cubix cubix

The Public accounting group Fiteco was willing to get its head office and its local branch together in only one area, situated in the suburb of Laval. The Architecture office Colboc Franzen & Associés decided to go further and to design a single building, so the construction would cost less, the environmental impact of the building would be reduced and the internal organization would be optimized. On the first floor are situated all the common facilities. The local branch settled down on the second floor and the head office on the third and last floor. The heart of the building is composed of an atrium and two cores of services (ie: staircase, elevators, restrooms, photocopy room). Interior is kept in white and floors in light grey. Every little detail follows this implacable rhythm (whole building follows a grid unit of 600mm). Only the mirror polished stainless steel sheets and the reflection glass of the outer shell break with the strictness of the interior that reflects in itself the rigor of the company. The folded envelope offers, all year long, the reflection of the surrounding nature and the changing light of the seasons.