Add To Collection
Add to Collection
La géant de fer - The Iron Giant
La géant de fer - The Iron Giant
Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
View Original
Add To Collection
Add to Collection
Other Projects by elua®
La géant de fer - The Iron Giant
Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France
Firm
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
The Iron Giant shelters a metal folding factory. 21 metal ribbons direct the project towards the protected natural landscape, summon the stripe of a printed fabric, and draw the graphic movement of a fold on its surface. An optimized, functional, and expressive form.
A stack of 21 ribbons.
The volume of the construction consists of a stack of 21 smooth, light metallic gray ribbons that wrap around the building and only interrupt on the southwest facade in a subtle play of solids and voids. This desire for coherence and minimalism contributes to the obviousness of the construction while giving it a qualitative aspect in the spirit of the clear line. The discreet presence of orange metal fins punctuates the long linearity of the southeast facade, invoking the work of minimalist painter Niele Toroni while recalling the company's usual color.
The face of the project.
The entire design of the project is oriented towards the basin and the small wood, a protected natural area, making the West facade the face of the project. This houses the offices that open onto the landscape while limiting the views with other buildings due to its orientation. The geometry of the plan highlights this orientation by subtly introducing two curved turns to the facades, one to follow the roadway and guide the gaze, the other, on the entrance side, to harmonize the interlocking of geometric shapes. The metal ribbons on this facade are hollowed out, cut, and interrupted to draw graphic lines that evoke the folding of the facade, the company's expertise, and naturally protect the offices from excessive sunlight. Beyond the metal folding, the stripes of a printed fabric and the graphic movement that can be drawn are summoned.
The resulting architecture, minimalist and sober, avoids caps, facade additions, colors, or totems, ensuring a discreet and sustainable architectural insertion into the landscape.
Implementation.
Steel beams allow large spans and limit intermediate supports. The roof has three slopes, which drain rainwater while providing the necessary light in the workshop. The metal ribbons extend into the parapet so the shape of the roof and various technical elements stay invisible from public view. The offices feature full-height windows, protected from the sun by alternating metal ribbons. All elements behind these sunshades (window frames, structure, coverings) are black, so as to disappear behind the facade, leaving only the graphic alternation of solids and voids to be read, contributing to the minimalist, timeless and robust reading of the project, despite a very constrained economy, specific to the industrial sector.
A stack of 21 ribbons.
The volume of the construction consists of a stack of 21 smooth, light metallic gray ribbons that wrap around the building and only interrupt on the southwest facade in a subtle play of solids and voids. This desire for coherence and minimalism contributes to the obviousness of the construction while giving it a qualitative aspect in the spirit of the clear line. The discreet presence of orange metal fins punctuates the long linearity of the southeast facade, invoking the work of minimalist painter Niele Toroni while recalling the company's usual color.
The face of the project.
The entire design of the project is oriented towards the basin and the small wood, a protected natural area, making the West facade the face of the project. This houses the offices that open onto the landscape while limiting the views with other buildings due to its orientation. The geometry of the plan highlights this orientation by subtly introducing two curved turns to the facades, one to follow the roadway and guide the gaze, the other, on the entrance side, to harmonize the interlocking of geometric shapes. The metal ribbons on this facade are hollowed out, cut, and interrupted to draw graphic lines that evoke the folding of the facade, the company's expertise, and naturally protect the offices from excessive sunlight. Beyond the metal folding, the stripes of a printed fabric and the graphic movement that can be drawn are summoned.
The resulting architecture, minimalist and sober, avoids caps, facade additions, colors, or totems, ensuring a discreet and sustainable architectural insertion into the landscape.
Implementation.
Steel beams allow large spans and limit intermediate supports. The roof has three slopes, which drain rainwater while providing the necessary light in the workshop. The metal ribbons extend into the parapet so the shape of the roof and various technical elements stay invisible from public view. The offices feature full-height windows, protected from the sun by alternating metal ribbons. All elements behind these sunshades (window frames, structure, coverings) are black, so as to disappear behind the facade, leaving only the graphic alternation of solids and voids to be read, contributing to the minimalist, timeless and robust reading of the project, despite a very constrained economy, specific to the industrial sector.
Product Spec Sheet
Were your products used?
Join as a manufacturer to add your products.