![Le Coruscant / Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés - Windows, Brick, Facade, Cityscape](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5604/05ef/e58e/ce79/a500/0143/newsletter/portada_photo-sergio-grazia-BRENAC_GONZALEZ-bureaux-st_denis-IMP-B-18.jpg?1443104230)
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Architects: Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:Sergio Grazia
![Le Coruscant / Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés - Windows, Facade, Cityscape](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5604/03f2/e58e/ce47/7400/0135/newsletter/photo-sergio-grazia-BRENAC_GONZALEZ-bureaux-st_denis-IMP-B-03.jpg?1443103720)
Text description provided by the architects. The origami-like folded metallic envelope makes it possible to unify office, studio and activity specifications and creates a singular esthetic that relies mainly on environmental ambitions.
![Le Coruscant / Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés - Facade, Windows, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5604/0502/e58e/ce47/7400/013c/newsletter/photo-sergio-grazia-BRENAC_GONZALEZ-bureaux-st_denis-IMP-B-30.jpg?1443103993)
The project is across from the Landy Studios, already built on the other side of a mall with greenery. The interior throughway is extended by the rue des Lumières that creates an initial hyphen of the volume via a passageway under a porch and connected to the rue Rameau.
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The scheme is comprised of activity space requiring large volumes and offices. In such a configuration choosing vertical windows provides thermal efficiency, a good daylight-factor coefficient and specific esthetics highlighted by the presence of a pleated metal cape. This envelope unifies the specifications and meets the project’s environmental ambitions.
![Le Coruscant / Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés - Windows, Facade, Glass, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5604/0488/e58e/ce47/7400/0139/newsletter/photo-sergio-grazia-BRENAC_GONZALEZ-bureaux-st_denis-IMP-B-19.jpg?1443103869)
The façade is composed of two ensembles:
- An insulated façade encased in natural anodized aluminum, opened by a succession of varnished natural-wood window frames that open in the French manner. This arrangement enables cleaning from the inside and improves ventilation and natural smoke extraction.
![Le Coruscant / Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5604/05af/e58e/ce47/7400/0142/newsletter/photo-sergio-grazia-BRENAC_GONZALEZ-bureaux-st_denis-IMP-B-52.jpg?1443104165)
- An expanded champagne-colored anodized aluminum cape that enables the whole building to be covered by a unitary and changing skin that also serves as a guardrail and a shade screen.
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![Le Coruscant / Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés - Deck](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5604/0535/e58e/ce47/7400/013e/newsletter/photo-sergio-grazia-BRENAC_GONZALEZ-bureaux-st_denis-IMP-B-35.jpg?1443104044)
This overlapping creates a woven effect on the outer surface and creates genuine unity to the entire project. The building enjoys a very high level of energy efficiency. To achieve this, the façade’s window space was limited to 50% to reduce a maximum of thermal loss.
![Le Coruscant / Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés - Windows, Cityscape, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5604/059f/e58e/ce47/7400/0141/newsletter/photo-sergio-grazia-BRENAC_GONZALEZ-bureaux-st_denis-IMP-B-51.jpg?1443104149)