Through Xavier Paccagnella
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300 people attended this Tuesday, October 12 at Mas de Saporta (Lattes) in the eighteenth edition of the Silver Pyramids, organized by la Federation of real estate developers Occitanie Méditerranée within the framework of Les Pyramides d’Or competition (National level). Several prizes were thus awarded, including a regional Grand Prize which automatically qualifies its winner for the national edition.
36 files in the running
This year, the Occitanie-Mediterranean Regional Chamber received 36 applications which were presented by 20 real estate developers who are members of the regional federation, or 6 cases less than in 2020. “The number of applications submitted for the Concours des Pyramides 2021 in Occitanie-Méditerranée, shows a slight decrease compared to the previous year. A decrease that we owe to the shortage of land and the drop in the number of operations started, in particular in the Montpellier Metropolis ”, justifies Laurent Villaret, president of the FPI Occitanie-Méditerranée.
The prize list
This year, nine prizes will have been awarded, each under the aegis of a different partner who determines the selection criteria according to its own specifications.
The regional Grand Prize: “So’Roch” in Montpellier ZAC Nouveau Saint-Roch (Arcade Promotion)
The Pyramide d’Or and the Pyramide d’Argent “Regional Grand Prix” (partner: Caisse d’Epargne) distinguish the project or achievement that has met all the criteria requested for: the Pyramid of Industrial Innovation, Pyramid of urban diversity excluding area criteria (SDP) and that of the Conduct responsible for operations.
Description by FPI Occitanie: So’Roch is a unique project. The most striking feature of this project is its social impact with 26 housing units with controlled access. So’Roch is a setting in the heart of Montpellier, supporting social and generational diversity. So’Roch embodies the Arcade Group’s desire to create life supports that are both economically accessible and conducive to better living and health. Arcade Promotion’s vocation is to support people in a healthy, desirable and resilient life experience. The body of the building is in white concrete, with a particular work of cutting the facade which offers a work combining character and modernity. The facade is obtained by an inverted frame. It works in fact by the full and not by the vacuum. This gives the building an assertive materiality.
Another strong point of this operation: its shared and furnished rooftop which will be a privileged support to promote living together and the culture of co-ownership.
Architect: MDR (Montpellier)
Other awarded projects
The Industrial Innovation Pyramid (partner: GIP)
Laureate: “Les Villégiales des 3 Fontaines” in Nîmes (Les Villégiales)
The corporate real estate pyramid (partner: SMABTP)
Laureate: “Or’Izon” – Or Méditerranée Industry Park in Mauguio (Icade)
The Pyramid of urban diversity (partner: Koregraf)
Laureate: “ Kaélis ”in Montpellier (SOGEPROM PRAGMA)
The Responsible Conduct of Operations Pyramid (partner: Apave)
Laureate: “Mikasa” in Montpellier Ovalie (ICADE + NG Promotion)
The Low Carbon Building Pyramid (partner: EDF)
Laureate: “Parc Rimbaud” in Montpellier (M&A)
The Pyramid of the first realizations (partner: Banque Populaire)
Laureate: “Meiyo” in Castelnau-le-Lez (Arvita Concept)
The Jury’s favorite
The Special Jury Prize is a regional uniquely prize which exceptionally rewards a jury favorite.
Winner: “Hermès 56” in Montpellier ZAC EAI (M&A)
This courtyard building project is part of the long history of private mansions from the 17th to the 19th century in Montpellier. Most of these buildings are organized around a mineral courtyard planted with Mediterranean species, as well as a French garden. These mansions are often accessible through imposing porches, a criterion that the architect has retained in the design of his project. This architecture has allowed the creation of a heart of plant and mineral island, which will bring well-being and privacy to residents. In addition, in order to perfect the “bourgeois” feeling of this exceptional residence, the porches, serving as entrance halls, will be enhanced with the same natural stones as those present on the facade. A way of paying homage to the Renaissance palaces from which HERMES 56 was inspired.
Faced with the architectural will of the SERM, HERMÈS 56 had to adopt the codes of the military barracks of the EAI ZAC while bringing elegance and modernity. HERMÈS 56 takes up the codes of military barracks with this block with straight lines and the rhythm given to its facade, while bringing modernity through its warm and soft colors highlighted by stone facades.
It is therefore an architectural aesthetic mixing history and modernity that fits perfectly into the new urban environment of the district.
Architect: West 8 (Rotterdam) and BPA Architecture (Montpellier)
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“Aware of the strengths of their territory and of its diversity, the developers who are members of the regional federation show exceptional dynamism and position themselves in a very rich real estate approach. The operations presented as part of this 2021 Silver Pyramids competition are proof of this. The promoters have long anticipated the problem of the “sustainable city” and the uses of tomorrow. Real estate development is constantly reinventing itself, whether through ecology, architecture or even art, ”concludes Laurent Villaret.
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