The Central Solférino island hosts a program combining offices, housing and shops on the ground floor on a plot of 5,721m² located on the edge of the railway tracks, in the immediate vicinity of the Rennes station and the multimodal pole.
The very high expectations on environmental issues and the context in which the project is being implemented were the first drivers of the design of our proposal. Our reflection began with a question about the orientation of the buildings, their proximity to the railway tracks, their relationship to the island, at Boulevard Solférino. Nourished by research on bio-mimicry, we began by seeking solutions to the major issues of sunshine, freshness island notions, acoustic comfort and quality of views: