Tafanel Logistics Hub and Offices, Paris (19ᵉ)
Located opposite the Centquatre cultural facility and between the Jardins d’Éole park and the rail-tracks of the Gare de l’Est, the Tafanel logistics hub is designed as an artificial landscape, a series of sheds on varied alignments creating a vast expanse of folds.
Street-side, a linear frontal façade runs for 450 straight metres opposite existing buildings. Reinforced glass is topped by a sheath of anodized aluminium. These layers, their base
a pre-existing blind wall that serves as a canvas for street art, become an ever-changing mirror, reflecting city-life and shifts of light.
Opposite the rails, the rhythmic folds of the roof-line are echoed in the façade, and generate an impression of acceleration and deceleration, creating a cinematic experience for train travellers.
| Client | Entreprise Tafanel |
| Area | 8,500 m² NIA |
| Tech. Cons. | EVP (structure), F. Boutté (Hqe), F. Bougon (costing), Epdc (HVAC), Peutz (acoustics) |
| Cost | €12 M before tax |
| Phase | Delivery april 2017 |
| Project manager | Mickaël Hassani |
| Mission | Complete |
| Project | 4,925 m² of warehousing and workshops, 1,130 m² of offices, 610 m² changing rooms |
| Hqe | RT 2012 thermal regs, offices and changing rooms |
| Photos | Takuji Shimmura, Camille Gharbi | Video | Kofescu |