MECANO

La Courneuve, France

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MECANO

La Courneuve, France

Firm

FLINT

Type

Commercial › Office
Educational › Library

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2015

SIZE

25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft

BUDGET

$10M - 50M

MECANO was the name of the former factory specialized in manufacturing tools for a high level of precision. Created in 1912, the activity was at its peak of production in the early seventies, but, due to an economical crisis, had to shut down its operations in 1978. Built on the american example of the daylight factory the construction offers geometrical volumes which allow a rationalized occupation of the surfaces.
After analysing the site, the programmatic needs, and what would be a new way of writing this building, we decided to skip into what was already existing, putting the new functions into boxes unstuck from the façades, as a juxtaposition rather than a melting of old and new.