This is a project to renovate and extend a building belonging to the technical services of the Aube Departmental Council.

The existing building dedicated to the mechanical workshops is a metal-framed hall composed of 5 bays, 7 metres wide and 30 metres long. Each bay is closed by a sectional door measuring 4.2 metres by 5 metres high, thus creating a long façade animated by the mechanical work.

On the southwest gable of the hall is a building of 12 by 30 meters built in masonry on two levels. It accommodates heated spaces such as social rooms, changing rooms, offices, etc.

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We renovated all of the existing premises, notably improving the insulation and natural lighting by replacing the sectional doors and skylights with more efficient and transparent models.

On the south-east gable, we are adding a building of approximately 400 m² of surface area to accommodate the boilermaking workshop and a storage/recycling canopy. The materials used are in line with the existing building, metal structure and alveolar polycarbonate to bring more light inside. The industrial connotation is fully assumed in a range of grays that serves as a background to the hum of daily work. We find poetry in the different degrees of transparency, texture, shadow and shine of the materials.

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