Logistics Centre in Lyons
The concrete floor elements are supported by transverse beams. The floors are splayed at the outer edges to improve the ingress of daylight. This construction also reduces the impression of thickness and allowed the design of slender connection details. The outer skin consists of three different materials: precast concrete units, U-section glass strips and black-painted perforated sheet-steel panels. These materials, in elements of different widths, were assembled in storey-height bands around the entire building. As a result, there are no continuous vertical joints. The impression of a horizontally variable pattern was created as a response to the heterogeneous surrounding fabric, which consists largely of industrial developments.
