30 Housing Units, Offices and Sports Hall in Lyon

  • Elevational drawing of Tectoniques’ mixed-use residential block with offices and sports hall in Lyon, showing a stepped urban frontage with a glazed ground-floor plinth for tertiary and sports functions, surmounted by a mid- and high-rise volume of housing articulated in vertical bays. The façade alternates light-colored solid panels and timber cladding, with a regular grid of recessed windows and balconies, while rooftop vegetation and planted terraces indicate accessible outdoor spaces. A more transparent corner zone suggests circulation cores and common areas, and a faint outline of an adjacent tower and trees situates the project within its urban context.
    Tectoniques

Project description

The E4 North block is located between the railway tracks and Cours Charlemagne, giving it a specific position and geometry within the Confluence district. The buildings are arranged in a U-shape to open to the south and create a wet garden at the centre of the block. Access-gallery typologies provide fully cross-ventilated dwellings. A base of porticoes ensures the unity of the whole on the public space. The sports hall is a semi-underground facility that emerges to the south onto the garden, while the Panama building combines two office levels and housing, drawing on elements of Lyon’s domestic architecture.

Project details

  • Address
    140 Cours Charlemagne, Lyon, Rhône
  • Dates
    Ongoing since 2023
  • Programme
    30 housing units, 4 office floors, multi-sports gymnasium
  • Surface area
    5,440 m2
  • Budget
    11.2 M€
  • Regulatory framework
    RE 2020 niveau 2025 – Cep – 30 %
  • Carbon emissions
    52 kgCO2eq/m2
  • Energy consumption
    74.8 kWh/m2/year
  • Labels
    Bâtiment biosourcé niveau 3
  • Notable details
    Recovery of greywater from the housing units for the gymnasium’s adiabatic air handling unit and the office toilets.

Credits

  • Client
    Vinci Immobilier
  • Project management
    Tectoniques (architect), Lipsky+Rollet (architect), Tectoniques Ingénieurs (timber structure, concrete structure), Katene (MEP engineering), Milieu Studio (sustainability consultant), VPEAS (cost consultant), Studis (roads and utilities), Phytorestore (landscape architect)

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