Bottière Chénaie Housing
Bottière Chénaie is a compact mixed-use building nestled within the eponymous district in the north-eastern Nantes, encircled by major traffic infrastructures. The project proposes a balanced composition of volumes with simple massing, enriched by concrete post-and-beam facades that generate large openings and fully glazed corners. The building structure features a multifunctional plinth, composed of commercial spaces, a supermarket and a car park. Above this base rise two 5-storey residential blocks containing 172 apartments.
The larger housing volume, dedicated to market-rate housing, unfolds around a spacious courtyard planted with trees, where external walkways overlooking the green surroundings provide access to the dual aspect apartments. The second volume is dedicated to social housing apartments, positioned to benefit from a double orientation: a different typology of loggias and look outs towards the city. Lastly, to the south-west, the office block, organized around a central core, reinforces the volume juxtaposition and completes the new urban landscape.
Info
- Location
- Nantes, FR
- Date
- 2012–2019
- Size
- 17,200 sqm
- Client
- OCDL – Groupe Giboire
- Team
- Aimee Mackenzie, Ana Rivero Esteban, Christian Sluijmer, Cécile Sanchez, Dante Borgo, Dikkie Scipio, Elsa Marchal, Ismael Planelles Naya, Jan Teunis ten Kate, Joeri Spijkers, Julie Le Baud, Kees Kaan, Marc Coma, Marylène Gallon, Narine Gyulkhasyan, Paolo Faleschini, Renata Gilio, Sebastiaan Buitenhuis, Sebastian van Damme, Sophie Ize, Vincent Panhuysen, Wouter Langeveld, Yannick Signani, Yinghao Lin
- Photography
- Sebastian van Damme
- General contractor
- Angevin Entreprise Générale
- Construction and financial advisor
- AIA Ingenierie
- W+E and structural engineer
- AIA Ingenierie
- Fire safety engineer
- Socotec
- MEP and acoustics advisor
- SerdB - Groupe Gamba
