Sou Fujimoto and Laisné Roussel Propose Wooden Mixed-Use Tower for Bordeaux

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Following an invitation by the city of Bordeaux in December 2015, Sou Fujimoto Architects and laisné roussel have revealed their proposal “Canopia”: a mixed-use development, featuring a 50-meter-tall residential building made of wood and offering 199 homes, 3,770m² of office space and 500m² of retail outlets in Bordeaux, France. The tower would be one of the tallest wooden buildings in the world. Read more about this project after the break.

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Located at the intersection of Rue Cazeaux and Rue Beck in Bordeaux’s Gare Saint Jean neighbourhood, Canopia sits on a 17,000m² plot, and is part of a larger development plan in the Amargnac section of the Bordeaux Saint-Jean Belcier Urban Development Zone. With a series of collective roof gardens and sustainable material sourcing, the project hopes to become a focal point for the area and improve its sustainability.

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Across its separate buildings, a series of walkways connect themed roof gardens. Offerings vary from an agricultural space with vegetable gardens, fruit trees, compost areas and water reserves; a winter garden; and a terrace with a restaurant and playground. The walkways themselves offer spectacular views of the surrounding hills and the Garonne.

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The wooden frame for the high-rise building was meticulously studied since the tender phase, ensuring that the different technical construction problems were solved. The project uses silver fir and spruce beams and posts. Floors are made from cross-laminated timber, of either silver fir or spruce, using the Mathis ATEX technique for high-rise buildings. Glu-lam timber bars are used in the post-and-beam frame to stabilize the tower. Each building on the site aims for a "Biosourcé" certification. In addition, an H&E A-rating is being sought for the homes, and the offices will have double HQE® BREEAM certifica­tion to guarantee their environmental performance.

• Architects

  Sou Fujimoto Architects, laisné roussel

• Location

  Rue de Belcier, 33800 Bordeaux, France

• Managing Partners

  Sou Fujimoto, Nicolas Laisné, Dimitri Roussel

• Project Managers

  Marie de France, Amandine Quillent

• Team

  Victor Deplus, Matthias Aguilar, Augustin Caradec

• Economist

  Cabinet Faure

• Bet Tce

  Arcadis

• Environmental Engineering

  Le Sommer Environnement

• Wood Construction

  Mathis

• Landscaping

  Etablissement

• Acoustician

  Emacoustic

• Building Control Office

  Apave

• Renders

  Tamàs Fischer, Morph, laisné roussel, Sou Fujimoto Architects

• Model

  Jean Louis Courtois Model and Co.

• Area

  17000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  SOU FUJIMOTO ARCHITECTS + LAISNÉ ROUSSEL + RENDERING BY TÀMAS FISHER AND MORPH., Roberta Donatini, {"text"=>"", "type"=>"media_provider", "id"=>"5054327428ba0d64b200000f"}

• Architects

  Sou Fujimoto Architects, laisné roussel

• Site Manager Consultant

  Arcadis