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Labeda Offices
Labeda Offices
Toulouse, France
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Other Projects by Taillandier Architectes Associés
Labeda Offices
Toulouse, France
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
TAA agency presents one of its projects: “Les Bureaux Labéda”, which involves the new construction of a four-storey building (ground floor + 3) with a restaurant on the ground floor and offices on the upper floors, as well as a roof terrace, in Toulouse (Occitanie Region, France).
The project site enjoys a distinctive location: it sits in the heart of downtown Toulouse, along a busy thoroughfare, Boulevard Lazare Carnot, which links two squares, Square Boulingrin and Jardin Pierre Goudouli. It encircles Toulouse's historic western centre.
Thanks to the influence of the train station, the ever-growing appeal of the Toulouse metropolitan area, and the quality of life sought after in the city centre, Toulouse's urban development is strongly energised. Indeed, the Toulouse metropolitan area enjoys a growing national and European profile. Even more so, its historic city centre, rooted in a distinctive local history, is what gives it its reputation.
The site's context is therefore highly urbanised: the surrounding fabric is dense, owing to the proximity of prestigious landmarks such as the Théâtre de la Cité, the Church of Saint-Georges, Place du Capitole, and Saint-Etienne Cathedral. One of the project's two façades runs along Boulevard Carnot, a wide, busy artery encircling the city centre. As for the façade on Rue Labéda, it faces the Théâtre de la Cité.
The project is set within a built environment with a strong identity: brick, and its red hues, have made Toulouse an attractive city. In order to preserve this constructive and aesthetic dynamic, the present building permit takes this criterion into account and adapts it, offering a contemporary architectural interpretation suited to its context and challenges.
The project's design approach is first to build up to the plot boundary, to a depth set by the PLUiH local zoning plan (here 13.70 m, the courtyard being sized in accordance with IT 263 smoke-extraction regulations), and then to rise up to the eaves level of the surrounding buildings. This produces a simple volumetric form: two interlocking rectangles joining the boulevard and the street. It remains discreet, topped by a roof terrace housing the few technical rooms, set back from the façades to minimise their visual impact.
The programme is thus organised into three stacked entities: the restaurant on the ground floor, the offices on the upper floors, and the terrace with technical rooms on the roof.
This urban layout includes the creation of a permeable, paved courtyard that benefits from full-ground soil. A tree can therefore be planted to provide shade, making the restaurant's terrace more pleasant on hotter days.
Given its prominent location, particular attention was paid to the design of the building's façades. We wanted to preserve the horizontal reading of the storeys, characteristic of Toulouse buildings, while playing with a vertical grid to reinforce the building's urban presence. By slightly setting the base apart through a taller storey height and full-height aluminium joinery, we align with the ornamentation of neighbouring buildings. The upper floors continue the street's horizontal lines, and the reading of the joinery, with a glazed spandrel, punctuates the façade. Finally, the treatment of the façade crownings is adapted according to use and to the adjoining buildings. We therefore adopted two different treatments:
Rue Labéda side – Main façade
The base stands apart from the upper floors. The upper storeys align with the immediate surroundings, and the massing continues in line with the existing buildings. The terrace volumes are set back so as not to alter this massing.
Boulevard Lazare Carnot side
The façade facing the boulevard is more urban and more rhythmic: it reads mainly through its vertical grid. This grid is reinforced on the boulevard side, running continuously from the ground floor to the roof. The parapet crowning the façade is detailed with care: a staggered pattern of bricks creates shadow and depth, hinting at the terrace located on the roof. Two materials were used – Savès brick and corten-toned aluminium – for the joinery and the courtyard's curtain wall. Thanks to these materials, we were able to treat the façades with constructive finesse as well as with the colour palette so characteristic of Toulouse's city centre.
The project site enjoys a distinctive location: it sits in the heart of downtown Toulouse, along a busy thoroughfare, Boulevard Lazare Carnot, which links two squares, Square Boulingrin and Jardin Pierre Goudouli. It encircles Toulouse's historic western centre.
Thanks to the influence of the train station, the ever-growing appeal of the Toulouse metropolitan area, and the quality of life sought after in the city centre, Toulouse's urban development is strongly energised. Indeed, the Toulouse metropolitan area enjoys a growing national and European profile. Even more so, its historic city centre, rooted in a distinctive local history, is what gives it its reputation.
The site's context is therefore highly urbanised: the surrounding fabric is dense, owing to the proximity of prestigious landmarks such as the Théâtre de la Cité, the Church of Saint-Georges, Place du Capitole, and Saint-Etienne Cathedral. One of the project's two façades runs along Boulevard Carnot, a wide, busy artery encircling the city centre. As for the façade on Rue Labéda, it faces the Théâtre de la Cité.
The project is set within a built environment with a strong identity: brick, and its red hues, have made Toulouse an attractive city. In order to preserve this constructive and aesthetic dynamic, the present building permit takes this criterion into account and adapts it, offering a contemporary architectural interpretation suited to its context and challenges.
The project's design approach is first to build up to the plot boundary, to a depth set by the PLUiH local zoning plan (here 13.70 m, the courtyard being sized in accordance with IT 263 smoke-extraction regulations), and then to rise up to the eaves level of the surrounding buildings. This produces a simple volumetric form: two interlocking rectangles joining the boulevard and the street. It remains discreet, topped by a roof terrace housing the few technical rooms, set back from the façades to minimise their visual impact.
The programme is thus organised into three stacked entities: the restaurant on the ground floor, the offices on the upper floors, and the terrace with technical rooms on the roof.
This urban layout includes the creation of a permeable, paved courtyard that benefits from full-ground soil. A tree can therefore be planted to provide shade, making the restaurant's terrace more pleasant on hotter days.
Given its prominent location, particular attention was paid to the design of the building's façades. We wanted to preserve the horizontal reading of the storeys, characteristic of Toulouse buildings, while playing with a vertical grid to reinforce the building's urban presence. By slightly setting the base apart through a taller storey height and full-height aluminium joinery, we align with the ornamentation of neighbouring buildings. The upper floors continue the street's horizontal lines, and the reading of the joinery, with a glazed spandrel, punctuates the façade. Finally, the treatment of the façade crownings is adapted according to use and to the adjoining buildings. We therefore adopted two different treatments:
Rue Labéda side – Main façade
The base stands apart from the upper floors. The upper storeys align with the immediate surroundings, and the massing continues in line with the existing buildings. The terrace volumes are set back so as not to alter this massing.
Boulevard Lazare Carnot side
The façade facing the boulevard is more urban and more rhythmic: it reads mainly through its vertical grid. This grid is reinforced on the boulevard side, running continuously from the ground floor to the roof. The parapet crowning the façade is detailed with care: a staggered pattern of bricks creates shadow and depth, hinting at the terrace located on the roof. Two materials were used – Savès brick and corten-toned aluminium – for the joinery and the courtyard's curtain wall. Thanks to these materials, we were able to treat the façades with constructive finesse as well as with the colour palette so characteristic of Toulouse's city centre.
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