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2 SUMMARY OF
CHANGES
COVER SHEET
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Table of contents of Project Manual

2. List of tables & gures in Project Manual
RULES & BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE
CHECKLIST
1. Rules checklist
2. List of Team Ofcers
3. Strucural Design Compliance
4. Electrical Design Compliance
5. Codes Design Compliance
CONTEST SUPPORT DOCUMENTS
Project Manual #6 - Atlantic Challenge Team - June 2014

2. Summary of Changes
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General Presentation of the Philéas Project
1. Philéas, our vision for a Fertile City

2.Implementation of the concept in Nantes
3. The Philéas prototype: extraction of a
housing from Cap 44
Urban design, transportation and

affordability
0. UDTA Brief Report

1. Urban Design Strategy
1. Issues
2. Chosen site
3. Our concept
4. Our process
5. Our project
2. Market Viability of the Product
1. Market
2. Target market
3. Appealing characteristics
3. Individual or collective housing building
characteristics
1. Our urban consolidation strategy
2. Modularity of the housing units
3. Reproducibility of the process
4. Transportation and mobility strategies
2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes
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1. Mobility issues in Nantes
2. Our strategy toward mobility stakes
3. The Velomobile
5. Affordability Strategies
1. Business model
2. Evaluation of the global cost
3. From construction costs to sales
Architectural design narrative
0. Architectural Brief Report

1. Architectural Concepts
1. Global urban design strategies
2. Cap 44 presentation
3. Cap 44 project
4. Reproducibility of the process
5. Philéas
2. Summary of recongurable features
3. Lighting design narrative
1. In Cap 44 project
2. In the Philéas prototype
3. In the Philéas greenhouse
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Engineering & Construction Design
Narrative
1. Structural Design
History of Cap 44
Archival research
1972 retrotting
Cap 44 project: our retrotting process
Philéas: extraction from the Cap 44 building
Lateral walls
Upper-slab
Timber modules
Columns and beams
Cantilever loggia
Greenhouse and atrium
Staircase
Exploded view
2. Constructive Design
1. Technical details
2. Acoustic performance
3. Plumbing System Design
Water cycle in Cap 44
Water needs
Greywater reuse
Rainwater harvesting
Water-leaks detection
Specic water cycle of the prototype
4. Electrical System Design
Problematic issues
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Line of thought
Redistribution of the photovoltaic revenues on
Cap 44
5. Photovoltaic System Design
Photovoltaic System Design in Cap 44
Photovoltaic System Design on the Housing Unit
Electrical system
Accessibility & maintenance
6. Electrical Energy Balance Simulation
Introduction
List of electrical loads
Photovoltaic system description
Simulation tool
Simulation result
Simulation critical analysis
Economic & environmental features
Renewable energies quota in 2020
Consumption assumption in the entire Cap 44
7. Solar Thermal Design
Domestic Hot Water needs
Solar Collector Design
Characteristics-backup systems
Supporting system
Maintenance
Insulation
Cost
8. Building Integrated Active Systems
Objectives
Aesthetic integration
Constructive solution
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Energy balance positive impact
Additional properties
Installation cost
Annex 1: Original calculation notes of specic
elements in Cap 44
Annex 2: 1972 retrotting
Annex 3: Thermal comparison of walls according
to their composition
Annex 4: Structural study of the walls
Annex 5: Redistribution of PV in Cap 44
Annex 6:PV on the roof of Cap 44
Annex 7: PV on the roof of the prototype
Annex 8: Ventilation & shadow
Annex 9: Batteries choice
Annex 10: PV wiring
Annex 11: Inverter certicate
Annex 12; Shadows
Annex 13: Additional graphs for electric
simulations
Annex 14: Estimation of the consumption in the
Cap 44 building
Annex 15: Peak smoothing
Energy Efciency Design Narrative
1. Technical Project Summary

Cap 44
Prototype
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2. Comprehensive Energy Analysis and
Discussion Report
SECTION I - INFLUENCE OF ENERGY ANALYSIS ON
HOUSE DESIGN AND COMPETITION STRATEGY
1. Introduction
2. Inuence of the energy analysis in the project
design (Project design optimization)
3. Inuence of the energy analysis in the HVAC
systems (Conditioning Systems optimization)
SECTION II - PROJECTED PERFORMANCE OF FINAL
HOUSING UNIT DESIGN
1. Housing unit and Systems’ Description
2. House, Appliances and HVAC Simulations
3. Results and Discussions
4. Conclusions
SECTION III - ADAPTATION MADE BY THE TEAM IN THE
HOUSE FOR THE PROTOTYPE IN VERSAILLES
1. House adaptation
2. Adaptation of the envelope
3. Adaptation of the passive systems
2. House, Appliances and HVAC Simulations
Innovation Report
1. Innovation in Architecture
Evolution of the living environment
A more integrated and local greenhouse
2. Innovation in Engineering and Construction
Methodology for electrical consumption
estimation
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3. Innovation in Energy Efciency
Introduction of home automation to optimize the
building’s comsuption
Tidal turbine in the Loire River
4. Innovation in Communication and Social
Awareness
Communicate on “Fertile City”
Bring Nantes and Cap 44 to Versailles
Invent in order to implement
Communicate on serious issues without taking
ourselves too seriously
5. Innovation in Urban Design, Transportation
and Affordability
The “Fertile City”, key concept of the Philéas
project
Urban agriculture in the Fertile City
Social network
A sequenced Plan Guide
Transportation: a modular Velomobile
A new status for participative housing in France:
housing cooperative
6. Innovation in Sustainability
Mobility strategy around Cap 44
Evalutating the advantages of the Velomobile
Annex 1: Technical characteristics of an EPAC
Annex 2: Choice of the battery
Sustainability Report
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1. General concept of the project and
sustainability
2. Urban design and transportation
3. Bioclimatic strategies: passive design
4. Construction system
5. Materials
6. Active Systems and equipment
7. Solar Systems
8. Water
9. Solid waste
10. Life Cycle Analysis
Communications Plan
0. Communication Brief Report

1. Communication Project
1. Abstract
2. Analysis of the situation
3. Denition of the communication objectives
4. Identication of the target groups
5. Message(s) establishment
6. Actions’ description previous to the competition
7. Actions’ description during the competition
8. Actions’ description after the competition
9. Budget
10. Tracking table of the communication actions
Annex A: Core Team meeting reviews
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Annex B; Weekly Dashboard
Annex C: Audiovisuals
Annex D: Visual supports created for the events
2. Public Tour Description

3. Visual Identity Manual
4. Sponsorship Manual
1. Supporting institutions and companies’ tracking
2. Presentations used to raise sponsorships
DINNER PARTY MENU
Food item form

MENU 1: Plan and Section
MENU 2: Mille et uns
MENU 3: Je / Jeux
MENU 1: Appetizer
MENU 1: First course
MENU 1: Main course
MENU 1: Desserts
MENU 2: Appetizer
MENU 2: First course
MENU 2: Main course
MENU 2: Desserts
Annex: Reections on food waste
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CONTEST WEEK TASKS’ PLANNING
COST ESTIMATE AND PROJECT

Updated
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
1.Fundraising campaign Updated

2. Cost
Estimate Updated
3. Raw material detail New
4. Explanatory Notes Updated
SITE OPERATION S
1. General data
2. Site operations coordinators
3. Logistics outside la Cité du Soleil®
1.Trucks route map
2. Trucks shipment
4. Logistics inside La Cité du Soleil®
1. Infrastructure description
2. Construction working team
3. Phases description
4. Waste management
5. Assembly/Disassembly schedules
1. Assembly schedule
2. Disassembly schedule
6. Equipment requirement Chart
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7. Assembly/Disassembly Chart
1. Assembly Chart
2. Disassembly Chart
8. Site Operations Chart
HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN
1. Health and Safety plan precedents and aim

2. General data of the project
3. Health and Safety plan Objectives
4. Conditions of the site during the
construction
a. Constructive process
b. Type and characteristics of the materials and
elements
c. Site description
d. Climatology description
e. Accesses and paths for vehicles
f. Determining factors for the house placing
g. Overlaps with the affected services and other
circumstances or activities of the environment,
able to cause risks during the construction
h. Planned activities
i. Trades whose intervention is affected by the
risks prevention
j. Auxiliary resources planned for the construction
k. Machinery planned for the construction
l. Construction site installations
m. Characteristics table for the stocks
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5. Activities for risks prevention
a. Construction plan: determination of work
effective timing
b. Overlaps and incompatibilities in the
construction
c. Number of team members taking part in the
construction
d. Contracting planned
6. Critical work phases for risks prevention
7. Risks identication and efcacy evaluation
of the adopted protections
a. Location and identication of the areas where
the works involving special risks will be developed
b. Risk identication
c. Physical injuries
d. Exterior
8. Collective protection to use
a. Signposting
b. Collective protection used
9. Individual protection resources to use
10. Safe working procedures of every team
member
11. Machinery and auxiliary resources
1.Tools
2. Machinery
12. Planned measures in case of accident
a. First aid
b. First aid kit
c. Preventive medicine
d. Accident victims evacuation
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13. Risks identication for possible later works
14. Useful plans and information for possible
later works
15. Adopted system for the level of health and
safety control during works
16. Formation and information about health and
safety
17. Emergency evacuation plan during the
assembly and disassembly periods
Annex A: Safety data sheet
Annex B: Assembly/disassembly schedules
Annex C: Risk analysis in Versailles
Annex D: Job descriptions
Annex E: Safety training guide
Annex F: Medical examinations
Annex G: Training certicate and authorization
Annex H: HS specic terms and conditions
Former Annex c: Risk analysis in Nantes
DETAILED WATER BUDGET
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
Structure
1. Foundation
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2. Structural oors and sections
Architecture
1. Enclosure
2. Openings
3. Partitions
4. Finishes
5. Furniture
Systems installation
1. Fire Suppression
2. Plumbing
3. HVAC
4. Electrical
5. Solar systems - Photovoltaic and thermal
6. Telecommunications and building automation
Safety information
1. Fire safety table
2. Safety in use table
Appliances and Home Electronic Equipment

specications and user manuals
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1. Oven
2. Fridge and freezer
3. Dishwasher
4. Clothes washer
5. Dryer
6. Hood
7. Hob
STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS
Structural calculations of the Philéas

prototype
Calculation notes for the greenhouse of

the Philéas prototype
Footings calculations for the Philéas

prototype
Seismic calculations for the Philéas

prototype
Banister calculations for the Philéas

prototype
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Staircase calculations for the Philéas
prototype
Outdoor setting calculations for the

