With a request from the client for a contemporary and timeless design in order to match the Institution that it would represent, h2o Architectes transforms this “technical tool” into a space of representation and communication for the Minister and its politicians. As a result, the Ministry of Agriculture now has a performing tool which combines poetry and rigour in a flexible and controlled environment. More images and architects’ description after the break.
A high number of technical equipments and utilities needed to be integrated in the suspended ceiling in order to a clear a clean, bright and sun filled space. This sensitive space is located at the ground floor of the Ministry, rue de Varenne in Paris, in a monument listed for Historical Monuments Preservation. Two existing massive columns were supporting the four upper levels. These were problematic for the use of the space and have been suppressed to fully reveal the newly opened volume.
