A NEW SPACE AFTER THE PANDEMIC
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LOCATIONMaisons Alfort, France
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YEAR2022
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BUILT SURFACE480 m2
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PROJECT DIRECTORLeonardo Neve
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DESIGN TEAMJesus Amezcua, Otli Campos, Rita Bustos, Max Pasquel, Itzhel Zambrano, Jessica Alcántara, Abraham García
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STATUSProject
We have been forced to reinvent the places we inhabit due to the pandemic caused by the Covid 19 virus, one of the most important has been office spaces since most office workers have worked from home at some point. From home they discovered a different way to work, and a different standard of commodities. Although, now that we are back to the new normal, offices have repopulated little by little and generated new questions such as, What can be done differently? What have we learned by working from home? And how can we transform office spaces so they are still attractive for all the users?
THE CHALLENGE
Leclerc 153 is an office project that explores the possibilities derived from the lessons learned from remote work, located at the French city Maisons Alfort, in the peripheral zone of Paris. The challenges were multiplied since the main objective of the project is to promote the insertion to the labor market of young individuals that, for many reasons, didn’t have the opportunity to pursue superior studies, hence the space must be attractive and inviting, a place where they want to be challenged.
Additionally, the space should also be attractive and cozy for the full-time workers, the social and administrative employees, so we proposed a space that would generate a welcoming and warm environment that would encourage social integration, generating casual encounter points, relaxed meeting rooms in an environment surrounded by color, and vegetation.
The intervention transforms two existing and subtilized buildings. Placed around a common yard and in front of the main avenue with moderate vehicular and pedestrian traffic, therefore the space will be very visible.
This attribute will be used to attract the people who transit the street through a facade and attractive interiors, full of color and vegetation.
Another of the main strategies to attract the youth was to integrate a common public garden in the back of the buildings. To access, the user must walk through the co-working area, encouraging curiosity, and interest in the space.
153 Leclerc integrates new trends to achieve a welcoming, interesting, and at the same time inviting space, which encourages curiosity, community integration, and above all proposes an environment that encourages young people to find their true passion.
