LES CAP
HORNIERS
REZÉ-LES-NANTES
FRANCE, 1986
RESIDENTIAL
PR–017
Located in the southern part of Trentemoult, the Les Cap-Horniers building offers a contemporary illustration of the village’s renewal, drawing inspiration from its maritime and riverine history. Built in 1986, it is the second project by the DPA agency, following the Someloir factory.
GALLERY
002
PROGRAM
A complex of 40 apartments, divided into two blocks of 20 apartments each. In each block, the ground floor comprises 10 four-room duplex apartments with a small garden. On the upper level, a gallery provides access to 10 two-room apartments with private rooftop terraces.
DETAIL
Situation
Trentemoult neighbourhood, Rezé-lès-Nantes, France
Year
1982-1986
Status
Direct commission
Built surface
4 000 m²
Client
La Nantaise d’habitation, Nantes
Architect
Dominique Perrault Architecte
Project architect
Alfred Heude
Engineering office
i.2.C Ingénierie
DESCRIPTION
The project addresses issues that remain relevant today: mitigating the urban divide created by the Pornic road, harmonizing a heterogeneous residential fabric, and facilitating coexistence between the picturesque houses and the neighboring industrial zone. Designed for families, the complex is a collective housing development with the feel of individual, personalized homes, featuring high-performance insulation, private terraces, and kitchens illuminated by skylights.
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The architecture combines modernity and local roots: it is inspired by the Corbusian style with its high walkways, solariums and through duplexes, while integrating references to the maritime world and to Trentemoult: landings in walkways, wooden hulls, sail-shaped walls and terraced apartments, evoking the tight alignments of small fishermen’s houses.
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