Philéas prototype
Structural calculations of Cap 44
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS 21
List of tables & gures in Project Manual 55
RULES & BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST 73
1. Rules checklist 74
2. List of Team Ofcers 78
3. Structural Design Approval 79
4. Electrical Design Approval 80
5. Codes Design Compliance 81
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3. Table of Contents
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CONTEST SUPPORT DOCUMENTS 83
General Presentation of the Philéas Project85

1. Philéas, our vision for a Fertile City 86
The issues of European cities today 86
Our answer 86
2. Implementation of the concept in Nantes 88
Retrotting the existing urban fabric 89
Introducing an integrated urban agriculture 91
Developing proximity networks 92
3. The Philéas prototype: extraction of a housing from Cap
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Urban Design, Transportation and Affordability

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0. UDTA Brief Report 99
1. Urban Design Strategy 105
1. Issues 106
French context: stopping urban sprawl 106
Local context: Nantes Saint-Nazaire metropolitan area, an attrac
territory107
A heritage to enhance 110
2. Chosen site 111
Today in Chantenay… 113
3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents
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3. Our concept 114
Fertile City 114
4. Our process 118
A fertile cores network 118
Plan Guide for urban sequences 119
Vertical land register 121
5. Our project 123
Retrotting theBas-Chantenaydistrict 123
District energy potential 129
2. Market viability of the product 131
1. Market 132
Overview of the local context 132
Potential buyers 134
Location137
2. Target Market 139
Business Model 139
Operation Balance 141
3. Appealing characteristics 143
Environment143
Survey143
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3. Collective housing building characteristics 145
1. Our urban consolidation strategy 146
Philosophy of urban consolidation 146
A sequenced
Plan Guide 147
An urban sequence 148
Scope of a retrotting project 149
2. Modularity of the housing units 150
3. Reproducibility of the process 155
4. Transportation and mobility issues 159

1. Mobility issues in Nantes 160
Situation160
National and local policies 160
Mobility potential in the Bas-Chantenay district 161
2. Our strategies toward mobility stakes 163
Links between the Fertile Cores and the city centre 163
Mobility hubs: meeting and sharing places 165
Integration of transportation means in Cap 44 167
3. The Velomobile 168
5. Affordability strategies 171

1. Business Model 172
Systems172
Model173
Sequences176
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2. Evaluation of the global cost 177
Cost items 177
Global conclusion 183
3. From construction cost to sales 185
Architectural Design Narrative 187

0. Architecture Brief Report 190
1. Architectural Concepts 194
1. Global urban design strategies 194
2. Cap 44 presentation 197
3. Cap 44 project 199
5. Philéas 226
Summary of chosen materials 240
2. Summary of recongurable features 245
3. Lighting design narrative 246
1. In Cap 44 project 246
2. In the Philéas prototype 249
3. In the Philéas greenhouse 258
4. Acoustic studies 261
1. Introduction 261
2. Acoustic requirements for Cap 44 261
3. Acoustic studies for the prototype 264
Annex: Results of the study on CYPE 274
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Engineering & Construction Design Narrative
289
0. Engineering and Construction Brief Report 298
1. Structural Design 302
History of Cap 44 302
Archival research 306
1972 retrotting: diagnosis of the existing (Annex 2) 308
Cap 44 project: our retrofting process 309
Philéas: extraction from the Cap 44 building 311
Lateral walls 313
Upper-slab318
Columns and beams 321
Cantilever loggia 323
Greenhouse and atrium 325
Staircase327
Exploded view 328
2. Constructive design 329
1. Technical details 329
2. Acoustic performance 338
3. Plumbing System Design 363
Water cycle in Cap 44 363
Water needs 365
Grey water reuse 368
Rainwater harvesting 370
Grey water heat recovery 374
Water-leaks detection 375
Specic water cycle of the prototype 376
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4. Electrical System Design 379
Problematic issues 379
Line of thought 380
Redistribution of the photovoltaic revenues on Cap 44389
5. Photovoltaic System Design 393
Photovoltaic System Design in Cap 44 393
Photovoltaic System Design on the Housing Unit 396
Electrical system 400
Accessibility & maintenance 403
6. Electrical Energy Balance Simulation 405
Introduction405
List of electrical loads 405
Photovoltaic system description 408
Simulation tool 409
Simulation results 411
Simulation critical analysis 422
Economic & environmental features 423
Renewable energies quota for 2020 426
Consumption assumptions in the entire Cap 44 428
7. Solar Thermal Design 433
Domestic Hot Water Needs 433
Solar Collector Design 434
Characteristics-backup system 437
Supporting System 438
Maintenance438
Insulation438
Cost438
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8. Building Integrated Active Systems 439
Objectives439
Aesthetic integration 439
Constructive solution 440
Energy Balance positive impact 440
Additional properties 440
Installation cost 441
Annex 1: Original calculation notes of specic elements 442
in Cap 44
Annex 2: 1972 retrotting 455
1. Columns section and height 455
2. Diagnosis of the existing 456
Annex 3: Thermal comparison of walls according to their
494compos
Annex 4: Structural study of the walls 502
Annex 5: Redistribution of PV in Cap 44 518
Annex 6: PV on the roof of Cap 44 523
Annex 7: PV on the roof of the prototype 526
Annex 8: Ventilation & shadow 529
Annex 9: Batteries choice 531
Annex 10: PV wiring 533
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Annex 11: Inverter certicate 534
Annex 12: Shadows 535
Annex13:Additional graphs for electric simulation 536
Annex 14: Estimation of the consumption in the Cap 44542
building
Method542
Housings 544
Ofces545
Youth hostel 546
Restaurant and reception 547
Elevators547
R+1548
R+2550
Annex 15: Peak smoothing 554
Housing554
Restaurant / Laundry 555
Energy Efciency Design Narrative 557

0. Energy Efciency Brief Report 563
1. Technical Project Summary 569
1. Cap 44 570
2. Prototype 573
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2. Comprehensive Energy Analysis and Discussion
577 Rep
SECTION I - INFLUENCE OF ENERGY ANALYSIS ON HOUSE DE
COMPETITION STRATEGY 579
1. Introduction 581
a. Energy analysis objectives and methodology 581
b. Climate Data and Weather Analysis 583
c. Team Energy Strategy 585
2. Inuence of the energy analysis in the project design (Project d
optimization)586
3. Inuence of the energy analysis in the HVAC systems
587
a. Ventilation 587
b. Heating and Domestic Hot Water 590
c. Cooling 603
d. Home automation: management and human losses and opera
principle604
SECTION II – PROJECTED PERFORMANCE OF FINAL HOUSING
609
1. Housing unit and Systems’ Description 610

a. Overall description of the project 610
b. Passive design strategies and energy efciency measures (EE
analysed614
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2. House, Appliances and HVAC Simulations 628
a. Brief simulation descriptions, tools used (capabilities and limit
628
b. Housing unit modelling assumptions, including internal gains,
occupancy behaviour patterns, ventilation and comfort629 temperat
c. Housing unit energy loads 634
3. Results and Discussions 635
a. Housing unit energy performance on both, whole-house basis
and system-by-system basis. Heat gains and losses by the build
envelope635
b. Predicted indoor temperatures in passive analysis 637
c. Appliances and HVAC systems selection criteria and descript
the nal design that minimizes the energy consumption and optim
the comfort conditions 645
d. Predicted heating and cooling loads and appliances and HVA
demand646
4. Conclusions 647
SECTION III – ADAPTATIONS MADE BY THE TEAM IN THE HOUS

PROTOTYPE IN VERSAILLES 649
1. House adaptation 650

From Cap 44 to Philéas 650
Versailles and Nantes, two different climates 651
Adaptation of the envelope 653
Adaptation of the passive systems 654
Adaptation of the HVAC systems 656
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2. House, Appliances and HVAC Simulations 657
Annex 1: Climate data 660
Annex 2.1: Static calculation of heat losses - Cap 44 663
Annex 2.2: Static calculation of heat losses - Housing unit
670
Annex 2.3: CYPE results - Housing units 673
Annex 2.4: CYPE results - Cap 44 685
Annex 3.1: Air ow needed 713
Annex 3.2: Chosen dual ows 715
Annex 4: Calculation of DHW needs 716
Annex 5.1: Calculation of the heating pipes diameter 717
Annex 5.2: Calculation of the insulation needed for pipes
718
Annex 6.1: Sizing of earth tube 719
Annex 6.2: Earth tube performances 721
Western building 721
Eastern Building 722
Annex 7.1: Thermal transfers in tubes 724
Annex 7.2: Calculation of the exit temperature 726
Annex 8: Natural risks 728
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Annex 9: Study of heating scenario 729
Annex 10: Composition of external walls 734
Annex11:nertia
I of the concrete slab 735
Models735
Results736
Parametric study of the thickness of the concrete slab737
Conclusion738
Annex 12: Buffer spaces 739
Annex 13: Study of shading, choice of shading devices742
Results742
Conclusion744
Annex 14: Choice of Glazing 745
Annex 15: Inertia of the loggia 748
Annex 16: Denition of natural ventilation 750
Winter ventilation 750
Summer ventilation 751
Innovation Report 753

