CMA in Lille: Reinforcing the Dialogue in the Area

KAAN Architecten, Middle Density, Project, Technology and fabrication, Urban Paradigms

Acoustics, Architecture&nature, Circulation, Climate control, Courtyard, Educational facility, France, Glazed façade, Landscape Architecture, Light, Lille, Masterplan, Minimalism, Multifunctional building, Natural materials, Project, Public Space, Urban Dialogue, Urban fabric, Working Space

Photography: Fernando Guerra FG+SG, Sebastian van Damme and Antoine Guilhem Ducléon

The CMA is set along the edge of the former 17th-century Vauban fortification, now replaced by a high-speed ring road. The northern border of the site is defined by a railway line and the botanical garden: Jardin des Plantes de Lille. To the south, Rue Abélard defines the perimeter of a wider masterplan area designed by KAAN Architecten and PDAA, which comprises CMA headquarters, a future complex of five buildings, and a lush park spanning the site as an extension of the nearby garden.