Dassault Aviation

The elements of the programme, organised around a landscaped park, are evolving. A vast forecourt welcomes and connects the various pedestrian flows that enter the building or the heart of the campus. Based on the model of the Aquitaine forests, made up of pine trees, we proposed a plan based on an 18-metre grid.

This virtual “grid” is spread out over the whole of our intervention zone, and governs the landscape and plantations as well as the office building, the parking spaces and the social and restaurant areas. It allows the new building to be sewn into the existing site for complete integration.

Inside, a street nearly 130 meters long and 18 meters wide runs through the building from east to west, serving as its backbone. This space for exhibitions, information, events, and exchanges distributes the various areas arranged on either side like combs, resembling wings on an aircraft fuselage.

On the ground floor, on the south side, open spaces facing the park host meeting rooms, VIP areas, as well as a Command Center accessible via a service courtyard.

On the north side, there are more enclosed spaces such as:

• the conference room, designed as an amphitheater with a refined atmosphere and usable outside the secure perimeter if necessary.
• the test benches, grouped into two sub-sets and served by dedicated corridors to separate military and civil flows.
• the data center, also located on this side of the building, made impervious to outside views.

On the upper floors, the central street provides connections between office spaces through a series of curved walkways. All curved, they contrast with the rigor of the exterior lines.

These workspaces are positioned along the building’s perimeter with a light color palette to provide comfort and optimal brightness.

The interior is designed to reflect Dassault Aviation’s brand image: understated, elegant, and evocative of the aeronautical world. Consequently, premium materials—wood, metal, carbon, leather—as well as black and white tones are favored.

The walk through the heart of the Forest Park, where wood predominates, is enlivened by small concrete plazas. Sometimes planted with trees, sometimes open, these resting and meeting areas are furnished with custom-made pieces that invite relaxation, leisure, or reading.