1. Innovation in Architecture 755
Evolution of the living environment 755
A more integrated and local greenhouse 759
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2. Innovation in Engineering and Construction 761
Methodology for electrical consumption estimation 761
Retrotting concept 762
The greenhouse challenges 762
3. Innovation in Energy Efciency 763
Optimization of the building’s consumption 763
Tidal turbine in the Loire River 767
4. Innovation in Communication and Social Awareness770
Communicate on “Fertile City” 770
Bring Nantes and Cap 44 to Versailles 770
Invent in order to implement 772
Communicate on serious issues without taking ourselves too se
774
5. Innovation in UDTA 775
The “Fertile City”, key concept of the Philéas project 775
Urban agriculture in the Fertile City 777
Social network 781
A sequenced Plan Guide 782
Transportation: a modular Velomobile 783
A new status for participative housing in France: housing coope
785
6. Innovation in Sustainability 786
Mobility strategy around Cap 44 786
Evalutating the advantages of the Velomobile 788
Annex 1: Technical characteristics of an EPAC 794
Annex 2: Choice of the battery 797
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Sustainability report 801
0. Sustainability Brief Report 808
1. General concept of the project and sustainability 812
1. Introduction: sustainability concept applied 812
2. Fertile City 812
2. Urban design and transportation 816
A modular Velomobile 816
3. Bioclimatic strategies: passive design 818
1. Climate analysis 818
2. Bioclimatic strategies in Cap 44 building 820
3. Inertia in the accommodation 824
4. Envelope 825
5. Openings 827
6. Space planning 833
4. Construction system 834
Wood or steel structure? 835
5. Materials 837
Which kind of insulation material do we have to choose
837
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Simple or double glazing for the atrium and the greenhouses?
842
Health considerations 843
Maintenance Plan 853
Summary of chosen materials 864
6. Active Systems and equipments 866
Ventilation866
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Heating & DHW 868
Cooling871
Adaptation to the prototype 872
Home appliances 873
Lighting devices 874
Home automation: management and human losses and operatin
principle875
7. Solar Systems 880
Photovoltaic payback time 880
Energy recovery time 881
CO2
emissions 882
Renewable energies quota for 2020 883
Accessibility & maintenance 885
8. Water 887
Water needs 887
Grey water reuse 890
Rainwater harvesting 892
Grey water heat recovery 896
Water-leaks detection 897
Specic water cycle of the prototype 898
9. Solid waste 900
Assessment plan during deconstruction 900
Waste management during the construction phase 902
Domestic waste management 904
Methanation project 905
Waste due to maintenance 912
10. Life Cycle Analysis 913
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Introduction913
Objectives914
Life Cycle Assessment of a housing unit of Cap 44 915
Assessment of environmental amortization time 923
Results for environmental amortization time 929
Annex 1: Insulation characteristics 931
Annex 2: Insulation & LCA 932
Density932
Final results 934
Annex 3: Insulation & Health 936
Annex 4: Glazing & LCA 940
Annex 5: Flooring & Health 942
Annex 6: Light & Health 943
Annex 7: Water needs in Cap 44 946
Vegetable preparation 947
Annex 8: Sizing of the rainwater tank 948
Annex 9.1: Domestic waste 952
How is the building organized? 952
Methodology and waste 952
Annex 9.2: Educational farm 956
Annex 9.3: Calculation of waste 959
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Annex 9.4: Volume unit 965
Annex 9.5: Cost estimation 967
Annex 9.6: Inland river transportation 968
Annex 9.7: Regulation 969
Communications Plan 971

0. Communication Brief Report 977
1. Communications Project 983
1. Abstract 988
2. Analysis of the situation 991
a. Internal team means 991
b. Analysis of the context 992
c. Market analysis 993
3. Denition of the communication objectives 995
a. Questions to be answered 995
b. Communication objectives 996
c. Communication strategy 997
4. Identication of the target groups 998
a. The team 998
b. Professionals 998
c. General public 999
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5. Message(s) establishment 1000
a. The team 1000
b. Professionals 1000
c. General public 1001
d. A global message 1001
6. Actions’ description previous to the competition 1003
a. Internal organization among the team 1003
b. Team building events 1008
c. General Public 1013
d. Professionals 1022
7. Actions’ description during the competition 1032
a. Professionals 1032
b. General public 1035
c. Decathletes and jury: dinner party 1036
8. Actions’ description after the competition 1037
a. Last exhibition 1037
b. Future of the prototype 1037
9. Budget 1040
10. Tracking table of the communication actions 1041
1. Project appearances in the media: press review 1041
2. Information on the project produced by the team 1075
Annex A: Core Team meeting sessions 1080
Annex B: Weekly Dashboard 1082
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Annex C: Audiovisuals 1091
Storyboard of audiovisual#1 - Released on July 1, 2013
1091
Storyboard of Audiovisual#2 - Released on June 2, 2014
1102
Teaser1110
Annex D: Visual supports created for the events 1112
Visit of Cap 44 — February 22 & 28, 2014 1112
Visit of BH construction site – March 3 to 7, 2014 1123
Speed Peer Review Bootcamp – April 3, 2014 1125
Cycle of conferences – March 13 to 25, 2014 1127
Annex E: Newsletters 1131
2. Public Tour Description 1151

1. General information 1152
2. Public Tour scenario 1154
1. The rst ramp 1154
2. The second platform 1154
3. The indoor prototype visit 1155
5. The “memory wall” 1157
3. Visual Identity Manual 1159
1. Introduction 1160
2. Creation of the logotype 1161
a. Visual features 1161
b. Clearance area 1165
c. Rules of use of the logotype 1166
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3. Disseminating the concept of “Fertile City” 1167
a. From the logotype to our key word: “Fertile City” 1167
c. Pictograms related to “Fertile City” 1169
4. Communication tools 1170
a. Pictograms related to the various skills of the team1170
b. Business cards 1171
c. Tee-Shirts 1171
d. Flyer 1172
e. Badges 1172
f. Stickers 1175
g. Digital signature 1175
4. Sponsorship Manual 1177
1. Supporting institutions and companies’ tracking 1178
Academic institutions 1178
Associated experts 1179
Industrial Partnerships 1180
Institutional Partners 1182
Contact1183
2. Presentations used to raise sponsorships 1184
January 21, 2014 version (now outdated) 1184
May 22, 2014 version (currently used) 1200
DINNER PARTY MENU 1221

Food item form 1222
MENU 2: Mille et uns 1225
MENU 1: Plan and Section 1225
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MENU 3: Je / Jeux 1226
MENU 1: Appetizer 1227
MENU 1: First course 1228
MENU 1: Main course 1229
MENU 1: Desserts 1230
MENU 2: Appetizer 1231
MENU 2: Desserts 1233
Annex: Reections on food waste 1234
CONTEST WEEK TASKS’ PLANNING 1239

Monday, June 30 1240
Tuesday, July 1 1240
Wednesday, July 2 1240
Thursday, July 3 1241
Friday, July 4 1241
Monday, July 7 1242
Tuesday, July 8 1242
Wednesday, July 9 1242
Thursday, July 10 1243
Friday, July 11 1243
COST ESTIMATE AND PROJECT FINANCIAL SUMMARY 1245
1. Fundraising plan: projected revenues 1246

2. Cost estimate 1249
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3. Spendings up to date 1254
4. Incomes up to date 1260
5. Explanatory notes 1264
Budget explanations 1264
Insurance1264
Transportation1264
Incomes1265
SITE OPERATIONS 1267
1. General data 1269

2.Site Operation Coordinator 1271
1.Trucks route map 1272
2. Trucks shipment 1273
4. Logistics inside La Cité du Soleil® 1282
1. Infrastructure description 1282
2. Construction working team 1283
3. Phases description 1288
4. Waste management 1291
5. Assembly/Disassembly schedules 1294
1. Assembly schedule 1294
2. Disassembly schedule 1300
6. Equipment requirement Chart 1305
7. Assembly/Disassembly Chart 1306
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a. Assembly chart Team 1306
2. Disassembly Chart 1308
3. Use of crane 1309
8. Site Operations Chart 1310
Annex A: Storage schedule 1313
HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN 1317
1. Health and safety plan precedents and aim 1322

