Headquarter for the Foundation Nicolas Hulot for Nature and Humankind, state-approved NGO dedicated to the education to the environment, is situated in Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris region.

The initiative for this project consisted in finding the best solution in terms of functioning, image and environmental quality with a moderate budget. Besides...

Headquarter for the Foundation Nicolas Hulot for Nature and Humankind, state-approved NGO dedicated to the education to the environment, is situated in Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris region.

The initiative for this project consisted in finding the best solution in terms of functioning, image and environmental quality with a moderate budget. Besides, on the occasion of this move which also translates the growth of the activity of the Foundation, it was a question of asserting a strong identity conveying its values.

The organization of spaces also translates the search for a collaborative working dynamics and for a flexibility of use of spaces and work.

Widely lit open-space get organized naturally around a central block including the functions of service, dressed in a plant wall realized by the botanist Patrick Blanc. Grounds, ceiling, the lighting as well as the partition were resumed to satisfy the needs of the Foundation.

It was chosen to use natural or raw materials diverted for all the services: all the furniture, drawn to measure, is realized in plywood of spruce used usually for casting concrete while ceilings are realized in wood fiber agglomerated with cement for the acoustics. Grounds are in natural linoleum. The cafeteria is in panels of recycled bricks of milk.