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Serero Architects see Meudon-la-Forêt cultural center wrapped in sustainability

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Eco Factor: Cultural center wrapped in an organic concrete shell includes solar panels.

Serero Architects has won the competition for the new cultural center of Meudon-la-Forêt, France with their design that revolves around sustainability. The architectural firms proposed design derives its inspiration from nature, precisely the tree. The building wrapped by an organic concrete shell is fragile yet strong just like a tree. The photovoltaic panels on the sloped roof will harvest part of the electrical energy consumed by the building.


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The main of the building is based on the interaction between the surrounding natural space and the minimalist volumes of the structure. The shape of the canopy of trees resulted in inspiring trapezoidal windows that surround the entire building. Organized around a 300-person capacity theater, which behaves like a central nucleus, the project is composed of two levels with reception and meeting spaces, the ground floor, offices and art studios upstairs.

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The building is cantilevered above the reception hall, the square allowing to protect a large glazed surface from the sun and rain. The building gets ample amounts of natural light either by the curtain wall of the reception hall or by the sheds on the roof of the studios. When the sun sets, these sheds are light up by lamps that are connected to photosensitive cells. The project will be showcased at the mediatheque of Meudon from June 22nd until July 10th, 2010.

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Via: ArchiCentral

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