Sponsored by a property developer, the Filigrane is the renovation of a building in the Grand Place of Tourcoing as a bank and eight housing units. The bank occupies the ground floor and the first floor façade, with the eight dwellings on the second floor façade and at the back of the plot. The key challenge of the project is to provide a contemporary architectural response that takes into account the complex built environment accumulated over the course of history.

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Architects: D?HOUNDT+BAJART architectes&associés

Location: 59200 Tourcoing, France

Area: 1352.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Maxime Delvaux

Contracting Authority: Cfa+Sem Ville Renouvelée (Dwellings) / Crédit Du Nord (Bank)
Building Contractor: Rabot Dutilleul - Croix (59)

Façade Panels: Betsinor - Courrières (62)

© Maxime Delvaux

From the architect. Sponsored by a property developer, the Filigrane is the renovation of a building in the Grand Place of Tourcoing as a bank and eight housing units. The bank occupies the ground floor and the first floor façade, with the eight dwellings on the second floor façade and at the back of the plot. The key challenge of the project is to provide a contemporary architectural response that takes into account the complex built environment accumulated over the course of history.

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