| Summary: | BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,019 HEALTH CARE "RESEARCH INSTITUTES today employ a strategy of seduction", says Franck Vialet, joint principal, with Bettina Ballus, of Paris-based architects VIB. But the pièce de résistance is incontestably the splendid street frontage, where new walls and windows are hidden behind a second facade in glass and stainless steel to thrilling effect. FIFTH-FLOOR PLAN SECOND-FLOOR PLAN GROUND-FLOOR PLAN FACADE SECTION SECTION A - A A REINFORCED-CONCRETE BEAM B POWDER-COATED ALUMINUM PANEL C STAINLESS-STEEL FIRE SEPARATION BETWEEN FLOORS D LED STRIP E VENTILATION AND DRAINAGE GAP F STAINLESS-STEEL GLAZING BEAD G FRAMES COMPOSED OF FOLDED STAINLESS-STEEL SHEET H STAINLESS-STEEL BRACKET I ALUMINUM HALF PROFILE J LAMINATED DOUBLE GLAZING K LAMINATED SINGLE GLAZING L STAINLESS-STEEL BRACKET M ALUMINUM COPING N SHADOW BOX WITH TEMPERED GLASS O STAINLESS-STEEL COPING P STAINLESS-STEEL RAINWATER GUTTER WITH WATERPROOF MEMBRANE Q TEMPERED OPAQUE GLASS 1 ENTRANCE 2 LOBBY 3 ATRIUM 4 EVENT ROOM 5 AUDITORIUM 6 MEETING 7 OFFICE 8 LABORATORY 9 PATIO 10 CAFETERIA 11 BIOSAFE LABORATORY 12 TECHNICAL A FULL-HEIGHT atrium (top) is part of the ground-floor publicly accessible areas and carries light deep into the long and narrow inward-looking building, its labs (left), and other spaces.
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