The headquarters of Métropole Rouen Normandie is a unique, memorable and fitting image on the banks of the Seine in Rouen. What makes it so unique is how the new building fits in with the surrounding landscape of Rouen. The building?s dynamic profile contrasts with the omnipresence of horizontal designs found along the major port, while its silhouette echoes the renovated industrial buildings on the right bank. The oblique shapes are reminiscent of the silhouettes of cranes and other objects in the port and the bows of the passing ships...

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Architects: Jacques Ferrier Architecture

Location: 108 Rue François Mitterrand, 76920 Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie, France

Area: 8300.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Luc Boegly
Signage And Scenography: Studio Pauline Marchetti and Sensual City Studio

Structural Engineering: C&E ingénierie

Mep: SOGETI

Acoustics: ACV

Labels: Bepos & PassivHaus.

Client: Métrople Rouen Normandie

Cost: 25 000 000 ? HT (year 2017)

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Text description provided by the architects. The headquarters of Métropole Rouen Normandie is a unique, memorable and fitting image on the banks of the Seine in Rouen. What makes it so unique is how the new building fits in with the surrounding landscape of Rouen. The building?s dynamic profile contrasts with the omnipresence of horizontal designs found along the ma...