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Report: Lille, World Design Capital 2020 / WHAT'S HOT ///




                                                                MEL HEADQUARTERS
                                                                LILLE (FRANCE)
                                                                HENNING LARSEN ARCHITECTS (DENMARK),
                                                                KEURK ARCHITECTURE (FRANCE)



                                                                THE NEW OFFICES OF THE MEL (EUROPEAN METROPOLIS OF
                                                                LILLE), HAVE THEIR NEW HOME IN THE COVETED BIOTOPE:
                                                                A GIGANTIC 30,000M , SEVEN-STORY ARCHITECTURAL
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                                                                COMPLEX, INITIALLY DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE
                                                                EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY (EMA).






                                                                              Delivered early 2019, swift construction
                                                                              work saw the completion of what would
                                                                              become the epicenter of the World
                                                                              Design Capital.
                                                                              The project perfectly  embodies  the
                                                                              ecological  ambitions  of  a  sustainable
                                                                              urban center.   Henning Larsen Architects
                                                                              (Denmark) and KeurK Architecture (Lille),
                                                                              who are responsible for the project, are
                                                                              seeking BREEAM certificates of excellence,
                                                                              biodiversity and E+C. The building they have
                                                                              created offers passers-by a glimpse of huge   13
                                                                              living, breathing roof gardens and terraces.

                                                                              The interior space of this immense green
                                                                              vessel was created using natural materials
                                                                              such as wood and stone.  There is a two-
                                                                              storey atrium as well as open spaces for
                                                                              restaurants, relaxation and coworking.



























                                                                                             DELABIE products installed:
                                                                             BINOPTIC recessed electronic basin tap (Ref. 379ENC)
                                                                                   BINOPTIC electronic basin tap (Ref. 388015)
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