Architecture France
Headquarters EPA ORSA
Choisy-Le-Roy
Located in a 1970’s real estate project in the Parisian suburb, the project radically transforms the first floor of an old shopping mall into EPA’s business premises with a supermarket still in activity on the ground floor. The proximity of the Seine and the footprint of the nearby bridge give to this ordinary place an extraordinary geographical and urban position that the project reveals and amplifies.
An "active sensor: facing the rising sun, at the entrance of a bridge of spanning the Seine River, the building imposes discreetly through its dominant lookout situation, as a connection to the territory, visible day and night. A large canopy protects the entrance of the project by refracting and filtering the light. It invites visitors to access the EPA offices.