THE architectes, YTAA - Youssef Tohme Architects and Associates, Juan Cardona · Canopy

Juan Cardona

The project consists of 120 housing units and 3 business premisses. It occupies a key plot on the western edge of the isle of Nantes, at a walking distance from the "Hangar à bananes". The project is shaped like an " I ", with a five-storey podium and a eleven-storey tower strapped with balconies wrapped with butterfly shutters that evokes the ambiance of the nearby « Machines de l’île » . Every housing unit has an extra space (loggia, terrace or winter garden) that comes to complement the living area. To allow a later mutability of the building and to lower its carbon footprint, a column/slab structure has been implemented, with timber filler panels.