Whiter than White

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Architects: Michel Rémon & Associés

Location: Marseille, France

Architect In Charge: Michel Rémon

Area: 18400.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Sergio Grazia

Project Manager: Rémi Bellec

Lead Contractor: Bouygues Bâtiment Sud Est

Space Planner: DEGW

Engineering: WSP France

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Whiter than White"A block of sky carrying a piece of Mediterranean soil": this is how Michel Rémon describes the building he designed for the Airbus Helicopters Research and Development Center. Among the "white" buildings on the surrounding industrial site ? all different in their envelopes of metal or concrete - the Airbus monolith shines like a unique nugget, radiant by its simplicity, rigor and purity.
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This immaculately white parallelepiped serves three main goals: to give a prestigious identity to this new brand base; to offer the teams modern, collaborative and integrated working conditions; and to upgrade the site's image by landscaping the outdoor areas for the well-being of company personnel.

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This final goal is met well beyond specifications: on the east side of the building, a green carpet of pines and heath rooted in three...