VINCI
HEADQUARTERS
RUEIL-MALMAISON
FRANCE, 2009
TOWER
PR–394
Vinci’s headquarters rises like a sculpted rock in the heart of a motorway site, open to the city.
GALLERY
012
PROGRAM
Public square, privatized Place Vinci, conference center, Vinci village (shops, services, businesses), inter-company restaurants, offices, “club” floor, sky lobby, fitness center, nursery, terraces, gardens and parking lots.
DETAIL
Situation
Avenue de Colmar, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France
Year
2009–2010
Status
Consultation, winning project, no follow-up
Site area
8 500 m²
Built surface
60 000 m²
Height of the tower
100 m
Client
Vinci, Paris
Architect
Dominique Perrault Architecte
DESCRIPTION
Vinci’s headquarters is anchored in the heart of an interchange on the A86, on a disused section of the motorway. Faced with a marked duality — an opening towards the city on one side, the pressure of a road network on the other — the building adopts a protective posture, like a rock sculpted by its environment.
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Its curved plan and tapered profile sculpt a volume like a massive back that absorbs the dynamics of traffic and envelops a vast interior space, open to the city yet sheltered from the outside tumult. At the rear, the building rests upon a thick layer of vegetation, reinforcing this natural envelope and transforming a constrained site into a territory where urban resilience takes on its full meaning.
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