Private owner: diocese of Nanterre - Cardinal sites.
New Construction.
1,250 sqm
General contractor: Franck Hammoutène architect - design + realization.
Complete mission of project management.
Project management of domestic and household arrangements.
Programm: worship building comprising besides the Church, an exhibition space, meeting rooms and offices. We are in Paris 'Defence' in offices and headquarters district, next to the "Grande Arche". Notre Dame de Pentecôte is an exceptional location, on a site at the white vault of the CNIT, the meanders of the crossroads motor, black static of the towers.
Both place of solitude and a place of communion. Perfectly public and perfectly intimate. Notre Dame de Pentecôte is built above the vacuum, overlooking the fast lanes: the building is enjoys exceptional visibility. The 3 parts of the programme are organized vertically: upper house / courtyard home and meeting / meeting rooms. The form of architecture is a series of successive plans that protect without locking up, draw interior spaces, generate variations of scale and days and accompany, wiping out the outside world.