2. General data of the project 1323
a. Solar Decathlon contact 1323
b. ATC Team contact 1323
c. Prevention authorities 1324
d. Project presentation 1324
3. Health and safety plan objectives 1326
4. Conditions of the site during the construction 1327
a. Constructive process 1327
b. Type and characteristics of the materials and elements
1330
c. Site description 1331
d. Climatology description 1333
e. Accesses and paths for vehicles 1335
f. Determining factors for the house placing 1337
g. Overlaps with the affected services and other circumstances
or activities of the environment, able to cause risks during the
construction1337
h. Planned activities 1338
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i. Trades whose intervention is affected by the risks prevention
1338
j. Auxiliary resources planned for the construction 1339
k. Machinery planned for the construction 1340
l. Construction site installations 1340
m. Characteristics table for the stocks 1341
5. Activities for risks prevention 1342
a. Construction plan: determination of work effective timing
1343
b. Overlaps and incompatibilities in the construction 1347
c. Number of team members taking part in the construction
1348
d. Contracting planned 1349
6.Critical work phases for risks prevention 1350
7. Risks identication and efcacy evaluation of the adopted protec
1352
a. Location and identication of the areas where the works involv
special risks will be developed 1352
b. Risk identication 1354
8. Collective protection to use 1355
a. Collectives measures 1356
b. Signpostings 1357
9. Individual protection resources to use 1359
10. Safe working procedures of every team member 1362
11. Machinery and auxiliary resources 1363
1.Tools1363
2. Machinery 1363
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12. Planned measures in case of accident 1364
a. First aid 1364
b. First aid kit 1382
c. Preventive medicine 1382
d. Accident victims evacuation 1382
13. Risks identication for possible later works 1384
14. Useful plans and information for possible later works
1385
15. Adopted system for the level of health and safety control duri
works1386
16. Formation and information about health and safety1387
a. External training 1387
b. Internal training 1390
17. Emergency evacuation plan during the assembly and disasse
periods1392
Annex A: Safety data sheet 1393
Annex B: Assembly/Disassembly schedules 1427
1. Assembly schedule 1427
2. Disassembly schedule 1433
Annex C: Risk analysis in Versailles 1438
Annex D: Job descriptions 1457
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Annex E: Safety training guide 1463
Annex F: Medical examinations 1481
Annex G: Training certicate and authorisation 1492
Caces use of construction vehicles 1497
Electrical accreditation 1503
Work at height and harness 1507
Caces Boomlift 1511
Annex H: HS Specic Terms and Conditions 1515
1. A statement in which the Team commits itself to avoid or mini
risks derived from the work process. 1515
2. A statement in which the Team commits itself to envisage the
and safety demands from all the people taking 1516
part in the project (decathletes, sub-contracted workers, etc.), an
which the Team declares to have considered those 1516
demands in the HS Plan. 1516
3. Complete technical specications of the collective protections t
shall be used (see Rule 52.7.6). 1517
4. Complete technical specications of the individual protections
shall be used (see Rule 52.7.7). 1518
6. A statement that all the Team members have passed specic m
examinations for the works that they will carry out and have the
necessary qualications. 1519
7. A statement that the Team has received the specic training to
assemble and disassemble the house that will be 1521
exhibited, preventing unexpected risks. 1521
8. For contracted staff 1525
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DETAILED WATER BUDGET 1529
1. Expected consumption during the competition phase

1530
2. Sizing of the water tanks 1532
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1533
Structure1535
1. Foundation 1536
2. Structural oors and sections 1541
Architecture1549
1. Enclosure 1551
1. Textile solar protection 1551
2. Solar occultation 1572
2. Openings 1573
1. Aluminium-wood joinery 1573
2. Aluminium joinery 1589
3. Bannister 1612
4. Fire doors 1619
5. Doors 1621
3. Partitions 1622
1. Fixed partitions 1622
2. Movable partitions 1626
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4. Finishes 1648
1. Walls 1648
2. Floor 1660
3. Stair 1686
5. Furniture 1691
1. Furniture 1691
2. Lighting 1708
3. Lavatory 1749
4. Equipment 1760
Systems installation 1761

1. Fire Suppression 1763
2. Plumbing 1765
1. Water blower 1765
2. Water pump 1767
3. Sterilizer 1769
4. Domestic water tank 1776
5. Rainwater tank 1777
6. Greywater tank 1778
7. Black water tank 1779
3. HVAC 1780
1. Heat recovery system 1780
2. Heating Coil 1787
3. Pipes 1788
4. Sound trap 1791
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4. Electrical 1801
5. Solar Systems - Photovoltaic and thermal 1837
2. PV panels 1837
2. PV panels 1840
6. Telecommunications and Building Automation 1850
1. Sensors 1850
2. Switchs 1853
3. Actuators 1859
4. Weather station 1863
5. KNX power supply 1864
Safety information 1865

1. Fire safety table 1866
2. Safety in use table 1869
Appliances and Home Electronic Equipment specic

and user manuals 1873
1. Oven 1875
1. Specications 1875
2. User manual 1877
2. Fridge and freezer 1910
2. User manual 1912
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3. Dishwasher 1993
2. User manual 1995
4. Clothes washer 2043
2. User manual 2045
5. Dryer 2079
2. User manual 2080
6. Hood 2094
2. User manual 2096
7. Hob 2210
2. User manual 2212
STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS 2229
Structural calculations for the Philéas prototype

2231
1. Structural solution adopted justication 2233
2.Description of the materials and its properties 2234
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3.Employed action 2235
1. Permanent loads on housing and the loggia: 2235
2. Live loads 2240
3. Snow loads on the loggia 2241
4. Wind loads 2242
4. Loads due to the greenhouse 2245
4. Calculation model description 2253
5. Tensional and distorsional verication results 2255
6. Deection calculation and tabulated results 2256
7. Structural re resistance justication 2257
8. Main structure 2258
9. Modications 2333
10. Steel angles 2335
Annex 1: Structural details 2345
Annex 2: First oor 2346
Annex 3: Structural roof plan 2347
Annex 4: Wooden slab 2348
Annex 5: Structural details 2349
11. Assembly of the loggia (English) 2350
12. Assembly of the loggia (French) 2367
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Calculation notes for the greenhouse of the Philéas
prototype2385
1. Examination report from APAVE 2386
2. Calculation note for the Philéas greenhouse 2387
Annex 1: Structure EC3 2411
Annex 2: Vertical stability - 1 2479
Annex 3: Vertical stability - Gantry - 2 2491
Annex 4: Vertical stability - Gantry - 3&4 2529
Annex 5: Vertical stability 5 2554
Annex 6 Wind simulation on the South façade 2571
Annex 7: Wind simulation on the East façade 2597
Annex 8: Post footings 2618
Annex 9: Implantation 2632
Footings calculations for the Philéas prototype

2633
1. English version 2634
2. French version 2644
Annex 1: Platforms 2654
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Annex 2: Master plan 2656
Annex 3: Level platform 2657
Annex 4: Simpson PPRC 2658
Seismic calculations for the Philéas prototype

2661
Banister calculations for the Philéas prototype
2681
1. English version 2682
2. French version 2692
Annex: Technical details 2702
Staircase calculations for the Philéas prototype

2709
Annex 1: Technical details 2756
Annex 2: Details 2768
Outdoor setting calculations for the Philéas prototyp

2771
Structural calculations of Cap 44 2793
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List of tables & gures in Project Manua
SUMMARY OF CHANGES 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS 21
RULES & BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST 73
CONTEST SUPPORT DOCUMENTS 83
General Presentation of the Philéas Project 85

Fig 1. Location of the city of Nantes
Fig 2. Location of Cap 44 in the Bas-Chantenay district
Fig 3. The several lives of Cap 44 (in 1895; in the 1950s; after the 1974 renovation)
Fig 4. Building rendering - New South elevation
Fig 5. Building rendering - View from the Miséry quarry
Fig 6. Fertile programme in Cap 44
Fig 7. Basic apartment conguration in Cap 44
Fig 8. Philéas - Extraction from Cap 44 building
Fig 9. Philéas - From Cap 44 building to Versailles site
Urban Design, Transportation and Affordability Report

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Fig 1. Panorama on the city of Nantes
Fig 2. Urban extension
Fig 3. Urban extension in Nantes Saint Nazaire metropolitan are [source : SCOT Nantes-Saint Nazaire]
Fig 4. Increase in the population
Fig 5. System of sustainable food production // New Global ecological environment
Fig 6. Land registry of the city of Nantes
Fig 7. 1895-1923 Flourmill / 1945-1974 The “Grands Moulins” of Nantes
Fig 8. Analysis of the district we work on
Fig 9. Our fertile city concept
Fig 10. Transportation in current agriculture
Fig 11. Fertile City: a new transportation strategy in agriculture
Fig 12. A fertile core
Fig 13. Connection between the fertile cores
Fig 14. Uncontrolled urban sprawl
Fig 15. Urban consolidation solution
Fig 16. City's urban consolidation
Fig 17. Programmes evolution
Fig 18. Urban Design - Existing state
Fig 19. The various sequences
Fig 20. The various sequences - Axonometric projection
Fig 21. Urban Design - Step 0 - Existing state
Fig 22. Urban Design - Step 1 - A new life for the Cap 44 building and the green Miséry quarry
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Fig 23. Urban Design - Step 2 - Development
Fig 26. Urban Design - Projected needs of the Bas-Chantenay district
Fig 27. Cap 44 urban section - Projected energy needs and production
Fig 28. Surface distribution per activity
Fig 29. Lone persons distribution
Fig 30. Persons over 60 years old distribution
Fig 31. Location of Cap 44 in Nantes
Fig 32. General climate in Nantes
Fig 33. Rainfall in Nantes (mm)
Fig 34. Temperature in Nantes
Fig 35. Sunshine duration in Nantes
Table 1. Summary balance of the operation
Fig 36. Preferences regarding the type of apartment
Fig 37. Preferences regarding the oor
Fig 38. Preferences regarding the view
Fig 39. Synergy between activities
Fig 40. Thermal intervention on Cap 44
Fig 41. Basic typologies
Fig 42. Example of a family typology
Fig 43. Example of a mixed typology
Fig 44. Basic typology selected for the Philéas prototype
Fig 45. Reversibility housing section of the “in addition room”
Fig 46. Reversibility housing plan of the “extra room”
Fig 47. Philéas - Uses scheme
Fig 48. Plan of the activities in modular spaces
Fig 49. Philéas sequence
Fig 50. La Salle à Tracer in its context
Fig 51. Ground of the mould loft at the 3rd oor
Fig 52. Blow up of the existing building
Fig 53. Existing building, la Salle à Tracer and the slipway Merré
Fig 54. Interior rendering - Atrium
Fig 55. Exterior rendering - From the Loire River
Fig 56. Perspective section
Fig 57. Existing mobility network around the Cap 44 building in Nantes
Fig 58. Mobility around Cap 44 in 1900
Fig 59. Mobility around Cap 44 today
Fig 60. Proposal of extended mobility around Cap 44
Fig 61. Energy and mobility hubs in the Cap 44 urban sequence
Fig 62. Energy and mobility hubs in the Cap 44 urban sequence
Fig 63. Mobility ows in the Cap 44 urban sequence
Fig 64. The Cap 44 building in Nantes’ mobility network
Fig 65. Retrot your bike and give it new uses!
Fig 66. Heating system
Fig 67. Water management system
Fig 68. Electrical production and distribution
Fig 69. Business model during the conception phase
Fig 70. Management model
Fig 71. Temporal development
Table 2. Estimation of the projected demolition
Table 3. Estimation of a virtual complete demolition
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Fig 72. Comparison of economic impact
Fig 73. Distribution of the costs of the projected demolition
Table 4. Economic comparison between Philéas and a new-build hypothesis
Fig 74. Distributed construction costs
Table 5. Summary balance of the operation
Architectural Design Narrative 187

