We chose to construct the building's identity around the themes of the work environment and reception of users. That identity needed to be clearly expressed in the urban landscape of La Rochette, but also make sense at the scale of the Melun conurbation.
In this regard, the project's east and west façades can each play a very different role and participate in the legibility of the building within the city. Two major families of façades make up the building's skin:
- for the northern and eastern orientations, which receive little or no sunshine, we gave preference to large bays in order to bring as much natural light as possible into the work spaces.
- For the southern and western orientations, the façades have a thickness that enables solar gain to be managed. The thickness of the complex façade panels has been used to build in adjustable blinds.
These principles apply identically to the interior façades, since the distances from the facing buildings provide ample light.