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Combining wildlife and wellness at work, the headquarters of the Métropole Européenne de Lille has been transformed into into a unique circular environment, the building supports people, animals, and local nature alike. Photo: Javier Callejas Sevilla
The landscape design seamlessly blends the building with its parkland site – with more than 60,000 new plants and trees – as well as the three revitalised colonial heritage bungalows in Rochester Park. Throughout the public parkland, we took care to ensure existing mature trees were largely retained, and then amplified the lush landscape with an extensive new tropical planting scheme that provides bursts of colour.
Different spaces are organized in a sequential manner, while separated physically with horizontal inner garden strips, thus achieving ideal dimensions and clear divisions for different functions; visual continuity is maintained through transparency and the perception of depth increases. The atriums make sure that natural light reaches every corner within the building, blurring the distinction between inside and outside in a way. Nature is integrated into the daily life inside.
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