Archetech Issue 52 2021 | Page 54

ARTE CHARPENTIER ARCHITECTES

SHIFT

REHABILITATION IN THE HEART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD IN FULL RENEWAL
Ideally located in a thriving neighborhood that is attracting many companies and administrations , SHIFT is conceived as an accelerator of transformation towards more collaborative ways of working and concerned about employee fulfillment .
Arte Charpentier Architectes was a rather special undertaking . The original office building , straddling the boundary between the 15th arrondissement of Paris and the district of Issy-les- Moulineaux , was designed and built by the same practice at the beginning of the 1990s for Unibail .
This heavy rehabilitation allowed the implementation of two major interventions who have brought the building out of self-imposed isolation and allowed it to reconnect with the city , setting up a renewed dialogue with the immediate surroundings :
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