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October 13th, 2004, 12:30 AM
Zaha Hadid
France, Montpellier
Herault Culture Sport
Library, departemental archive, sports facility - Montpellier
The three institutions - the archive, the bibliotheque and the sport department - are unified within a single, envelope. The threeparts of this "cite administrative" combine into a strong figure visible far into the landscape. As one moves closer, the division intothree parts becomes apparent. The building has been developed on the basis of a rigorous pursuit of functional and economiclogic. However, the resultant figure is reminiscent of a large tree-trunk, laid horizontal. The archive is located at the solid base of the trunk, followed by the slightly more porous bibliotheque. The sport department with its well-lit offices is next, at the end wherethe trunk bifurcates and becomes much lighter. The branches projecting off the main trunk are articulating the points of accessand the entrances into the various institutions. On the western side are all the public entrances and on the eastern side are allthe service entrances, i.e. staff entrances and loading bays. In this way the tree-trunk analogy is exploited to organise and articulatethe complexity of the overall "cite administrative".Urban Strategie The key to the urban strategy is the extension of the future Parc de Malbosc into our site and across to LaPaillade. Our scheme proposes that on our site the public park becomes a recreational forest with various clearings and playgrounds.Spatial Organisation The main vehicular access - both for public visitors as well as for staff and service vehicles is from Ruedu professeur Blayac, on either side of the building. The public access leads to the generous visitor carpark right in front of thevarious entrance lobbies. The service access is stretched along the opposite side. This longitudinal division of serviced and servicingspaces is maintained within the groundfloor of the building. This clear boundary and interface is coherent along the fulllength of the building. The front side of the groundlevel contains all the public functions of each institution, linked by a linearlobby in the centre. From here the reading rooms and educational spaces of the archive are immediately accessible. The samegoes The public facilities shared between the three institutions, like the exhibition hall and conference centre, are located in themain branch that projects out from the trunk at this front side. Above the connective groundlevel the three institutions remainstrictly separated. Each has its own set of cores for internal vertical circulation. The lay-outs of each part follow their specific functional logic
Committente: Departement de l'Herault
Progettista Capogruppo: Zaha Hadid Architects
Gruppo di progettazione: Stephane Hof [Zaha Hadid] - Blue Tango Architectures
Strutture: Engineer Ove Arup Partners
Paesaggio: West 8
Consulenti: Davis Langdom & Everest
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France, Montpellier
Herault Culture Sport
Library, departemental archive, sports facility - Montpellier
The three institutions - the archive, the bibliotheque and the sport department - are unified within a single, envelope. The threeparts of this "cite administrative" combine into a strong figure visible far into the landscape. As one moves closer, the division intothree parts becomes apparent. The building has been developed on the basis of a rigorous pursuit of functional and economiclogic. However, the resultant figure is reminiscent of a large tree-trunk, laid horizontal. The archive is located at the solid base of the trunk, followed by the slightly more porous bibliotheque. The sport department with its well-lit offices is next, at the end wherethe trunk bifurcates and becomes much lighter. The branches projecting off the main trunk are articulating the points of accessand the entrances into the various institutions. On the western side are all the public entrances and on the eastern side are allthe service entrances, i.e. staff entrances and loading bays. In this way the tree-trunk analogy is exploited to organise and articulatethe complexity of the overall "cite administrative".Urban Strategie The key to the urban strategy is the extension of the future Parc de Malbosc into our site and across to LaPaillade. Our scheme proposes that on our site the public park becomes a recreational forest with various clearings and playgrounds.Spatial Organisation The main vehicular access - both for public visitors as well as for staff and service vehicles is from Ruedu professeur Blayac, on either side of the building. The public access leads to the generous visitor carpark right in front of thevarious entrance lobbies. The service access is stretched along the opposite side. This longitudinal division of serviced and servicingspaces is maintained within the groundfloor of the building. This clear boundary and interface is coherent along the fulllength of the building. The front side of the groundlevel contains all the public functions of each institution, linked by a linearlobby in the centre. From here the reading rooms and educational spaces of the archive are immediately accessible. The samegoes The public facilities shared between the three institutions, like the exhibition hall and conference centre, are located in themain branch that projects out from the trunk at this front side. Above the connective groundlevel the three institutions remainstrictly separated. Each has its own set of cores for internal vertical circulation. The lay-outs of each part follow their specific functional logic
Committente: Departement de l'Herault
Progettista Capogruppo: Zaha Hadid Architects
Gruppo di progettazione: Stephane Hof [Zaha Hadid] - Blue Tango Architectures
Strutture: Engineer Ove Arup Partners
Paesaggio: West 8
Consulenti: Davis Langdom & Everest
http://www.europaconcorsi.com/db/pub/images/1450/72865455.jpg
http://www.europaconcorsi.com/db/pub/images/1450/454142495.jpg