Fig 1. Location of Cap 44 in Nantes
Fig 2. Plan Guide
Fig 3. Fertile cores programs
Fig 4. An evolutive site: Cap 44 and its surroundings
Fig 5. Several lives for the Cap 44 building
Fig 6. Hennebique’s innovative structure
Fig 7. Conversion process
Fig 8. Building rendering - North elevation
Fig 9. Building rendering - Southern elevation
Fig 10. Thermal intervention on Cap 44 - North elevation
Fig 11. Thermal intervention on Cap 44 - South elevation
Fig 12. Winter strategies for Cap 44
Fig 13. Summer strategies for Cap 44
Fig 14. A seed planted in Bas Chantenay, with Philéas concept, fertile programmes inserted between Cap 44
and its district
Fig 15. The Cap 44 building programme
Fig 17. Allergopollinic data for birch
Fig 18. Processing workshop
Fig 19. Direct retailing point
Fig 21. Philéas sequence
Fig 22. La Salle à Tracer in its context
Fig 23. Ground of the mould loft at the 3rd oor
Fig 24. Blow up of the existing building
Fig 25. Existing building, la Salle à Tracer and the slipway Merré
Fig 27. Exterior rendering - From the Loire River
Fig 28. Perspective section
Fig 31. Philéas - The various steps
Fig 32. Philéas - The various steps
Fig 33. Philéas prototype - Bioclimatic drawings
Fig 34. Philéas - Uses scheme
Fig 35. Philéas - Uses scheme during a summer day
Fig 36. Philéas - Uses scheme during a summer night
Fig 37. Philéas - Living with...
Fig 38. Philéas - Interior view
Fig 39. Philéas - Interior hall elevation
Fig 40. Comparison of the substances found in inside and outside conditions
Fig 41. Example of a marking in France due to the law of January 10, 2009
Table 1. Summary of the chosen material and their rating in terms of Health
Fig 42. Philéas - Vegetal cycle
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Fig 43. Philéas - Watering system
Fig 44. Two rifts for lighting
Fig 45. Scale of natural direct light (minutes)
Fig 46. Sunspot in June / in March / in December
Fig 49. Northern façade of the prototype modelling
Fig 50. Southern façade of the prototype modelling
Fig 51. Eastern façade of the prototype modelling
Fig 52. Western façade of the prototype modelling
Fig 53. Interior view of the prototype - #1
Fig 54. Interior view of the prototype - #2
Table 2. Daylight factor 2m away from the loggia / living-room’s window
Table 3. Daylight factor 2m away from the loggia’s window
Table 4. Daylight factor 2m away from the bathroom’s window
Table 5. Daylight factor in the middle of the bedroom
Fig 55. Daylight factor results for the “low” hypothesis
Fig 56. Daylight factor results for the “high” hypothesis
Fig 57. Winter (12/21) day lighting transmission
Fig 58. Summer (07/21) day lighting transmission
Fig 59. Plants setting function of solar light needs
Fig 60. Study #1
Fig 61. Study #2
Fig 62. Local Urbanism Plan - Map #1
Fig 63. Diagram for a mass-spring-mass system
Fig 64. Diagram for a mass-spring-mass system
Fig 65. Interior view of the acoustic model with CATT Acoustic software
Fig 66. Comparative table of the reverberation time according to mobile furniture
Engineering & Construction Design Narrative 289

