Ateliers Jean Nouvel has collaborated with French practice OXO Architectes on a competition-winning design for a mountainous campus in the Sophia Antipolis technology park in Antibes, France. The ?Ecotone Antibes? will serve as the main entrance to the technology park, which is home to over 2,000 companies.

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Ateliers Jean Nouvel has collaborated with French practice OXO Architectes on a competition-winning design for a mountainous campus in the Sophia Antipolis technology park in Antibes, France. The ?Ecotone Antibes? will serve as the main entrance to the technology park, which is home to over 2,000 companies.Described as a 21st-century campus for France, the 40,000-square-meter mountainous structure is covered in lush vegetation, containing offices, a hotel, amenities, and co-working spaces. The campus, a rare exercise in biomimicry for the South of France, sought to capture the site?s rich landscaped surroundings, translating a natural ethos to the hard, technological campus. Read more »

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