Watertank

The operation was delivered in 2021. While still in service, the booster station and two semi-buried 2,000m² drinking water tanks were demolished and rebuilt. (Client: SEDIF). The site is located on the Route du Pavé des Gardes Sèvres… in the heart of the forest. The project created a landscape immersed within the forest. Massive for the most part, three optical illusions integrated construction. First, a composition of cylindrical geometries reduces the visual impact of the volumes on the forest. Furthermore, tank walls are lined with 540 Corten steel blades (6cm wide/1.2cm thick), inclined and twisted upon themselves in visual harmony with the forest colours. The infrastructure building, which supplies an entir... More