Office Buildings

L’archipel, VINCI, Nanterre

Client

VINCI

Architects

Lead architect: VIGUIER office
Associate architect: Marc Mimram Architecture & Ingéniérie

Project duration

January 2018 – June 2021

Surface area

75,500 m2, including 1,500 m2 of commercial properties

The Archipel has been the VINCI Group’s new headquarters in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre since the end of 2021 and consists of 30 percent recyclable material in accordance with the strict Cradle to Cradle® (C2C) guidelines. This ambitious approach is in line with the high quality of working life and energy efficiency that the VINCI Group stands for. 

The ensemble of five buildings has over 75,500 square meters of gross floor space, including offices and stores. Almost 4,000 employees of the concession, energy and construction company have been coming together there since the end of 2021—and benefit from the healthy materials in the workplace. 

Added value

Expertise in C2C engineering

Services

  • C2C design of the building: 30% of the materials used are C2C or C2CEQ
  • Researching C2C alternatives during the design phase
  • C2C workplace consulting
  • Assistance in setting up a dynamic materials library containing the C2C characteristics of the selected products: how they can be disassembled, recycled, recovered, etc...