Native studio Atelier Man Architects has accomplished an all-timber workplace and manufacturing facility for engineering agency SmartMill in Lévis, Quebec.
Accomplished in January 2022, the ethereal, 2,000-square metre (21,500-square foot) facility displays the services of the shopper, Quebec wooden merchandise producer SmartMill, and has a construction made with glued-laminated (glulam) timber columns and ground plates.
The constructing consists of two lots: a sq. two-story administrative pavilion with an inside courtyard and an oblong workshop with a low barrel vault roof.
“The architectural design was centered round an natural inside courtyard [that] breaks up the quantity and creates a robust connection between the inside and the outside,” the Atelier Man Architectes crew instructed Dezeen. “This ends in open shiny areas which are intimately related to nature and the outside.”
“The usage of wooden in most components of the constructing was a design selection that displays the shopper and our agency’s mixed imaginative and prescient and need to advertise the usage of native timber and construct sustainably,” the studio continued.
The administration constructing is clad in native, low-maintenance Easter white cedar, organized in each streamlined vertical planks and board and batten siding that provides texture and shadow to the facade.
A curtain wall with high-performance, low-emissivity glass wraps the second ground of the north and west sides, and vertical home windows cut up the siding alongside the bottom ground.
The west-facing, U-shaped courtyard is open to the road on the bottom ground and is bordered by a second-floor glass bridge that holds workplace areas.
Curved inside corners soften the landscaped courtyard and clear partitions convey gentle into the constructing’s inside and the central architectural staircase.
Above, windowed workplaces run alongside the perimeter of the constructing whereas an open workspace and lounge overlooks the courtyard.
“Consisting of three giant triangulated sections of glued-laminated timber components, the construction presents a column-free span, which permits for nice flexibility within the structure,” the studio stated.
“The common body of glue-laminated wooden posts serves each as the principle structural system and as assist for the massive home windows.”
The inside materials palette is straightforward – polished concrete flooring with uncovered aggregates and white partitions fade to the background and permit the uncovered timber construction to be the accent.
The engineered timber construction continues into the single-story manufacturing facility house, however the orthogonal design transitions to an arched roof made from lengthy, curved glue-laminated timber trusses that permit for an uninterrupted 22-metre span throughout the manufacturing ground.
“It options excessive ceilings able to accommodating two overhead cranes required for operations,” the studio stated. “The simplicity of the timber roof and the combination of a large horizontal window on the high of the workshop contributes to the outstanding high quality of the work surroundings.”
The positioning was planted with conifers and northern small fruit crops, and the river stone draining strips are built-in with the inexperienced areas to handle water runoff within the industrial context.
“Total, the venture showcases the usage of sustainable supplies, considerate design for daylighting and thermal regulation, integration of inexperienced areas and stormwater administration,” the studio stated. “The usage of wooden as a renewable and native useful resource additional reduces the environmental footprint of the constructing.”
Related tasks embrace the campus of a close-by tech firm by Atelier Pierre Thibault. Accomplished in 2016, the OVH workplace consists of a big picket walkway that traverses the inside.
The images is by Charles O’Hara.
Undertaking credit:
Structure crew: Vincent Beaudoin / Catherine Bouchard / Dany Berthelot
Contractor: Ronam Constructions inc.
Engineering (construction & civil): Genie
Engineering (MEP&HVAC): CBTEC
Glue-laminated construction: Artwork Massif
