2021 – The active block _ Principle

 
Program Living in 1000 m²: mixed block including housing and offices designed through n-spaces
Surface 12 to 20,000 m²
Place -
Owner Arkhenspaces (supported by EPA Marne & CDC Habitat)
Team Eric Cassar, Maïalen Barrainkua, Rim Ben Attia, Zeïd Abdou, Mustafa Sercan Bulut, Ihssan Khammal, Oussama Taik, Marina Florent, Rim Boumessaoudi, Dorcas Mabanza-Kuma, and Nicolas Moulin (NMA)

The active block is a new type of ecological block for town centers. Designed in n-spaces, it is active because it generates negative rental charges through the creation of external financial resources. It continues and combines our research work around new workspaces (Working with h(e)ar(t)mony) and housing (Infinity home) in the digital age. It enhances the use of built volumes over time by mixing various functions. It considerably expands the living (working) space and reduces its carbon footprint regardless of its construction method.

Through a new design approach in n-spaces, the active block makes it possible to:

Make everyday life easier

Flexible, the active smart block accommodates and facilitates the implementation of various services.

Offer comfort options

By offering a wide variety of spaces and services, luxury becomes accessible to everyone. In addition to the variety of uses, there is a range of atmospheres and comfort levels with properties adjusted in real time.

Produce, share, and regulate energy

Smart grids help adapt energy consumption (and production) to actual needs.

Increase flexibility

Elastic, the habitat adapts according to needs. You use the area you need when you need it.

Reduce the distance from source to consumer

Production spaces promote local networks (short production-consumption chain) and specialized production.

Save money

Pooling allows sharing spaces and dividing costs. It improves the quality of life for inhabitants. The built surface is used more efficiently and becomes more « profitable ».

Improve social relations

Shared spaces promote encounters. With the help of the digital compass (digital app), they offer opportunities for mutual assistance and the exchange of goods, services, and experiences.

Expand living spaces

Example of housing for a family, two parents, two children: they live in 1200 m² (+ 1500 m² of gardens and terraces) in the heart of the city.

Multiply uses within the home

The « offers » of uses are more numerous. The inhabitants have access to different spaces according to their activities.

 

This space operates in connection with an adapted architecture (designed in n-spaces), a « caretaker » (simultaneously concierge and community manager), and a digital infrastructure (including a compass or digital app for use).

 

The active smart-building, 2019 – English

 

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