EUROMED CENTER

The architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have taken part in global renewal for Marseilles commercial and industrial Harbour called "Euromediterranée", which is an urban development that involves various international architecture competitions.
From that comes the EUROMED CENTER an urban mixity within more than 58 000 s.q.m
which includes 4 office buildings (Astrolabe, Calypso, Hermione e Floreal) certified HQE ® (High Environmental Quality) and labeled Effinergie-BBC (building low consumption),
4* Hotel Golden Tulip of 210 rooms/suites with swimming-pool, solarium terrace and fitness center, a new pedestrian street with shops and services, a cinema complex and 5000 m2 of new public green area.
The original design, that dates back to 2006 and origins from the competition, has led today to a new starting point for the new central business district of Marseille, similarly to other projects in the area such as the Docks by the old team 5+1AA.
The entire complex seems to be participating in this desire for a city in motion, always “in progress”, everything seems to play with the light that delights in its caresses to enhance and transform the sweetness and roundness of volumes and surfaces. The interior spaces are equally as dynamic with the striking design of the public and private spaces.
In order to develop such a complex project, Studio Fuksas involved consultancy services with the following practices: Michel Desvigne Landscape Paysagiste, Mathoulin & Jardin Architects, Lehoux - Phily – Samaha Architects, International d'Architecture.
Looking carefully at every building of the complex, the Golden Tulip with a façade facing the Mediterranean Square consists of a volume originating at the base of the tower, thus providing a base for the office building. The office building consists of two elements: the tower and the bar building. Having a simple geometric form, it was thought as a volumetric response to the Silo thus forming an urban gate.
The Jardin d'Arenc is equipped with the capacity to welcome, day or night, the pedestrians at any moment or the city users in arrival for events of interest.
Furthermore, it is important that a constructed assembly of this size also have open, welcoming and freely usable spaces. The Environmental quality can not be restricted to the vegetation of the exterior and interior spaces, but must also be integrated in the design of the structures and their skin. The façades of the office and hotel buildings (west exposure) are treated with solar protection and acoustic protection systems, in view of the proximity of the expressway, particularly at the Boulevard du Littoral.
The Multiplex participates with its sculptural cover to give the architectural ensemble a strong visual presence in the redesigned urban landscape. The fluid forms are voluntarily integrated into the set of constructions that slip into the wind.
The entire complex seems to be participating in this desire for a city in motion, always “in progress”, everything seems to play with the light that delights in its caresses to enhance and transform the sweetness and roundness of volumes and surfaces. The interior spaces are equally as dynamic with the striking design of the public and private spaces.

"Thus we make our contribution to the architectures which constitute the city and which have always nourished and enriched it, with urban mixity and architectural variations. But beyond reality, beyond constraints, we have sought to endow this project with a poetic dimension."

Claim Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas as the authors of the project.

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project EUROMED CENTER
site Marseille, France
address Joliette district, Zone d’Aménagement Concerté (ZAC) area
period 2006 - 2017
client Marseille Euromed Center represented by Cogedim – Altarea et Crédit Agricole Immobilier Promotion. Investitors: Foncière des Régions
program 4 Office Buildings: Building H / ASTROLAB, Building L / HERMIONE, Building H2 / FLOREAL, Building I / CALYPSO; Hotel 4* /GOLDEN TULIP with 220 rooms; Parking 850 places; Urban Park / JARDIN D'ARENC; “Dolphin” Multiplex Cinema 15-screen
architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
landscape Michel Desvigne Paysagiste
general contractor CARI MED – FAYAT BATIMENT
built surface 60,000 sq. m.