the disclosing of Qpark Ravet within the historic heart of Chambéry
Situated as a curved and translucent quantity within the historic heart of Chambéry, FranceQPark Ravet is a brand new 499 areas parking complicated designed by Herault Arnaud Architectures, along with the artist Krijn de Koning. The road, constructed within the first half of the 19th century and lined with arcades, results in the citadel of the Dukes of Savoy, a landmark from the 12th century, passing the well-known Elephant Fountain. Reverse the citadel, the road perspective converges in the direction of Q-Park Ravet, framing a picturesque mountain backdrop.
Contemplating the historic context, the architects sought to stability the purely utilitarian high quality of the Ravet by presenting a sculptural crimson belvedere on the street-castle axis. This distinctive quantity was imagined in collaboration with the artist.
all photos © Cyrille Weiner
a translucent quantity with comfortable contours
The crew at Hérault Arnod Architectures organized QPark Ravet in a triangle, with rounded corners that decrease the mass impact and create elegant, disappearing strains to make the constructing seem smaller than it’s. These curves on the finish of the triangle additionally correspond with the rounded edges of the neighboring buildings – additional mixing the brand new construction into its context.
Complementing this ‘softening’ impact is a translucent facade with a U-shaped steel profile that wraps across the constructing from avenue degree to the highest flooring. Between these steel sections, strips of glass masks the inside in a visual and visual sample inside and outdoors the storage complicated.
‘The facades are 50% hole, so the automotive park is taken into account exempt from hearth rules, and these are clad in vertical strips of glass laid at 45° (60% recycled glass and enamelled to be opalescent). The empty voids create quite a lot of further views of town. By day, the performance of the constructing is absolutely displayed. At evening, perceptions change because of the inside mild that lightly engraves the city panorama. explains the observe.
The inside of the triangular courtyard is a backyard planted with scrub vegetation – ferns, periwinks, maples, hydrangeas and extra. The south-facing terrace has Mediterranean-type vegetation with umbrella pines, figs, lavender and herbs.
The cantilever belvedere was designed along with the artist krijn de koning
belvedere, a sculptural piece with picturesque views
Whereas Hérault Arnod Architectures established the useful layer, artist Krijn de Koning stepped in to design a sculptural side of QPark Ravet. Hooked up to the principle constructing, the putting crimson and cantilevered belvedere provides the constructing a public and concrete dimension, enabling a brand new approach to embrace town. It may be accessed through an exterior staircase to the second flooring, with out going by means of the storage. From the highest, dealing with the Rue de Boigne, it provides an imposing panorama of the cityscape, the river, the citadel and the Alps.
‘Descending the belvedere staircase places you on the axis of the road and is framed at mid-height to spotlight a singular perspective of the historic metropolis. Within the different course, the road perspective ends with the mountain backdrop and the mix of curved, translucent volumes of the parking zone and the sculptural belvedere that leans towards it within the metropolis avenue axis. The architectural gesture relies on the complementarity between the curved, minimal and translucent parking zone facades and the sculptural, orthogonal and colourful sky bar. This mix of parking and belvedere provides the constructing its distinctive identification. In accordance with this concept, the collaboration with Krijn de Koning was established,’ finish the observe.
guests can entry the belvedere through an exterior staircase on the second flooring
on the roof of the parking zone, shading constructions geared up with photovoltaic cells shelter automobiles