Fig 1. An aerial view of the Miséry quarry
Fig 2. Cap 44 nowadays
Fig 3. A reinforced concrete framework
Fig 4. Beam-to-column connection
Fig 5. Longitudinal sections
Fig 6. The rst life of Cap 44
Fig 7. 120 years of history
Fig 8. Cap 44 in 1955
Fig 9. Several reallocations
Fig 10. The project in ve steps
Fig 11. View of the retrotted project and its surroundings
Fig 12. Philéas – From the Cap 44 building to La Cité du Soleil®
Fig 13. Philéas–The steps of assembly phase
Fig 14. Efforts on the walls of the prototype (schematic view)
Fig 15. Wood-frame wall
Fig 16. Mixed structure
Table 1. Thermal comparison for the two wall structures
Fig 17. Life-cycle analysis summary
Fig 18. Final solution for the walls
Fig 19. Order of installation of the rst 4 modules
Fig 20. Concrete slabs and coffered wooden ceiling
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Fig 21. Final solution for the upper-slab
Fig 22. Concrete columns and beam
Fig 23. Final choice for the columns and beams
Fig 24. Loggia
Fig 25. Steel bars and xing metal plates
Fig 26. Final choice for the loggia
Fig 27. The greenhouse and the atrium
Fig 28. Inside the greenhouse
Fig 29. Axonometry of the greenhouse and the atrium
Fig 30. Timber and iron staircase
Fig 31. Structural blow-up
Fig 32. Top view–position of details
Fig 33. Tension wire
Fig 34. Steel plates on the wall caps
Fig 35. Longitudinal section–position of details
Fig 36. Wooden oor
Fig 37. UPE beam bound to the wooden oor
Fig 38. Footing system
Fig 39. Position of the footings
Fig 40. Transversal section–position of details
Fig 41. Slab support
Fig 42. Central beams
Fig 43. Central column base
Fig 44. View of the greenhouse and of the atrium
Fig 45. Resistance frequency diagram for a mass-spring-mass system
Fig 46. Diagram for a mass-spring-mass system 1 and 2.
Fig 47. Diagram for a mass-spring-mass system 1 and 2
Fig 48. Table of elements of complex walls
Fig 49. Interior view of the acoustic model with CATT Acoustic software
Table 2. Geometric data and materials for the prototype’s furniture
Table 3. Absorption coefcients for inner walls
Table 4. Absorption coefcients for wood oors
Table 5. Absorption coefcients for wood doors
Table 6. Absorption coefcients for ABS Glass
Table 7. Absorption coefcient for concrete
Table 8. Absorption coefcients for textile
Table 9. Absorption coefcients for wool cup
Table 10. Absorption coefcients for ABS
Fig 50. Pressure (blue) and energy (red) reverberation time curves obtained by CATT Acoustic
Fig 51. Comparative table of the reverberation time according to mobile furniture
Table 11. Sound power level in various places of the house (dB(A))
Fig 52. Placostil partition’s schematic section
Fig 53. Placostil partition’s index attenuation curve
Fig 54. Fixing of the heating coil
Fig 55. Fixing of hydraulic module
Fig 56. Fixing for double ow ventilation system
Table 12. Water consumption in France for a family of 4 persons
Table 13. Water consumption in Cap 44 for a family of 4 persons
Table 14. Rainwater over the months in Nantes
Table 15. Rainfall recovered from the greenhouse roof over the year.
Fig 57. Filling of the water tank over the year
Fig 58. Filling of the tank in 2006
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Fig 59. Schematic explanation
Table 16. Characteristics of home appliance
Fig 60. Technical room inside the greenhouse
Fig 61. Technical room inside the housing unit
Fig 62. Technical room
Table 17. Number of household supplied by the electrical production in each case
Table 18. Summary table of specic production
Fig 63. PV panel distribution
Fig 64. Greenhouse windows
Table 19. Losses in function of the angle of opening
Fig 65. Schematic diagram of the electrical system
Table 20. Characteristics of appliances (N.B. 300W for the lighting is when all the lights are on at the same
time)
Table 21. Characteristics of appliances used for the competition
Fig 66. PV panel distribution
Table 22. Study of the losses due to shadows
Table 23. Consumption over the months
Fig 67. Loads distribution
Table 24. Production over the months
Table 25. Production over the months
Fig 68. Summary of the production and consumption over the year
Fig 69. Load power during a winter day
Fig 70. PV production during a winter day
Fig 71. Electricity taking from grid in a winter day
Fig 72. Electricity injected on grid in a winter day
Fig 73. Load power during a summer day
Fig 74. PV production during a summer day
Fig 75. Electricity taking from grid in a summer day
Fig 76. Electricity injected on grid in a summer day
Fig 77. Summary of production and consumption over a year
Fig 78. Load power prole for the competition
Fig 79. PV production prole for the competition
Fig 80. Power taking from grid for the competition
Fig 81. Power injected on grid for the competition
Fig 82. State of charge of batteries
Fig 83. Load distribution during competition
Fig 84. Repartition of annual consumption
Fig 85. Monthly share of annual consumption
Fig 86. Distribution of consumption Summer & Winter
Fig 87. Distribution of consumption - Summer & winter smoothed weeks
Fig 88. Distribution of heating consumption Summer & winter weeks
Fig 89. Distribution of total consumption Summer & winter weeks
Fig 90. Distribution of consumption and production Summer smoothed week
Fig 91. Distribution of consumption and production Winter smoothed week
Table 26. Coverage of the 100L of DWH needed thanks to 2m² of solar collector, in Versailles
GPI Global in-plane irradiation
Fig 92. Optimal case, -27°, 46m x 4.85m for each shed
Fig 93. All covered roof
Fig 94. Optimization in the shadowing
Fig 95. Illuminated atrium
Fig 96. Optimization for the greenhouses
Fig 97. Best Scenario for natural light in buffer zones
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Table 27. Summary table for specic production and production
Table 28. Number of household supplied by the electrical production in each case
Fig 98. Optimal case, 45°, 9.35m x 1.65m for each shed
Fig 99. All covered roof
Fig 100. Partially covered roof
Fig 101. 26-degree slope
Table 29. Summary table of specic production
Fig 102. Greenhouse windows
Fig 103. View from the North-West, windows closed
Fig 104. View from the West, windows opened at 30°
Table 30. Losses in function of the angle of opening
Fig 105. Evolution of the losses compared with the optimal scenario
Table 31. Choice of batteries
Fig 106. Battery
Table 32. Characteristics of the wires
Fig 107. View of the shading over the year
Table 33. Study of the losses due to shadows
Fig 108. Load power in summer
Fig 109. Load power in winter
Fig 110. Power injected on grid (without battery) in summer
Fig 111. Power injected on grid (without battery) in winter
Fig 112. Power taken from grid (without battery) in summer
Fig 113. Power taken from grid (without battery) in winter
Fig 114. Power production in summer
Fig 115. Power production in winter
Fig 116. Power taken from grid (without battery)
Fig 117. Power taken from grid (with battery)
Fig 118. Power injected on grid (with battery)
Fig 119. Power injected on grid (without battery)
Table 34. Lighting equipment
Table 35. Domestic equipment
Table 36. Housing coefcients
Table 37. Ofces hours
Table 38. Ofces coefcients
Table 39. Youth hostel R+7 to R+9
Table 40. Restaurant and reception coefcients
Fig 120. Repartition of the users of the two central elevators
Table 41. Retailed room and associated room coefcients
Table 42. Packaging plant coefcients
Table 43. Book shop coefcients
Table 44. Day nursery R+2 coefcients
Table 45. Laundry coefcients
Table 46. Multifunctional room coefcients
Table 47. Repartition of the inhabitants according to the typology of their housing unit
Table 48. With N the beginning of the slot (depends of the group)
Table 49. Current use of the electrical appliances
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Energy Efciency Design Narrative 557
Fig 1. Schematic evolution of our dynamic thermal model
Fig 2. Average temperature in Nantes
Table 1. Calculated Heating Degree Day over the previous 30 years
Fig 3. Average sunlight in Nantes
Fig 4. Wind direction distribution
Fig 5. Insulation from the inside (model 1)
Fig 6. Insulation from the outside (model 2)
Fig 7. Winter model - With loggia
Fig 8. Summer model - Without loggia
Fig 9. Impact of the sun beams of the inside (summer on top, winter on the bottom)
Table 2. Scenarios studied
Fig 10. Comparison of the temperatures of loggia and housing unit
Table 3. Occupancy behaviour pattern
Table 4. Characteristics of home appliances
Table 5. Characteristics of appliances
Fig 11. Radiative gains along time (in hours)
Fig 12. Transmission losses, along time (in hours)
Fig 13. Total gains
Fig 14. Internal gains and its impact on inside temperature on a week
Fig 15. Inside and outside temperature
Fig 16. Weekly winter temperature with ventilation
Fig 17. Comparison of the winter temperature with and without ventilation
Fig 18. Weekly summer temperature with night ventilation before day 6
Fig 19. Comparison of the summer temperature with and without ventilation
Fig 20. Relative humidity
Table 6. Heating needs
Fig 21. Heating load over the year
Fig 22. Cumulative heating load
Fig 23. Comparison of the temperatures in Nantes and Versailles
Fig 24. Comparison of rainfall in Nantes and Versailles
Fig 25. Wind in Nantes (left) and in Versailles (right) - average : 8 knots in Nantes (4m/s) for 6 knots (3m/s) in
Versailles
Fig 26. Differences of glazing between Cap 44 (left) and the housing unit (right)
Fig 27. Evolution of temperature during the competition
Fig 28. Evolution of the relative humidity inside the prototype over the competition
Fig 29. Evolution of the temperature over the competition in case of extreme conditions
Table 7. Average of the Degree Day over the previous 30 years
Fig 32. Average in rainfall in Nantes
Fig 34. Average relative humidity in Nantes
Table 8. Static thermal analysis of the Western part of Cap 44
Table 9. Static thermal analysis of the ground oor, 1st oor and apartments
Table 10. Static thermal analysis of ofces
Table 11. Static thermal analysis of ventilation with and without heat recovery
Table 12. Repartition of the thermal losses (with heat recovery system)
Table 13. Repartition of the thermal losses (without heat recovery system)
Table 14. Static thermal analysis of an apartment of Cap 44
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Table 15. Minimal air ow needed in housings
Table 16. Minimal air ow needed in tertiary
Table 17. Maximal people per square meter according to the space
Table 18. Air ow needed in Cap 44
Table 19. Diameter of the heating pipes according to the air ow needed and the speed xed.
Table 20. Speed for the chosen diameter
Table 21. Insulation of pipe
Table 22. Summary about Earth Tubes
Fig 36. Introductory drawing
Table 23. Calculation of the exit temperature after spending 30 secondes under ground.
Table 24. Exit temperature for -2.5m and -3.7m over the year
Fig 37. Radon risk in Nantes (Cap 44 is represented by the blue square, the area concerned by a risk of Radon)
Fig 38. Flood risk in Nantes
Fig 39. Performances of the water-source heat pump
Fig 40. Schematic design for the DHW system
Fig 41. Schematic design for the heating system
Table 25. Study on the rst scenario
Fig 42. Schematic design for the heating system and the DHW system
Table 26. Study on the second scenario
Table 27. Composition of the external walls
Fig 43. Insulation from the inside (model 1)
Fig 44. Insulation from the outside (model 2)
Fig 45. Comparison between strategy 1 and 2 in term of inside temperature
Fig 46. Comparison of the inuence of the concrete in the second model (with and witout concrete slab)
Fig 47. Winter model - With loggia
Fig 48. Summer model - Without loggia
Fig 49. Inside temperature, with and without loggia
Fig 50. Impact of the loggia in August
Fig 51. Image of the added shades on December 20
Fig 52. Image of the added shades on September 20 (and March 20 as well)
Table 28. Kind of glazing used to run the simulation under TRNSYS
Table 29. Summary of the difference between CAP44 and the housing unit
Table 30. Scenario studied
Table 31. Results for the different cases studied
Fig 53. Comparison of the temperatures of loggia and housing unit
Fig 54. Hysteresis in winter
Fig 55. Heating need in function of the window opening
Fig 56. Hysteresis in Summer
Fig 57. Overheating in function of the window opening
Innovation Report 753

