Renovation of the Headquarters for an International Company

Location : Paris 16
Surface : 4200 m²
Role: Local Architect and Site Supervision with Agilité Solutions
Status: Complete

Mellett Architects were engaged as the local architects for the interior renovation of the office building of a multinational company in Paris.

The building is situated on a beautiful site in the 16th arrondissement of Paris with remarkable views of the Seine and the Eiffel Tower.

The project consists of 7 floors (600m² for each floor) and a roof terrace.

We worked on the construction and synthesis drawings and supervised the construction.

Philips headquarters – Paris- France

 

Project: A new French headquarters for Philips
Surface : 1 900  m2
Role : Architect for the general contractor (execution)
Status : Completed

 

We were engaged as architect for the general contractor in the creation of the new Philips offices located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. The project combined three existing entities into the new site requiring the inclusion of a large variety of state-of-the-art technical installations.

Bryant St – San Francisco – USA

 

Location: San Francisco, USA
Project: Renovation and change of use
Surface: 3 300 m2
Status : Project

 

Remodelling and restructuring of two adjoint commercial buildings into a one office complex.

Primark – Paris (75), France

 

Location: Paris, France
Project: Clothing store
Surface: 6155 m2
Status : Completed

 

Mellett Architects assisted the Primark brand and their general contractor Réponse as local architects, delivering this 6155 m2 store in the Belle Epine shopping centre located outside of Paris.

The process involved adapting the design to local regulations, coordinating between the client, their architect, the contractor and various subcontractors as well as preparing and seeing through the administrative and permission processes as required by local authorities.

Wineyard – Pauillac (33) – France

 

Location: Pauillac, France
Project:  Renovation and new development 
DRole: Architect / Urban planner
Status: Project

Our proposed project for the renovation and modernization of this winery in Bordeaux, founded in 1722, studies and considers the roots and history of this family business to provide a sound basis for its development into the future.

We analyzed the present facilities and at the client’s request proposed new ones, increasing the surface area by 3 300 m2. The most recent technologies for wine processing were included in our proposal.

We also proposed an adaptation of existing buildings, a surface area of 10 000 m2, to include facilities for wine tourism, trade, restaurants and a new administrative block, as well as a complete review of the landscaping of the whole site.

Projects for Renault – France and Brazil

 

Location: Le Havre, France
Project: Competition for the New Projects Development Centre
Surface: 35 000 m2
Role: Architect
Status: Completed

Our winning competition-entry for the new projects development center in Le Havre was built in an abandoned industrial section of Renault’s prestigious manufacturing plant. We created a village composed of various quarters around a central square open to the sky. The “butterfly” section developed from the decision to retain both the seven meter high 1960’s curtain wall which provides a view across the chalk cliffs of the Seine and the seven meter high glass façade. 

Factset Offices – Amsterdam – The Netherlands

 

Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Project: Offices
Surface: 1300 m2
Role: Architect and interior design
Status: Completed

 

This Amsterdam headquarters is our third project for Factset, a financial analysis group. It includes an open space working environment, various conference and meeting rooms, other support functions and kitchen facilities; these are clustered around the core of a recently constructed building in the heart of Amsterdam’s financial center.

American Battle Monuments Commission Offices – Paris (75) – France

 

Location: Paris, France
Project: Headquarters
Surface: 1 800 m2
Role: Architect
Status: Project

 

Our project “the Paris Village” for the new American Battle Monuments Commission Headquarters in Paris encompasses the client’s values: rigor, order, security, strength, pride and emotion in place and history”.

 

Our proposal expands all the emotions of time and sacrifice connected to this prestigious organization.

Mixed Use Development – Angers (49) – France

 

Location: Angers, France
Project: Mixed use development in the city centre
Surface: 30 000 m2
Role: Architect
Status: Project

Our proposal for this important mixed-use development project in the historic centre of Angers in France’s Loire valley combines range of new functions — retail, housing, hotel, shopping center — into the existing urban fabric.

Working with the city’s preservation department we were able to maintain the striking architectural qualities of this site which comprises a 1930’s post office and several historic bank buildings, as well as a cinema built in the 1920’s. We linked the renovation projects together by covering rue Franklin Roosevelt (120m x 15m) with a state-of-the-art engineered arcade inspired by 19th and 20th century European shopping arcades.
Pedestrian bridges connect the various of levels and functions of this unusual inner-city mixed-use urban preservation and development project.

Thales Middle-East Headquarters – Athens – Greece

 

Location: Athens, Greece
Project: Headquarters
Surface: 17 000 m2
Role: Architect
Status: Project

 

This internationally renowned electronics company asked us to design a new eastern European headquarters complex including laboratories, manufacturing facilities and recreation facilities for employees.