"Wood'Up", a 50m high residential building made of a wooden structure overlooking the Quai d'Ivry welcomes its first residents

The Spie batignolles outarex teams have just delivered to the SCCV Wood'Up, on behalf of the developer Gécina, a new luxury residential building, built largely with wood.

This sustainable ensemble rises from Quai d'Ivry, at the corner of Avenue Jean Baptiste Berlier and Boulevard Jean Simon in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.

Culminating at 50 m high on 15 levels, the private housing building stands out for being one of the largest IGHs built with wood in France.

The mix of materials (wood/concrete/metal), with wood being widely present, coupled with the originality of the architectural design and the urban location of the building were the main challenges of this operation for Spie batignolles outarex.

A model project in the area of sustainable innovation

The project was originally led by REI Habitat, a developer heavily invested in sustainable construction, before being sold to the Gecina group.

Following on from the various real estate operations carried out by REI Habitat, the Wood'Up project presents itself as a new showcase for low-carbon construction.

Wood'Up, which covers 7.800 m² of floor space, was designed by LAN Architecture. It offers 132 luxury apartments for free sale, from studios to 5-room apartments and duplexes.

The very location of the building, on the edge of the Paris ring road and with a height difference of 7 m between the Quai d'Ivry and the entrance located on Boulevard Jean Simon, was the subject of a unique architectural design to create intermediate levels.

A lego game

Wood'Up is established on a concrete base on which rest 3 levels of infrastructure and 15 floors of housing:

A ground level serving a park with 32 parking spaces, common areas and part of an activity room,
A mezzanine level including a second part of the activity room,
A ground floor level, accessible from the boulevard, offering the tower's reception hall, common areas and an activities room,
On the first floor, 1 simplex apartments and several common areas arranged on the double height of the base,
14 levels serving apartments

Due to the diversity of housing surfaces offered in the form of simplex or duplex, the group's teams defined a structural framework of 3.50 m to meet the need for flexibility in the layout of the different apartments.

Between the 2nd and the last level of housing, the floors include double levels, in a “Lego game” style, to integrate outdoor spaces into each dwelling, in the form of balconies or loggias.

To meet the deadline challenge of this operation, the group used several prefabricated elements, in wood and concrete, with the installation in particular of pre-walls.

Wood, king of the project

Given the importance of the share of wood used in this operation, the Spie batignolles outarex teams formed a group with Poulingue, a player in wood construction, in the proposed response to the initial call for tenders.

Among the species used on this project by the Poulingue company, douglass, spruce and beech, were transported from French forests by river. The interior posts of the building are made of beech glued laminated panels.

In total, 360 m³ of wood were used for the structure (posts, facade beams and double posts at loggia height with wooden decking) and 50 m³ for the cladding.

The use of wood, a renewable material capable of storing CO2, combined with the use of concrete and low carbon, allows this operation to meet the most ambitious requirements of the HQE®, Effinergie®, BBCA® E+C-, Biodiversity® and NF Habitat® certifications.

Protection against external noise pollution

The acoustic component was the subject of very in-depth studies to deal with noise pollution from the environment of the residential tower, in a busy area of Paris.

The aluminum joinery (Technal brand) and the STADIP® SILENCE double glazing have undergone specific laboratory tests to guarantee optimal acoustic comfort for future occupants with more than 43 dB of attenuation.

To build the floors, the teams laid BB slabs supplied by A2C préfa, which are still very little used. These are ribbed slabs, which offer excellent acoustic protection, manufactured in the factory from:

Low carbon reinforced concrete
Bio-sourced panels made from wood fiber

Terraces to bring people together

On the 8th and 16th floors, two imposing terraces have been integrated into the construction with the aim of encouraging exchanges and interactions between neighbors.

The co-owners are free to arrange them as they see fit.

To integrate these two large terraces into the heart of the tower, one overlooking the left side of the building and the second on the roof terrace, the Spie batignolles outarex teams installed two large metal beams assembled on site to support the building's loads:

Vierendeel type ladder beam on the first floor, 1 m long
Warren type lattice beam on R+8, 23m long

Other collective spaces are added to the creation of terraces, such as the development of common areas, two activity rooms and shops on the ground floor of the building, always with the aim of bringing occupants together around shared activities.

The exterior environment has been particularly well cared for with the planting of numerous plant species. This contribution of natural landscapes, coupled with the wooden façade elements, enhance and distinguish the entire project in a very urban environment.