Syctom Sorting Center Nanterre, French Contemporary Building Design, Le Dévéhat Vuarnesson Architectes, Architecture
Syctom Sorting Center Nanterre, Paris
18 May 2022
Architects: Le Dévéhat Vuarnesson Architectes (LVA)
Location: Nanterre, Paris, France
Photos by Guillaume Guerin
Syctom Sorting Center Nanterre Building
The agency Le Dévéhat Vuarnesson Architectes transformed the sorting center for selective collection of Syctom, a public household waste treatment service, in Nanterre, France.
The restructuring of the Nanterre sorting center is indicative of the LVA agency’s approach. Indeed, although it is an industrial building, it is now open to the neighborhood. Particular care was given to spatial qualities, qualities of use and working conditions of employees beyond the strict response to the ergonomic and safety standards.
Discovery
This 12,000 m² project (floor area), carried out as a full mission in association with La Superstructure, Patrice Gobert architecte et associés for Syctom, project owner, is guided by three major architectural principles : bringing natural light into buildings, develop outdoor spaces directly accessible from the work and rest rooms, contribute to the development of natural areas.
On a densely built and constrained plot (Flood Risk Prevention Plan), the stakes of the rehabilitation resided in the increase of the capacity of reception and treatment of the material (from 40,000 to 55,000 tons per year), in the reorganization of the overall operation of the site and in the upgrading and thermal and environmental renovation of the buildings. LVA organized a fluid and clear operation while preserving a maximum of existing constructions.
The contemporary architectural treatment of the sorting center expresses the mix of activities : industrial and tertiary. The site is part of an urban fabric in «production» and participates in its definition. District formerly dedicated to industrial activity, the development of the Guilleraies’s JDZ (Joint Development Zone) introduces many tertiary activities while consolidating its original vocation. Hence the importance of the relationship of the sorting center to the urban and landscaping development of the new district. The work becomes easily appropriated by local residents, and its relationship to the neighborhood is calmed.
The presence of green spaces changing with the seasons, the penetration of natural light, the new exterior spaces and the new views created enhance the working conditions by offering a new relationship to the site and the landscape.
Natural light in buildings:
Visual, acoustic and olfactory nuisances are dealt with at the scale of the building, for the comfort of the employees and for a softened urban impact.
The volumetric principle of the center, adapted to the different functions, has been retained : building A houses the administrative and social premises and the workshops; buildings E, B, C and D, dumping, reception and storage of the material collected, sorting, packaging and evacuation of the sorted material. The restructuring of the vehicle access area and the material reception area required the demolition and reconstruction of Building E and the demolition of the small radioactive material isolation building.
The mesh is the structuring element of the project, a balcony clings to it, the vegetation begins to climb there, it plays with the sun and draws large shadows on the facades, it is the coherence of the industrial tool.
Syctom Sorting Center Nanterre, France – Building Information
Project owner : Syctom, the metropolitan household waste agency, a major public player in waste management in Île-de-France.
Team : Le Dévéhat Vuarnesson Architectes in association with La Superstructure, Patrice Gobert architecte et associés and Thierry Dalcant landscaper ; Paprec group agent-manager ; Cathelain Entreprise Civil Engineering ; Ar-Val Process ; Inddigo Technical Studies Office ; Sim acoustician technical study office ; Area fluid technical design office ; Olfacto (dust removal-deodorization)
Mission : Design, construction and operation or maintenance contract.
Program : Restructuring of a selective collection sorting center
Ability : 55 000 T/year
Surface : 12 000 m2 floor area
Surface of the parcel : 18 500 m²
Calendar : Delivered in November 2021
Budget design realization : 40,6 M€ ex-tax (including process, non-operating)
Operation realized in BIM
Photo credits : Guillaume Guerin
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Location: Nanterre, Paris, France
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