Fig 1. Schematic cross section of Cap 44 building
Fig 2. Basics typologies
Fig 3. Example of family typology
Fig 4. Example of mixed typology
Fig 5. Example of reversibility typology
Fig 6. Bathymetric map of the Loire River near Cap 44
Fig 7. Natura 2000 - Zone delimitation
Fig 8. ZNIEFF2 - Zone delimitation
Fig 9. Our key message
Fig 10. Outside setting in Versailles
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Fig 11. Form asking about the expectations of visitors during the opening of Cap 44
Fig 12. The “Growing” activity at the heart of our Fertile City concept
Fig 14. Vauban district in Freiburg: an example of cooperative housing in Germany
Fig 15. Closest tramway and Bicloo stations around Cap 44
Fig 16. Area chosen for the study
Fig 17. An EPAC (electrically powered assisted cycle) from the constructor “culture-vélo” based in La Rochelle
Fig 18. Accessories proposed to make the bike more convenient
Table 1. Comparison of carbon footprints
Fig 19. The hydrometallurgy process to recycle Lithium batteries (picture from www.recupyl.com)
Fig 20. Components of an EPAC (picture from cycloboost.com)
Fig 21. Description of the interface situated on the handlebar (picture from cycloboost.com)
Table 2. Characteristics of common batteries
Fig 22. Diagram of batteries characteristics (1 for bad characteristics, 5 for very good ones).
Fig 23. Example of a battery 24V 10A from Wattabox.fr
Table 3. Characteristics of the battery
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Fig 3. Fertile city: a new transportation strategy in agriculture
Fig 5. Energy storage into the modular Velomobile
Table 1. Calculated Heating Degree Day over the previous 30 years
Fig 9. Bioclimatic strategies - Winter day
Fig 10. Bioclimatic strategies - Winter night
Fig 11. Bioclimatic strategies - Summer day
Fig 12. Bioclimatic strategies - Summer night
Fig 13. Strategies in the prototype
Fig 14. Impact of sun beams inside (in summer above, in winter underneath)
Fig 15. Results for 0.0278 m3 of steel
Fig 16. Results for 0.493 m3 of pine wood
Table 2. Comparison between various kinds of insulation
Table 3. Origin of the studied materials
Table 4. Comparison of the thickness needed in order to have the same thermal resistance
Table 5. Characteristics of the materials studied
Fig 17. Comparison of the substances found in inside and outside conditions
Fig 18. Example of a marking in France
Table 6. Maintenance plan
Table 7. Summary of the chosen material and their rating in terms of Health
Table 8. Summary of our home functioning appliances
Table 9. Water consumption in France for a family of 4 persons
Table 10. Water consumption in Cap 44 for a family of 4 persons
Table 11. Rainwater over the months in Nantes
Table 12. Rainfall recovered from the greenhouse roof over the year.
Fig 19. Filling of the water tank over the year (m 3)
Fig 20. Filling of the tank in 2006 (m 3)
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Fig 21. Schematic explanation
Fig 22. Final destination of materials
Table 13. Solid waste expected during the production phase
Table 14. Solid waste expected for the end of life
Fig 23. Arable land surface distribution
Table 15. Daily transportation modes and distance for both families
Table 16. Daily and yearly transportation modes and distance for both families
Fig 24. System for home-to-work transport
Fig 25. Heating modes for 2-rooms accommodations in Nantes Metropole
Table 17. Heating modes and consumption for both families
Table 18. Environmental amortization time (years) of Cap 44 housing unit - Dark green 20 years, light blue
50 years, 50 years < light red 100 years, dark red > 100 years.
Table 19. Comparison between various kinds of insulation
Table 20. Results of the study on density
Table 21. Comparison of the different materials with respect to each other
Table 22. Results of selected insulation materials
Table 23. Comparison of the insulation materials with respect to our choice
Table 24. Health impacts depending on the materials considered
Table 25. Ratio between simple gazing and glass wool
Table 26. Comparison between wooden oorings
Table 27. Greenhouse consumption over the months
Table 28. Filling of the water tank over the year
Fig 26. Filling of the water tank over the years
Fig 27. Filling of the water tank in summer 2004
Table 29. Study on the tanks
Table 30. Layout of the housings
Fig 28. Zoning scheme
Fig 29. Arable land surface distribution
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Fig 1. Content platform
Fig 2. Target audience platform
Table 1. Internal team means
Table 2. SWOT analysis
Fig 3. Map of the urbanized space in 1960
Fig 4. Map of urbanized space in 2004
Fig 5. Example of the events reports (on the left : BH workshop visit/on the right : Security training)
Fig 6. Work in progress, at ensa school
Fig 7. Working group at ensa, March 2013
Fig 8. Study trip in Grenoble - ZAC de Bonne Disctrict, April 2013
Fig 9. Visit of the Saint-Gobain house in Beaucouzé, June 5, 2013
Fig 10. Philéas model
Fig 11. Prototype framework
Fig 12. Group picture in the experimental prototype with partners and supervisors
Fig 13. Working group at the ESB school
Fig 14. Visit of the Domolab
Fig 15. BH construction site in Laval
Fig 16. The outside setting steps (South-West)
Fig 17. The outside setting steps (South-Est)
Table 3. Set of dissemination actions
Table 4. Communication budget
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Fig 18. Repartition of the events budget according to the targets
Table 5. Structure of the review of the “Student Core Team” meeting
Fig 19. Public tour - General information
Fig 20. Public tour - Site accessibility - Floor plan
Fig 21. Public tour - Floor plan
Fig 22. The ag of Brittany
Fig 23. The colours of the Atlantic Challenge Team
Fig 24. The “Quan Extrabold” font used in our logotype
Fig 25. Alphabet in Quan Extrabold font
Fig 26. Key words for the design of our logotype
Fig 27. First sketches
Fig 28. Outline of the current logo design
Fig 29. Glyphs
Fig 30. Full logos
Fig 31. Minimum Size of the Logotype
Fig 32. Clearance Area
Fig 33. Association with SDE logo
Fig 34. Association with SDE glyph
Fig 35. Painting from Monet, Coquelicots
Fig 36. Description of the colour chart
Fig 37. Pictograms related to “Fertile City”
Fig 38. Pictograms
Fig 39. Example of a Philéas business cards
Fig 40. Philéas Tee-Shirts
Fig 41. Philéas yer
Fig 42. Badges
Fig 43. Philéas’ rst set of coloured badges
Fig 44. Philéas’ second set of badges
Fig 45. Philéas sticker
Fig 46. Example of a digital signature
Table 6. Academic institutions supporting the Philéas project
Table 7. Associated experts supporting the Philéas project
Table 8. Industrial partners of the Philéas project
Table 9. Institutional partners of the Philéas project
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Fig 1. Radish form
Fig 2. References and inspirations
Fig 3. References recipes along with colors composition
Fig 4. Je/Jeux inspirations visuals
Fig 5. Unavoidable waste
Fig 6. Avoidable waste
Fig 7. Potato peelings
Fig 8. Curious Matter Project, by Arjowiggings creators
Fig 9. Carrot peelings
Fig 10. Foodscape Project, by WHOMADE.IT and MICHELA MILANI
Fig 11. Food for thought #1: Use the leftovers’ properties to make an ecological packaging
Fig 12. Food for thought #2: Convert leftovers into a real meal
Fig 13. How do radishes grow?
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CONTEST WEEK TASKS’ PLANNING 1239
COST ESTIMATE AND PROJECT FINANCIAL SUMMARY 1245
SITE OPERATIONS 1267

Fig 1. Extraction from the Cap 44 building
Fig 2. View of the prototype
Fig 3. Truck 1 shipment
Fig 4. Truck 2
Table 1. Atlantic Challenge team members
Table 2. Assembly resources planning for the 5 rst days
Table 3. Assembly resource planning for the last ve days
Table 4. Disassembly resource planning
Table 5. Expected waste during the production phase of the prototype
Table 6. Expected waste for the end of life of the prototype
Fig 13. Waste management in La Cité du Soleil®
Table 7. Assembly schedule on the rst day
Table 8. Assembly schedule of the second day
Table 9. Assembly schedule of the third day
Table 10. Assembly schedule of the fourth day
Table 11. Assembly schedule of the fth day
Table 12. Assembly schedule of the sixth day
Table 13. Assembly schedule of the seventh day
Table 14. Assembly schedule of the eighth day
Table 15. Assembly of the ninth day
Table 16. Assembly of the tenth day
Table 17. Disassembly schedule of the rst day
Table 18. Disassembly schedule of the second day
Table 19. Disassembly schedule of the third day
Table 20. Disassembly schedule of the fourth day
Table 21. Disassembly schedule of the fth day
Table 22. Site Operations Chart - 1/3
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HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN 1317
Fig 1. Extraction from the Cap 44 building
Fig 2. View of the prototype
Table 1. Characteristics of the materials and elements
Fig 3. La Cité du Soleil® masterplan
Fig 4. Evolution of the Temperature during the day
Fig 5. Evolution of the gust during the day
Fig 6. Evolution of the precipitation during the day
Fig 7. Itinerary from Nantes to Versailles
Fig 8. Lot organization adapted from the
Fig 9. Accesses to the lot
Table 2. Scale used to evaluate risks and measures
Table 3. Assembly ressource planning for the 5 rst days of work.
Table 4. Assembly ressource planning for the last days of work
Table 5. Disassembly schedule
Table 6. Risks due to incompatibilities during the construction phase
Table 7. Atlantic Challenge Team members
Fig 10. Level of work 1
Fig 14. Assembly 9/36 Adapted from the Projetc Drawings HS-409
Fig 15. Balustrade location on the roof
Fig 16. Assembly 21/36 Adapted from the Projetc Drawings HS-421
Fig 17. Meeting point signposting
Fig 18. Signpost of the First aid bag
Fig 19. Signposting: portable re extinguisher
Fig 20. Head equipment
Table 8. Emergency contact
Fig 21. Emergency evacuation plan
Table 9. Assembly schedule on the rst day
Table 10. Assembly schedule of the second day
Table 11. Assembly schedule of the third day
Table 12. Assembly schedule of the fourth day
Table 13. Assembly schedule of the fth day
Table 14. Assembly schedule of the sixth day
Table 15. Assembly schedule of the seventh day
Table 16. Assembly schedule of the eighth day
Table 17. Assembly of the ninth day
Table 18. Assembly of the tenth day
Table 19. Disassembly schedule of the rst day
Table 20. Disassembly schedule of the second day
Table 21. Disassembly schedule of the third day
Table 22. Disassembly schedule of the fourth day
Table 23. Disassembly schedule of the fth day
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DETAILED WATER BUDGET 1529
Table 1. Number of tasks according to the day of the competition
Table 2. Amount of water needed according to its source and the task needed - Quantity per task completed
Table 3. Total amount of water needed for the competition according to its source
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1533
Structure1535
Fig 1. Longitudinal section
Fig 2. Dimensions and location of the footings
Fig 3. Distance to the edges
Fig 4. Axonometry of the foundations
Table 1. Pressure on the platform (see Section 13.3 Structural Calculations for the footings )
Fig 5. Structural Roof Carpentry
Fig 6. Structural Roof plan
Fig 7. Sections localisations
Fig 8. Section E
Fig 9. Section F
Fig 10. Section G
Fig 11. Section H
Fig 12. Section A
Fig 13. Section B
Fig 14. Section C
Architecture1549
Systems installation 1761
Safety information 1865
Appliances and Home Electronic Equipment specications a
user manuals 1873
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STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS 2229
Structural calculations for the Philéas prototype 2231

Fig 1. Posts location
Fig 2. Loads on the Philéas prototype
Fig 3. Live loads on the Philéas prototype
Fig 4. Snow loads on the loggia
Fig 5. Wind loads directions
Fig 6. Walls wind coefcients
Fig 7. Roof wind coefcients
Fig 8. Greenhouse’s supports location
Fig 9. Wind actions on the loggia
Fig 10. Supports location
Fig 11. Prototype’s model view
Fig 12. Loggia’s model view
Fig 13. Stress results in the housing (ULS)
Fig 14. Stress results in the loggia (ULS)
Fig 15. Deection results in the prototype (ULS)
Fig 16. Deection results in the loggia (ULS)
Calculation notes for the greenhouse of the Philéas prototy

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Footings calculations for the Philéas prototype 2633
Seismic calculations for the Philéas prototype 2661
Banister calculations for the Philéas prototype 2681
Staircase calculations for the Philéas prototype 2709
Outdoor setting calculations for the Philéas prototype
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Structural calculations of Cap 44 2793
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RULES & BUILDING
CODE COMPLIANCE
CHECKLIST
1. Rules checklist 74
2. List of Team Ofcers 78
3. Structural Design Approval 79
4. Electrical Design Approval 80
5. Codes Design Compliance 81
4. Rules & Building Code Compliance Checklist
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1. Rules checklist
NB: All abbreviations except “PM” corresponds to sections in the Project Drawings. The
abbreviation “PM” means “Project Manual”.
3.2 Team Ofcers and Contact Information Team Ofcers PM - 4.2

