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The spaces intended to receive the public are organised within the glazed volume of the ground floor, while the office spaces are distributed over 3 or 5 levels, within an opaque mass set over the building’s translucent base.
The glazed ground floor area encloses the sculpted volumes of the courtrooms, where natural light penetrates through light wells punctured though the surrounding envelope. The central hall, the “salle des Pas Perdus”, is lit by a glazed roof, cut out of the offices’ courtyard on the floor above.
The main street façade is protected by a series of louvers. These aluminium scales, with golden tints, open and close independently of one another. They control the natural light within the building and form a protective skin.
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