SUBSTATION BUILDING “NOROIT” IN SANDOUVILLE (76)

the urban edge - ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPE ECO-DESIGN OF DATA HILLS’s substation buILDING in Aulnay-Sous-Bois (93)

Client : RTE

Location : Sandouville (France)

Project : Architecture design of Noroit’s electrical substation for the Energetic Transition Project for the Seine river.

Consultant : AR ARCHITECTES, TRACTEBEL

Area : Building : 6 814m²

Cost : 9 986 000 € HT

Date : Competition in 2024

The future Noroit’s electrical substation is located in the center of an industrial urban fabric and bordered by protected natural areas, in the city of Sandouville. It will be part of a complex and rich environnement, with numerous environmental issues, including the protection of the biodiversity of the neighbouring natural
areas. The result is The Momentum© project: Noroit’s Electrical substation buildings in Sandouville. The buildings are low-carbon and eco-designed. The first floor is composed by a concrete structure and the upper part by a metal-frame structure with a metal cladding.

This strong, singular and light facade is in direct contact with its close and distant environments, and reminiscent the bird’s flitght.