New HQ Abertis, Paris

Location: Senlis (Paris), France
Arch Coll: Abertis Team & Carlos Maurette (OMA)
Year: 2016
M²: 3800
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Constructer: Abertis

Abertis has a subsidiary, SANEF, which, from its centre in Senlis, situated in the north of Paris, builds and controls the highways in the northern half of France. The project proposes to renovate an old building, located near the airport of Roissy (CHDG) next to a toll and build a new one, as a bar that contains the new offices, the radio and the control centre. The new building houses also a cafeteria that will serve the entire complex and a landscape office first floor, with corresponding offices and boardrooms, open to the surrounding fields. It is also envisaged the construction of an auditorium that can work, autonomously, as a standard equipment locally. The new building is finished in glass and corrugated metal sheet (similar to the current one) not to break entirely with the rest of the set, although its design has little to do with the pre-existence. The building generates porches and steps to organize shadows cover. The new and the old building are linked by a bridge that serves in its dual level. The project is suited to measures of sustainability and energy efficiency, according to French regulations.