Public health authority gets new office in a forest close location with vertical larch planks that regulate light and temperature
BY THE VAST FORESTin the Bois de Vincennes park in eastern Paris there is both an arboretum (trees planted for study purposes) and a botanical garden. But this is also where the French public health agency, Santé Publique France, has located its new headquarters. The architectural firm Atelier du Pont is behind a design that embraces the rustle of the forest from the inside out – and building wood was a given.