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Cité Bergère

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Giving new life to a historic building.

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Project

Cité Bergère 

Client

BNP Paribas

Program

Restructuring of an office building

Location

Paris, France

Delivery

2009

Surface Area

33,000 m²

Architects

Bechu & Associés
Interior architecture (common areas) : Volume ABC

Awards

2008: Constructeo Trophy, category "High-Performance Team Approach in the Rehabilitation or Operation of Commercial Buildings"

Photographer

© Fernando Javier Urquijo

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The contemporary architecture of the project revisits the Parisian Haussmannian style established by Corroyer, and proposes a new design of "stone and steel".

The former headquarters of the Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris, originally designed by architect Edouard-Jules Corroyer in the late 19th century, is a listed historical monument where the primary focus was to carry out work while respecting the spiritual, cultural, and historical heritage of the building.

The project's contemporary architecture revisits the Parisian Haussmann style established by Corroyer, proposing a new 'stone and steel' design to adapt it to modern lifestyles.

The interior design has been completely reimagined to optimize volume, space, and circulation, and to maximize natural light. This project is the first renovated building in Paris to achieve HQE certification.

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Now unsuitable for the needs of users and occupants, the imposing complex requires a complete rehabilitation accompanied by modernization works.

Property of the Compagnie immobilière de France - a subsidiary of the BNP Paribas group, the Bergère real estate complex belongs to the very history of the banking institution. From 1852, the Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris (CNEP) established its headquarters in the former Mesnard de Clesle hotel which it destroyed after its purchase and that of the adjoining plots in order to have Édouard-Jules Corroyer build in 1878 the traversing building with its two emblematic facades on rue Bergère and rue Sainte-Cécile characteristic of 19th century banking architecture. François Constant-Bernard continued the real estate program from 1890 to 1905 on the two streets and on that of the Conservatoire. Last acquisition dating from 1955, the building at 20 rue Bergère (1905) was in turn remodeled. Eleven years later, the CNEP merged with the Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie to give birth to the Banque nationale de Paris which in 1999 became the current group after merging with Paribas. Now unsuitable for the needs of users and occupants, the imposing complex requires a complete rehabilitation accompanied by modernization works. The project concerns the redevelopment of an entrance hall with reception and access control, the creation of a planted courtyard and 125 parking spaces in the basement, the improvement of its interior service - including for disabled people -, its functionality, its natural lighting and its equipment, including air conditioning. But this upgrading to usage standards is accompanied by major restoration work on the facades, the volumetry of the various courtyards and interior skylights and their decorations.
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