The project developed by Marc Mimram Architecture & Ingénierie distributes its program in three buildings that have different spaces dedicated to sport, leisure and culture. The intervention proposes a public space in which the different spaces are interconnected by a larger-scale element, proposing the whole as a generator of social relations and a new area of centrality in the area.
The location of the different pavilions and spaces of the center within the park will depend on the solar orientation that each of them needs, either with the objective of obtaining good natural lighting, as well as for the production and supply of energy to each building in a sustainable way. Its production of renewable electricity is equivalent to the annual electricity consumption.
Rendering. Cherpines Sports and Cultural Complex by Marc Mimram Architecture & Ingénierie.
Project description by Marc Mimram Architecture & Ingénierie
The new Cherpines sports and cultural complex serves as a vibrant hub for life and activities at the heart of the new urban area, connecting with the park. It features a very free urban form and an architectural style based on the clarity of construction methods and bioclimatic systems, revealing the main building materials: wood and site-specific earth. The urban composition emphasizes the idea of pavilions set within a park and optimal solar orientation for both usage and energy production.
The program includes an aquatic center, a racquet center, an ice rink, a performance hall with 1,200seats, an inline hockey rink, a multipurpose room, a restaurant, a shop, a parking facility with 300 spaces, a lodging center, and a cultural center integrated within three buildings. These buildings form a cohesive ensemble through which public space flows, connecting the various adjacent urban areas, all covered by a productive roof: a thoughtful and sustainable architecture serving the activation of uses!
