Evergreen campus reception pavilion
Arte Charpentier Architectes
Arte Charpentier Architectes designed an
innovative and challenging structure for
the entry to the Evergreen campus.
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Right at Paris’ doorstep, the Evergreen
Campus hosts the Crédit Agricole’s head
office. Multiple corporate entities share
this space; the entire campus revolves
around a central park that acts as its
green lung.
The reception pavilion spans on 600 m2
and two levels. A familiar landmark for
those who work on the campus, it also
helps visitors find their way more easily.
This architectural structure opens the
campus to the city and is in line with
the site’s environmental vocation. Nine
bending radiuses were necessary for the
metallic exterior’s complex design:
- The “comma”, that protects the
personnel’s entries with its porch;
- The pavilion in itself, mostly glassed, by
which visitors enter the site at street level
and can access the campus at the first
level inside.
The building manages to cohesively
blend its contemporary design to create
a welcoming atmosphere in a fully
functional environment.
At street level visitors are welcomed
under an awe-inspiring vaulted arch lit
by colored LED lines s howcasing different
lighting patterns. At campus level a space
that is largely open to the park can be
used to host temporary exhibitions. It is
also able to receive an audience, as was
asked by the Montrouge municipality.
The building’s clear and bright tones
express its modern and rigorous craft.
The pavilion renews the site’s image,
becomes the Evergreen campus’ store
window and expresses the Crédit
Agricole’s values of innovation and
efficiency by displaying its architectural
boldness.
Arte Charpentier led the architecture,
interior design and landscaping missions
on the project.