Headquarters of the Order of Architects Réunion / Mayotte
Extension + refurbishment
- Building Type : Office building < 28m
- Construction Year : 2022
- Delivery year : 2022
- Address 1 - street : 92 rue de la république 97400 SAINT DENIS, France
- Climate zone : [Af] Tropical Wet. No dry season.
- Net Floor Area : 110 m2
- Construction/refurbishment cost : 247 350 €
- Number of Work station : 7 Work station
- Cost/m2 : 2248.64 €/m2
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Primary energy need
85 kWhep/m2.an
(Calculation method : RTAA DOM 2016 )
This project won the Grand Prize in the "Tertiary Buildings" category of the Circular Buildings Trophies 2022.
On the occasion of the competition for the restructuring of the Headquarters of the Order of Architects, we choose to present not a project, but an approach. That of reuse. The opportunity is perfect, a small scale, perfect for trying out the practice, and a project management more than well placed to support the concept. Taking into account the many riches of the island, we specify our commitment to ethical architecture : what will not be reused will at least come from raw materials from Reunion Island. Using word of mouth, we set foot in a network of actors already well engaged in the process.
The project involves renovating and raising a "concrete hut" typical of 21st century Reunionese architecture.
Building users opinion
Not occupied so far.
If you had to do it again?
We would do it again! Even if the pioneering approach in Reunion makes the realization of this small operation fragile, constantly on the wire: resources to be secured every day, financial balance and deadline difficult to meet in the event of disappearance of resources or difficulty of implementation requiring adaptations of supply. Adherence to the approach with all stakeholders is to be reminded daily. The reuse sector being non-existent on the island, we underestimated the time spent searching for resources and securing them: - Provide a "reservation" position for resources during the study phase (delivery and carrier) to ensure the resource. We had a possible storage in the existing house to be rehabilitated, we under-exploited it for financial reasons (work budget not released during the studies and study contract not having provided for this item); - Impose the visit of the site and therefore of the recovered materials to the companies subject to the reuse operations for financial optimization and anticipation; - Check the storage of deposited materials.
See more details about this project
https://issuu.com/co-architectes/docs/coa-mati_re_p_i-edito_1https://issuu.com/co-architectes/docs/croazine-edito_2
https://chroniques-architecture.com/chasse-aux-tresors-pour-le-nouveau-siege-du-coarm-a-la-reunion/
https://librairie.ademe.fr/dechets-economie-circulaire/5547-economie-circulaire-reversibilite-9791029719684.html
Photo credit
Co-architects
Contractor
Construction Manager
Stakeholders
Other consultancy agency
EMCI
emci.ericmichel[a]emci.re
Structural design office
Environmental consultancy
ADHOC
t.irasque[a]ad-hoc.re
Landscaper
Company
EBOI
espritboismercier[a]hotmail.fr
Charpentier
Company
Paysages
contact[a]paysages.re
Green spaces
Contracting method
Separate batches
Type of market
Design and implementation
Allocation of works contracts
Separate batches
Energy consumption
- 85,00 kWhep/m2.an
- 85,00 kWhep/m2.an
- 140,00 kWhep/m2.an
Real final energy consumption
33,00 kWhef/m2.an
33,00 kWhef/m2.an
2 022
Envelope performance
Systems
- No heating system
- No domestic hot water system
- No cooling system
- Natural ventilation
- Free-cooling
- No renewable energy systems
Urban environment
- 328,00 m2
- 27,00 %
- 180,00
Product
Passive cooling solution: natural ventilation

Structural work / Passive system
The project works passively: in fact, no installation or system is planned to provide thermal comfort to users.
The design is based on the foundations of tropical bioclimatic architecture: through natural ventilation and solar protection.
The existing house is therefore renovated in this sense: partitions are removed in favor of trellises in order to promote natural ventilation, the shutters are rehabilitated for solar protection, air blowers are put in place to ensure cooling throughout. of the year.
The elevation was designed to meet these two objectives: the reused joinery was redesigned to allow an opening favoring natural ventilation. A compass system allowing easy and constant opening during use.
A solar protection principle completes the system (see below).
Not occupied so far.
Passive solution: sun protection
Structural work / Passive system
As mentioned, in order to guarantee passive thermal comfort to users, we must imperatively protect the facades with an effective system of solar protection in bioclimatic architecture.
Thus, the shutters of the existing house are restored and put into service.
The design of the elevation develops solar protections offset from the facade in local materials: frame in cryptomeria (local wood) creating cheeks perpendicular to the facade, supports for horizontal blades in the face of the facade in cryptomeria essence for protection North / South and whose interior filling is made of pallet blades for East/West protection.
