Bizot Sports Center

The RATP building at 37 Avenue du Docteur Arnold Netter in Paris’s 12th arrondissement is located in the middle of a city block. Access from the street is granted by passing under a residential building, also owned by RATP. The restructure program for this site involved converting the warehouse into a sports center for the Union Sportive Métropolitaine des Transports.

Rehabilitating an existing structure inevitably entails connecting its past and its future. Rehabilitating a heritage site consists of considering it from its past use to identify its key qualities, and at the same time its future potential, crucial for anticipating what challenges lie ahead. Highlighting the qualities of its current interior and exterior refreshed our perception—both internal and external—of the building as a whole. The existing environment offered a diversity of ambiances and environments that needed to be examined in order to map them and determine the resources available. The program allowed a transformation of these resources to generate benefits and services in terms of use, performance, comfort and interior environment, as well as manage environmental impact and reduce environmental nuisance. These services were therefore delivered to all stakeholders and users. Managing indoor climate spaces is doubly important: on the one hand, it makes a direct contribution to occupant comfort, and on the other, it helps optimize energy consumption by providing comfort where it’s needed, when it’s needed.