The Batignolles Spring, Paris

In the same way as the human body, a buil­ding is only a tem­po­rary trans­for­ma­tion, a sto­rage of energy and vital forces. And if there is a share of mys­tery in every cor­ner of nature, it is the same in each buil­ding. The return of nature to the urban envi­ron­ment is today a mani­fest and evident will of both citi­zens and deve­lo­pers. The deve­lop­ments in the entire Batignolles dis­trict assert these choices. In addi­tion to the ground-level spaces at street level, green facades not only bring a pic­ture of nature to the city but also a qua­lity from inside the buil­ding. This per­cep­tion gene­rates com­fort and well-being, espe­cially in an office buil­ding. A basin pro­po­sing a play­ful and peda­go­gi­cal deve­lop­ment is pro­vi­ded on the free part of the plot. The clear water coming from the fil­ter gut­ters feeds this pool and brings to the place the sound of a living water.