30 Housing Units, Offices and Sports Hall in Lyon

  • Site plan of the E4 North block in Lyon’s Confluence, showing U-shaped housing, offices and semi-underground sports hall between railway and riverfront.
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    View of the E4 North block in Lyon: U-shaped timber-clad housing and offices framing a central wet garden above a semi-underground sports hall.
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    Light-filled sports hall in the E4 North block, Lyon, with timber trusses, glazed side wall, pale multi-sport floor and end wall for climbing and games.
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  • Site plan of the E4 North block in Lyon, showing U-shaped housing, offices and semi-underground sports hall set between railway lines, streets and garden.

    Site plan

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  • Axonometric drawing of the E4 North block in Lyon, showing U-shaped housing slab over semi-underground sports hall, roof garden and cross-ventilated galleries.

    Axonometric view

  • Ground plan of the semi-underground sports hall in the E4 North block, Lyon, showing the main court, service band, circulation cores and garden interface.

    RDC plan

  • Ground plan of the semi-underground sports hall in the E4 North block, Lyon, showing the main court, changing rooms, service areas and garden access.

    R-1 plan

  • Technical plan of the E4 North block in Lyon, showing U-shaped housing slab, access cores and semi-underground sports hall opening onto a patterned wet garden.

    Niveau type bureaux plan

  • Upper-floor plan of the E4 North housing block in Lyon, showing a linear gallery-access layout with cross-ventilated flats and continuous south-facing balcony.

    Niveau type logements plan

  • Section drawing of the E4 North block in Lyon, showing semi-underground sports hall, vertical circulation tower and landscaped roof garden connection.

    Transversale section

  • Section drawing of the E4 North block in Lyon, showing U-shaped housing, semi-underground sports hall and office tower above a continuous portico base.

    Longitudinale section

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    Nord elevation

  • Elevation drawing of the E4 North block in Lyon, showing U-shaped housing, office base and semi-underground sports hall with regular façades and planted edges.

    Sud elevation

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 dwellings, 4 office floors, multi-sports gymnasium, climbing structure
  • 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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