The Lavandières Economic Activity Zone project provides for the development of an office building and business premises, totaling an area of more than 3,000 m2. Aware of the impact of such a construction, we sought to offer the client a base material which could, by its intrinsic qualities, reduce the ecological footprint of the project. We then became interested in limestone, naturally present in the basements of the region (Oise quarries). Apart from its extraction, its transport and its implementation, it does not require any additional energy expenditure or any surface treatment (no heat, no scraps, no coating, no chemical product). It is a raw material resulting from a slow maturation on a geological scale. It keeps in it the traces of the fluctuations of nature but also the memory of its balances. The beauty of its texture echoes this tumultuous past, a fusion of colored strata, translucent minerals and organic fossils. We suggest using it in massive structural blocks to take advantage of its inertia qualities, naturally regulating the temperature differences between the seasons. This stone is also relatively permeable to water vapour. It therefore allows passive hygrometric regulation.
Programme | Warehouse and Offices |
Lieu | Le Mesnil Amelot, France |
Client | Rhéa |
Surface | 3 170 m² |
Budget | 2 300 000 €HT |
Date | 2022 |