#deconstruction

Although a harbour office is a relatively modest building compared to the scale of a harbour, it is its nerve center, its image must therefore stand out to everyone. How to express it, especially when its height is limited to two levels, as is the case in Carnon? Its visibility, from the inside as well as the outside, is of course essential. The particular position of the Carnon harbour office, at the end of two urban perspectives, obviously required additional comprehensibility, for motorists and pedestrians for instance. Wedged in the narrow corner of two quays, it could not obstruct their passage, but on the contrary encourage them to continue their walk along the water’s edge. Julien Thomazo Thus, the overhang and the sway... More