Archetech Issue 71 2024 | Page 32

ARCHITECTURAL FOCUS

MAISON LAVANDE

THE ART OF OPENING UP TO NATURE
ISSASTUDIO opens the doors of Maison Lavande ’ s administrative center in the lower Laurentians region of in Quebec . Operating in the agrotourism and lavender perfumery sector , Maison Lavande is a family-run company that is well known and appreciated by Quebecers . To mark the company ’ s progress and continuity , it had to relocate and expand its current production center - La Fabrique des Filles - to centralize its design activities . This change provides the company with a larger production area for its various lavender-derived products .
The project With a desire to offer their employees a workspace focused on their well-being , the proposal of a natureoriented environment was a natural fit . The new plant is located in an industrial district , and as the team was leaving a bucolic rural environment , it was important
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