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Located in Aubervilliers, in Seine-Saint-Denis to the north of Paris, this project converts an industrial site by reusing two former Piver factory buildings and transforming them into offices and teaching spaces. Working from these buildings constructed in 1927, the project opens up the site by creating a landscaped public street, a new pedestrian route between Pantin and Aubervilliers which links existing spaces and offers new outdoor uses.

The programmes of ENS Louis-Lumière are integrated through the interior reorganisation of the premises into flexible spaces. The brief is broken down into small units and distributed across the different floors, freeing up wide corridors that become places for meeting, experimentation and filming. The existing façades are fully restored and upgraded to meet the energy targets of RE2020.

Through the organisation of the programme, on-site energy production and the high-performance refurbishment of the envelope, the buildings achieve an E3 / C1 energy level, making this conversion a demonstrator of frugal transformation of industrial heritage.

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