevered on each end houses the casino at one side and a carpark at the other. Finally, the restaurants are located in small niches in panoramic positions.

Data Architects, Casino, La Seyne-sur-Mer, 2016

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Data Architects, Casino, La Seyne-sur-Mer, site plan

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Data Architects, Casino, La Seyne-sur-Mer, plan

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Data Architects, Casino, La Seyne-sur-Mer, detail

Data Architects, Casino, La Seyne-sur-Mer, 3D structure

Casino de La Seyne-Sur-Mer, France
Program: cultural and leisure facility
Architects: Data Architects
Team architects: Léonard Lassagne, Colin Reynier, Sylvia Bourgoin, RaphaëL Boursier, Clementine Debaere, Edouard Guyard, Eva Salga
Consultants: Rtelia, Mazet&Associés, Batiserf, Vp&Green, Génie Acoustique
Interior design: Virginie Curtillet, Studio Divo
Area: 5,100 sqm
Cost: € 14,5 M
Completion: 2016

French Riviera Casino

With a panoramic restaurant on the Mediterranean sea and a 500 square meters theatre, the casino designed by Data Architects sits on a dramatic cantiliver at La Syne-sur-Mer.

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