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New neighbourhood centre in the Gavotte district in Les Pennes-Mirabeau
Bright and climatically pleasant rooms for creativity, exchange and community
Location:
Viertel La Gavotte in Les Pennes-Mirabeau
Client:
Gemeinde Les Pennes-Mirabeau
Architect:
Tectoniques architectes
Design:
Atelier Méditerranéen
Timber construction:
200 m³ structural glulam made of spruce and larch, 6,800 m² CLT floor, CLT glue-laminated ceiling and CLT walls, 1,900 m² timber frame walls, 2,550m² Facade cladding made of aluminium composite material, 1,720m² of insulated, timber-clad suspended ceilings • 980m² interior wall panelling made of 3-layer panels, 1,700m² suspended external ceilings made of 3-layer panels
Living creativity, meeting each other, growing together – this is what the new public neighbourhood centre in the La Gavotte district in the municipality of Les Pennes-Mirabeau near Marseille stands for. Attractiveness, quality of life and the development of service infrastructures were at the centre of the urban redevelopment project. The municipality wanted to create a high-quality and sustainable centre with a focus on culture and a wide range of cultural services. Due to the hot temperatures in the region in summer, the renewable building material wood was used on a large scale, creating a pleasant indoor climate. The centre offers 5,900 m² of usable space for all generations: A 500-seat restaurant, a school, childcare facilities and an “Ideethèque” for cultural creation and media with its own auditorium. The project was awarded the “Mediterranean Sustainable Buildings” label.
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We realised the building ensemble using timber frame construction: the primary structure consists of posts and beams. The ceilings and the substructure of the façades are made of simple or box-shaped cross-laminated timber, which is characterised by its particular stability and load-bearing capacity. The natural building material wood and the use of additional, ecologically valuable materials create a pleasant thermal environment and atmosphere. In order to make the rooms bright and inviting, we have used a lot of spruce wood.
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