Arthur Hagry : Office building for trading
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Situation plan
Site plan - Existing
Site plan - Project
Site axonometry - South
Site axonometry - West
Site axonometry - North
Site axonometry - East
Site axonometry - South
Site ground floor plan
Atlas of plans
Ground floor plan - Lobby and vault
First floor plan - Conference rooms
Second floor plan - Department managers & traders' offices
Third floor plan - Financial analysts' offices
Fourth floor plan - CEO's offices and trading room
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Exploded axonometry
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Global axonometry
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Perspective section
Perspective section
South-East facade
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South-East facade detail
North-West facade
North-West facade detail
Outside perspective - New street and public place at the back
Outside perspective - Main entrance and forecourt
Inside perspective - Interior street
Inside perspective - Atrium
Inside perspective - CEO's office
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In the history of cities, the financial buildings have always occupied a central place because they are considered as centres for economic and information exchanges essential to the functioning of societies. Faced with this representation of power and wealth, the public nature of this institution has always implied a symbolic and practical link between the condition of each citizen and the sovereignty of the State.

This architecture proposes here to reinterpret this relationship according to a strong urban approach able to develop its own contemporary writing without ignoring the history of the surrounding heritage. The new reading of the type of courtyard building in the form of an atrium associated with an architectural language advocating transparency seems to be the necessary devices to respond to the problems of such an institutional building in the contemporary city.

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