Training Centre

The Paris-based architectural studio Atelier 2 + 1 designed a training a center and a showroom for the automobile industry, as an urban flagship on an old mining wasteland.

Atelier 2 + 1, Training center, Carvin, France, 2015

On the periphery, neither an industrial zone nor an urban area, the project commitment was to create activities to ensure local governments and residents potential expectation.

The showroom is the focal point of the building which thus opens on its environment as to become its flagship. On this site of 13 000m2, a single-story building was essential.

The workshops, administrative offices and showroom are easily accessible from the wide central hall. The hall also overlooks a huge patio with an arboreal metal posts structure covered by a canopy. Thus, both inside and outside, the architectural design clearly distinguishes the administrative functions from that of the workshops, these two components of the program having separate entrances.

The challenge and the essence of this project located in Pas-de-Calais were to provide natural light and create an overall lighting network. Thanks to the patio, to the canopy and the showroom, a bright light is distributed everywhere while the workshops and the chassis modules on the outskirt still enjoy natural light.

A Regulatory provision of mechanical protection was required to protect the pipelines. The aim of both Atelier 2 + 1 and the project management was innovative in order to anticipate the simultaneous work of these two separate but overlapping sites.

Atelier 2 + 1, Training center, Carvin, France, 2015

Atelier 2 + 1, Training center, Carvin, France, 2015

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Training center, Carvin, France
Program: Training center for the auto industry
Architects: Atelier 2 + 1
Structure: IN4
Main Contractor: Jean Lefebvre
Area: 2700 sqm
Completion: 2015

Training Centre

The Paris-based architectural studio Atelier 2 + 1 designed a training a center and a showroom for the automobile industry, as an urban flagship on an old mining wasteland.

Plan DC 1-100e

Coupes

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