Brunet Saunier & Associés | William-Morey Hospital Center

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In Chalon-sur-Saône, the site immediately asserted itself through its generosity and its unique landscape characteristics. To reduce land consumption and avoid flood-prone areas along the Saône River, the project focuses on compactness. It takes advantage of this unique situation by proposing a quayside landscape, with the creation of a vast body of water and a green corridor marking the historical development axis of the city.

On the facade, a subtle play of pixelation references the geometric patterns of Burgundian roofs with glazed tiles. This “all-over” pattern, which declines a range of gray-green tones, allows us to forget the notion of openings and offers only a unitary and dappled skin to view. Once the threshold is crossed, the cold colors of the peripheral facade give way to a warm and caressing light reflected by the orange-yellow facades of the patios. These warm colors are also found in the treatment of the interior spaces and the signage.

Localisation

France, Chalon-sur-Saône

Type

Healthcare

Statut

Completed

Année

2010

Program

Medicine, Surgery and Obstetric, parking lot (1000 spaces).
Capacity: 550 beds and places

Client

Centre Hospitalier William-Morey, DDE de Saône-et-Loire (assistance à la maîtrise d’ouvrage)

Procedure

Public Procurement (MOP law)

Lead architect

Brunet Saunier & Associés

Hospital consultant

Gerold Zimmerli

Partners team

Architectes Studio (project architect), Sirr Ingénierie (fluids technical consultant), Tkdes (synthesis consultant), Terrell (structure technical consultant), Ceef (facade technical consultant), Beem Ingénierie de Santé (equipment expert), Talbot (construction economist and OPC), Delphi (acoustics expert), Aere+Tribu (HEQ consultant), Sev Communication (signage designer), Philippe Harden, Jérôme Prévost, Artefactory (renderers), Alpha Volumes (model maker)

BSA team

Olivier Contré (competition project manager), Mounia Saïah (studies project manager), Florence Canal (construction project manager) and Yvan Bourgeois, Stéphane Cachat, Mauve Esteoule-Sibilli, François Gallet, Estelle Grosberg, Philippe Ledoux, Stéfanie Matthys, Franck Murat, Laurent Noël, Phuong Pham Hoang, Isabelle Redon, Michel Roux-Dorlut, Nicolas Senly, Isabelle Vasseur

Net Floor Area

73 000 sq. m

Construction cost

170 M€ w/o tax (2010 value)

Photographers

11h45 and Michel Denancé