Market Hall in Marcy-l'Étoile

  • Open market hall in Marcy-l’Étoile with a square hipped timber roof on slender black steel columns, forming a covered multipurpose space on the town square.
  • Timber and steel Market Hall in Marcy-l’Étoile, showing the hipped roof and interwoven glued-laminated grid resting on slender black steel columns.
  • Timber market hall roof in Marcy-l’Étoile, showing interwoven glued-laminated slats and black steel hangers forming a three-dimensional structural grid.
  • View up into the Market Hall roof in Marcy-l'Étoile, showing the square glued-laminated timber grid and central skylight framed by interwoven beams.
  • Construction of the Market Hall in Marcy-l’Étoile, showing the prefabricated glued-laminated timber hipped roof grid resting on black steel columns.
    Construction of the Market Hall in Marcy-l’Étoile, showing the prefabricated timber roof grid being craned onto steel perimeter columns on the town square.
    Construction of the Market Hall in Marcy-l’Étoile, showing the prefabricated glued-laminated timber roof grid lifted onto slender steel perimeter columns.
    Construction view of the Market Hall in Marcy-l’Étoile, showing the interwoven glued-laminated timber roof grid on black steel columns with site equipment below.

    Hoisting and positioning of the framework

Project description

The hall provides a covered multipurpose space on the main square in the town centre. Its simple form, a hipped roof inscribed in a 21‑metre square, is structured by a timber frame made of interwoven glued-laminated timber slats. Connected to each other by metal hangers, these slats form a three-dimensional grid bearing loads in both directions. The whole structure, prefabricated and erected in a single operation, rests on a perimeter beam clamping black steel columns that incorporate blinds and building services.

Project details

Credits

  • Client
    Commune de Marcy l'Étoile
  • Lead architect
    Tectoniques (architect)
  • Project management
    Tectoniques Ingénieurs (cost consultant, MEP engineering, concrete structure), Arborescence (timber structure)
  • Photography
    Renaud Araud

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