BT01 Building, 9-9bis, Oignies Offices, Design

BT01, Offices Building at site 9-9bis, Oignies, France

9/9bis mine conversion project – design by Hérault Arnod Architectes

23 Apr 2012

BT01 Offices Building – Oignies

Oignies, south of Lille, north east France

Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes

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The first completed part of the 9/9bis mine conversion project in Oignies is this small office building. It is the first part of “Bois du Métaphone”, a set of structures intended for offices and a hotel. This building is based on a small brick construction, a former garage converted into offices, with a modern addition. The new part is attached to the existing structure and the top floor extends into an overhang above the roof. The facade of the existing house and the wall below the overhang are faced with mirrored stainless steel panels, which reflect the brick walls and the tile roofing: this mirror effect blurs the boundaries between the old and new sections.

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The structure of the new building is steel, picking up the materials of the old mine buildings, which are primarily brick, but with technical adjuncts made of steel (mineshafts, water tower, frames, etc.). The top floor overhang is supported by two external truss beams, which also pick up the essence of the mine buildings. The glass facades alternate between fixed sections, made of clear glass protected by external blinds, and opening sections, made of tinted glass with a very low solar factor. Openwork metal walkways outside the offices provide users with an extended outdoor space, as well as a platform for maintenance work on the glass facades.

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BT01 Oignies – Building Information

Title: BT01, Offices Building at site 9-9bis Location
• Mine site 9-9bis – Oignies (Pas-de-Calais)

Client
•Hénin-Carvin Conurbation Committee

Project management
• Hérault Arnod Architectes, lead architect
• Michel Forgue, economics
• Batiserf, structure
• Nicolas, fluids

Area
• 1 385 m²

Cost of works
• €2 million before tax

Timetable
• Delivered in 2010

Main features
• Refurbishment and building addition of old workshop
• Four open space’s floors

Images
• Labtop-rendering
• Hérault Arnod

Models
• Atelier Fau
• Hérault Arnod

Photos
• Model and site: Hérault Arnod Architectes

BT01 Offices Building Oignies images / information from Hérault Arnod Architectes

Hérault Arnod Architectes

Mine site 9-9bis, Oignies, France
ongoing
Oignies coalmine
image : Labtop-rendering
Oignies coalmine

The Metaphone – Oignies, north east France
The Metaphone Oignies
image : Thomas Seriès – Labtop, Hérault Arnod
The Metaphone – Oignies

5 Mar 2018
9-9 bis Transformation of a Former Mine Site Into a Cultural Complex, Oignies, France
9-9 Bis Cultural Complex in Oignies
photo : André Morin
9-9 bis Oignies

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