THE FOCUS

Spécial Immobilier de Bureaux – Old warehouses, new offices

RECYCLING, HIGH-TECH BEEHIVES AND FACTORIES OF THE PAST GO HAND IN HAND

” Factory. It’s a similar story in Marseilles, where the Docks, a historic building emblematic of the port of Marseilles, is writing a new page in its history.
It was among these revamped warehouses that the archimage agency redeveloped JP Morgan’s offices: “We used to go to great lengths to hide the industrial side of a place, but now we highlight it through its decoration.
Sometimes with happy surprises, such as the demolition of these false ceilings, which led to the recovery of superb brick vaults,” says Alexanda Corric, director of archimage. Whether at the Docks de Marseille or in the building in the 16th arrondissement of Paris where we worked with Foncière des Régions for digital strategy consultancy Onepoint, old bricks and Eiffel structures have reinforced the corporate identity and enhanced the difference of office spaces that don’t seek to resemble those in the towers of La Défense, but rather atypical apartments where you feel at home”.

March 9, 2017

By Bruno Monier Vinard