This effective device associated with natural ventilation supplemented by a system of air blowers provide real comfort to users.
Added to this is the landscaping of the plot essential to the device.
Not occupied so far.
Air blower

HUNTER
https://www.hunterfan.com/HVAC, électricité / ventilation, cooling
The climatic context of Reunion and a responsible bioclimatic architectural design will always ensure fluctuations of incoming and outgoing air (open permeability) which will solve the problems of air quality and evacuation of internal thermal loads.
On the other hand, for certain windy geographical areas or for certain periods of the year when the wind is weak, the ventilation strategy developing natural dynamic irrigation currents will need to be assisted. We will then use the ceiling fan.
This solution is implemented on the Order's Headquarters project with one ceiling fan per office or work area/small meeting.
The Council Chamber will have 4 ceiling fans to ensure real comfort for all occupants.
Not occupied so far.
Construction and exploitation costs
- 33 557 €
- 247 350 €
Reuse : same function or different function
- Structural framework
- Roofing
- Facades
- Locksmithing-Metalwork
- Outdoor joineries
- Floorings
- Electricity
- Landscaping
- others...
- Sheet metal roof: 84m²
- Wood frame: 6m3
- Wooden floor: 55m²
- Exterior joinery / Glazed doors with wooden frames: 11 units
- Exterior joinery / Windows with wooden frames 4 panes: 4 units
- Exterior joinery / Wooden frame windows transom window: 4 units
- Interior door - Wood: 1 U
- Metal railing: 18mL
- Sanitary: 2 units
- Sinks / washbasins: 3 units
- Mirrors: 1 units
- Sanitary accessories: 1ENS
- Closings:17mL
- Exterior flooring: 120m²
- Sunscreen side panels: 24 SET
- Three-row horizontal brise-soleil: 11mL
- Earthenware: 3m²
Environmental assessment
- eq Kg CO2: 2066.15
- water: 0.02
- waste: 5024.92
- eq Kg CO2: 902
- water: 14.5
- waste: 788
- eq Kg CO2: 152.53
- water: 3.42
- waste: 257.79
- eq Kg CO2: 11141.77
- water: 10.37
- waste: 1421.87
- eq Kg CO2: 1671.46
- water: 11.61
- waste: 821.56
- eq Kg CO2: 136.94
- water: 2.22
- waste: 123.84
- eq Kg CO2: 270.66
- water: 2.60
- waste: 161.56
- eq Kg CO2: 14.19
- water: 0.03
- waste: 10.60
- eq Kg CO2:
- water :
- waste :
- eq Kg CO2: 6881.07
- water: 43.69
- waste: 6504.59
- eq Kg CO2: 5798.73
- water: 25.22
- waste: 14431.01
- eq Kg CO2: 2508.16
- water: 42.94
- waste: 1207.02
- eq Kg CO2: 47.56
- water: 10.15
- waste: 98.06
- eq Kg CO2: 218.03
- water: 2.28
- waste: 151.63
- eq Kg CO2: 1738.16
- water: 14.22
- waste: 2154.82
- eq Kg CO2: 104.98
- water: 97.81
- waste: 130.63
Economic assessment
- 26 %
- 23 385 €
Social economy
Reasons for participating in the competition(s)
Ce projet consistitue le tout premier projet réalisé en réemploi sur l'île de la Réunion. Accompagné des entreprises en charge du projet (EBOI, S2R et Paysages), les architectes se sont attelés au sourcing des matériaux, alimentant en parallèle le dessin. De nombreux allers-retours ont été nécessaires afin de finaliser le projet.
Les façades de la surélévation seront constituées de menuiseries issues de la déconstruction du Gîte du Volcan et de la Maternité Sainte Thérèse. La toiture tôle provient de la surélévation de la Maternité Sainte Clothilde, le plancher bois est constitué du platelage du Pont de la Rivière de l'Est. Les brises soleils utilisent du bois de palettes recyclé et traité. Les équipements sanitaires sont également issus du réemploi.
Nous utilisons également les rebus de stock. Ainsi, la charpente a été dessinée à partir d'un stock de bois de l'entreprise titulaire du lot EBOI. Le carrelage provient de surplus de chantiers S2R.
Dans le cadre des démolitions sur site (petits apentis et revêtements de sol), ces derniers seront utilisés en remblais pour permettre l'accessibilité PMR, et en revêtement de sols extérieurs.
Les tubes métalliques soutenant les petites toitures ont été repris par la Ressoucerie, entreprise d'intérêt public et d'insertion, créateur de design d'objet en upclycling.
La dépose du bloc clim et du ballon d'eau chaude est soignée, permettant leur revente par Synergie Péi.
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