Architects:Hérault Arnod Architects

Area :15100 m²

Year :2022

Photographs :Cyrille Weiner

Project Managers : Mickael Dusson, Jérôme Moenne-Loccoz

Design Team : Thomas Féraud, Paola Figueroa, Rana Abi Ghanem

Execution Team : Florent Bellet, project manager, Arnaud Gilet

City : Laval

Country : France

Espace Mayenne is a multifunctional facility including a large sports and entertainment venue with a capacity of 4,500, a gymnasium with a climbing wall for international competitions, and a conference hall. In addition to these three main venues can be found other spaces, such as partner lounges designed as modular rooms to receive guests during games or shows, as well as offices and cloakrooms for artists and sportsmen. Outside the building, the project is completed by a 670-space parking lot, a landscaped area, and a 250-meter-long cycling ring for national competitions integrating a training track in its center.

The site. Espace Mayenne is located in a former military site bordering the French city of Laval, along the D900 urban ring road. The project began with an urban and landscape study aiming to define guidelines for the future development of this site in accordance with the framework of the Ferrié new neighborhood. This is an area undergoing change, crucial to the dynamic revitalization of the city. The building’s organization respects the landscape structure and the memory of the site, combining ecology, compactness, the economy of means, and the creation of a mass plan saving parcels for future programs.