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Contemporary look for La Marinière residence

New Rockpanel Stones and Rockpanel Colours façade cladding boards have given the eight buildings of the La Marinière residence in Brétigny-sur-Orge (France), originally built in 1969, a contemporary look. But there’s more than meets the eye – the renovation also has a major contribution to energy performance and fire protection.

The La Marinière residence in Brétigny-sur-Orge, located south of Paris, has received a thorough energy renovation, that was completed end of 2020. The energy efficiency improved from energy label F to label C, which means the energy consumption was been reduced with about 2/3. The eight buildings, owned by GCD Habitat, contain 200 housing units and were radically transformed, also in terms of aesthetics. AIP Architects took the opportunity to recompose the facades of the buildings, which now look more contemporary thanks to a mix of materials. The Rockpanel cladding – Rockpanel Stones Mineral Chalk and Rockpanel Colours were used here – stands out with their freedom of design, durability, resistance, contribution to thermal insulation and fire safety.

Used products:

Rockpanel Stones Gamme stone Mineral Chalk + Rockpanel Colours

Social housing renovation

Project architect Eva Molina from AIP Architects talks about the project: "Our ambition when renovating social housing projects, in addition to thermal renovation, is to change the perception through a qualitative approach. The La Marinière residence still functioned well, but was aging and in need of a makeover. That was also the desire of the city of Bretigny-sur-Orge, which is very involved in its renovation programs."

For the transformation, it was important that the initial characteristics of the building were taken into account: "The frame, a column and beam structure with visible frames, was originally dressed with diamond-tipped concrete panels." For the thermal insulation, it was important to find a system that could be fixed to these panels. Eva Molina: “As the system should not be too heavy, we turned to a ventilated facade construction. In addition, the materials had to fit the budget and above all, integrate non-combustible materials.”

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Aesthetic choices

The architect paid specific attention to the choice of colour. "We chose light gray facade boards installed at storey height, and anthracite boards installed in a 30 cm horizontal slat. Both are 8 mm thick, to achieve perfect flatness."

This choice also allowed her to rework the composition of the facades. The majority of the facade surface became flatter by adding external insulation and Rockpanel boards, but not all of it: “We infused a slightly different rhythm into the facade. The original pattern, however, remained visible on the balconies, with visible splits. It was about keeping those very rhythmic hollows visible and concealing the rest of the facade behind the cladding. We could make a reference to the old looks of the building by grouping lines and supports, in order to underline this weft effect.”

Project information:

Architect: AIP Architects
Contractor: COLAS BATIMENT
Building owner: EFFIDIS
Address: 20, RUE Albert Camus, Bretigny sur Orge, France
Rockpanel products: Rockpanel Stone Mineral Chalk & Rockpanel Colours

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Used products:

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Rockpanel Stones

Since visionary architecture has always disregarded limitations – why not challenge nature itself? With Rockpanel Stones, gravity appears to have been outsmarted. Let yourself be inspired by the astonishing characteristics of this natural material and incorporate the impressive versatility of Rockpanel Stones in your creative planning.

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Rockpanel Colours

Imagine the freedom of choosing any colour you like from an artist’s palette and then painting your building in the perfect tone of your choice. That’s the choice you have with the Rockpanel Colours range.

We manufacture board material mostly used in ventilated constructions, for facade cladding, roof detailing, soffits and fascias.