Continental Square 3

ART & BUILD Architect’s design for an office building on a highly visible site at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport won over the jury thanks to a convincing, environmentally conscious design, integrating innovative additives in the concrete façade panels. The visual aspect of the building developed by GA Promotion with ADP Immobilier as investor results from careful analysis of the building's exposure to atmospheric pollution, which will be reduced by photo-catalytic elements embedded in bands of concrete which contains recycled glass aggregates. The 13,250 sqm programme, which includes a commercial restaurant, is centered around a planted courtyard and the environmental design sets the tone for the new development zone programmed by Aeroports de Paris. Construction is due to begin in March 2011 and expected to be completed in April 2012.