4.3 Lot Conditions and Attribution Lot Plan SO-102
4.3 Lot Conditions Foundation ST-001
4.4 Footings No ground penetration on the -
competition site
4.4 Footings PM: Project Specications - PM - 12.1
Structure
PM: Structural Calculations PM: 13.1
- Structural Calculations of
the Philéas prototype
Foundation ST-001
4.7 Construction Equipment Movement of loads SO-104 to
S0-139
Assembly and Disassembly SO-201 to
Phases SO-272
4.10 Site Cleaning and Waste Management
5.1 Solar Envelope Dimensions Site Elevation AR-101
Site Elevation AR-102
6.1 Structural Design Approval PM: Rules checklist PM - 4.3
PM: Structural calculations PM - 13.2
6.1 Electrical and Photovoltaic Design Approval PM: Rules checklist PM - 4.4
Hard Copies of:
Electrical EL-001 to
EL-601
Photovoltaic System PV-001 to
PV-031
SDE Instrumentation ID-001 to
Drawings ID-005
6.1 Codes Design Compliance PM: Document signed by the PM-4.5
FA Bettina Horsch
6.2 Architectural Footprint Site Plan AR-022
6.2 Architectural Footprint Recongurable Features AR-041 to
AR-046
6.3 Measurable Areas Minimum and Maximum AR-051
Measurable Areas
6.4 Entrance and Exit Routes Longitudinal section AR-201
Site accessibility PT-001
4. Rules & Building Code Compliance Checklist 4Rules & Building Code Compliance Checklist
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7.3 PV Technology Limitations PM: Engineering & PM-5.3.6
Construction - Electrical
Energy Balance - Economic
& environmental features
7.4. Batteries N/A N/A
7.4 Batteries ELEC#4: Electrical Storage ELEC#4
System Checklist
PM: Project Specications PM-12.3.4
- Systems Installation -
Electrical
7.6 Thermal Energy Storage Solar Water Heating - Roof SW-001
Plan
DHW Schematic Drawings SW-201
7.7 Desiccant Systems No desiccant system -
7.8 Humidication Systems No humidication system -
8.1 Containers Locations Plumbing Plan PL-001
Grey Water PL-011
8.2 Water Delivery Plumbing Plan PL-401
PM: Water Budget PM-11
PM: Project Specications PM-12.3.2:
- Systems Installations - items 4
Plumbing to 7
8.3 Water Removal Plumbing Plan PL-401

PM: Water Budget PM-11
PM: Project Specications PM-12.3.2:
- Systems Installations - items 4
Plumbing - items 4 to 7 to 7
8.5 Grey Water Reuse PM: Project Specications PM -

- Systems Installations - 12.3.2:
Plumbing - Sterilizer item 3
8.6 Rainwater Collection PM: Engineering & PM-5.3.3
Construction - Plumbing
System Design
Schematic diagram (drain) PL-121
8.8 Thermal Mass No water-based thermal mass -
system
8.9 Grey Water Heat Recovery PM: Sustainability Report - PM-5.6.8
Water
9.1 Placement First Floor Greenhouse AR-023
First Floor Greenhouse AR-024
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9.2 Watering Restrictions PM: Engineering & PM - 5.3.3
Construction - Plumbing
System Design- Specic
water cycle of the prototype
PM: Project Specications PM -
- Systems Installations - 12.3.2:
Plumbing - Sterilizer item 3
10.2 SDE Sensors’ Location and Wire Routing SDE Instrumentation ID-001 to
Drawings ID-004
11.2 Use of the Solar Decathlon Europe Logo PM: Communications Plan PM-5.7.3
- Visual Identity Manual -
Logotype
11.3 Teams’ Sponsors & Supporting PM: Communications Plan - PM-5.7.4
Institutions Sponsorship Manual
11.4 Team Uniforms Evaluation on the WAT
12.4 Public Tour Site Accessibility PT-001
House Tour Floor Plan PT-101
House Tour General PT-201
Information
20.0. Contest 6: Drying Method House appliances ID-005
20.0 Contest 6: House Functioning House appliances ID-005
PM: Project Specications PM - 12.5
- Appliances and home
electronic equipment
specications
36.5 Photovoltaic systems design Electrical & PV Chart and
Checklist
Checklist
Checklist
36.5 Photovoltaic systems design PM: Technical Project PM-5.4.1
Summary
51.3 Fire Safety PM: Project Specications - PM-12.4.1
Safety Information
PM: Structural Calculations PM-13.1.7
- Structural re resistance
justication
Wall Sections and AR-341
Construction Details
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51.3 Fire Safety PM: Project Specications PM-12.4
Fire protection - Housing FP-001
Fire protection - Greenhouse FP-002
Site accessibility - Floor Plan PT-001
Site accessibility - Sections PT-002
51.4 Safety against falls PM: Project Specications - PM-12.4.2
Safety Information
51.4 Safety against falls Floor - Congurable 1 IN-002
Floor - Congurable 2 IN-003
Longitudinal Section H AR-201
Transversal Section C AR-211
Site accessibility - Floor Plan PT-001
Site accessibility - Sections PT-002
51.4 Safety for avoiding trapping and impact Site Accessibility PT-001
risk
51.4 Safety against the risk of inadequate
lighting
51.5 Accessibility for People with Disabilities Site accessibility - Floor Plan PT-001
ans Special Needs Site accessibility - Sections PT-002
House tour oor plan PT-101
51.6 Structural Safety PM: Structural calculations PM-13.1
of the prototype
51.7 Electrical and PV Systems Electrical and PV Chart and

Checklist
51.7 Electrical and PV Systems Electrical EL-001 to
EL-601
Photovoltaic Systems PV-001 to
PV-031
51.7 Electrical and PV Systems Electrical EL-001 to
EL-601
Photovoltaic Systems PV-001 to
PV-031
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2. List of Team Ofcers
Faculty Advisor Bettina HORSCH bettina.horsch@nantes.archi.fr

Tenured teacher at ensa Nantes
Project Manager Ouessanne DOBÉ projectmanager@solar-phileas.com
Student at ECN
Project Architect Rémy LEMOINE architecture@solar-phileas.com
Student at ensa Nantes
Project Engineer Clara GALLETTI systems@solar-phileas.com
Student at ECN
Structural Engineer Patrick RÉGNIER patrick.regnier@apave.com
Engineer at APAVE
Electrical Engineer Patrick RÉGNIER patrick.regnier@apave.com
Engineer at APAVE
Student Team Leader Marion HUCHET teamleader@solar-phileas.com
Student at ECN
H&S Team Coordinator Ronan CORNEC ronan.cornec@ecoledubois.fr
Lecturer at ESB
skonradk@etu.ecoledubois.fr
Salomé KONRAD-KASSO
Student at ESB
lgrockot@etu.ecoledubois.fr
Safety Ofcers Luana GOULARTE
Student at ESB
goulaslucie@yahoo.fr
Lucie GOULAS
Site Operations Alban DE ROUGÉ realisation@solar-phileas.com
Coordinator Student at ensa Nantes
Contest Captain Vincent DAVID contestcaptain@solar-phileas.com
Instrumentation Contact Thibaut ALLAIN thibaut.allain@eleves.ec-nantes.fr
Student at ECN
Communications Marion TAUPIN communication@solar-phileas.com
Coordinator Student at ensa Nantes
Sponsorship Manager Richard CANAT sponsorship@solar-phileas.com
Student at ESB
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3. Structural Design Approval
79
4. Electrical Design Approval
80
5. Codes Design Compliance
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5 CONTEST SUPPORT
DOCUMENTS
0. General Presentation of the Philéas Project
1. Urban Design, Transportation and Affordability Report
2. Architectural Design Narrative
3. Engineering and Construction Design Narrative
4. Energy Efciency Design Narrative
5. Innovation Report
6. Sustainability Report
7. Communications Plan
5. Contest Support Documents
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5. Contest Support Documents 5Contest Support Documents
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5.O General Presentation
the Philéas Project
1. Philéas, our vision for a Fertile City 86

The issues of European cities today 86
Our answer 86
2. Implementation of the concept in Nantes 88

Retrotting the existing urban fabric 89
Introducing an integrated urban agriculture 91
Developing proximity networks 92
3. The Philéas prototype: extraction of a housing from

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1. Philéas, our vision for a Fertile City
The issues of European cities today

The Philéas project proposes an answer to the issues that most of European cities are facing
today: the urban sprawl and the articialization of the soils (165 ha of arable land are
destroyed every day in France), as well as the increasing mobility of their inhabitants (8%
of French households move every year).
Our problematic is as follows:
How can we How can we avoid

alleviate the the articialization
urban sprawl? of the soils?
How can we welcome new

incomers in an existing
social fabric?
Our answer
To face these essential stakes, our answer is to develop the innovative concept of Fertile City:
We deeply think that cities are fertile and can overcome the issues of today and of tomorrow.
A Fertile City is a resourceful entity that regenerates its organs: the soil, the buildings and
the social fabric .
The development of our concept of Fertile City relies on three axes:
Retrotting the Introducing an

existing urban integrated urban
fabric agriculture
Fertile City
Developing proximity
networks
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To face the essential stakes exposed previously, we ponder the re-use of the existing urban
fabric and the introduction of agriculture in the city. We are also working on proximity-
based networks and on their adaptability: this whole reection leads to the development of
our Fertile City concept.
The Philéas project proposes to integrate the agriculture in the city centre. This is an answer
to the plummeting of urban sprawl, in a context where people are more and more looking
for a healthy, local and of seasonal food. Philéas succeeds in nding a technical, social and
ecological solution to these nowadays prerequisites.
The Philéas project also develops a system of short food production and distribution circuits.
The inhabitants can buy local food and are encouraged to participate in the plantation
activity, in a very educational way.
The social dimension is as important as the ecological one. Agriculture in the city centre
would be a solution to prevent the soaring use of car, and of the limitation of residue and
non-recyclable waste. Agriculture and urbanism would make one through enriching social
activities in an ecological approach.
The name of our project: Philéas
Phileas Fogg is the main ctional character in the 1873 Jules Verne novel ‘‘Around the World
in Eighty Days’’. Jules Verne was born in Nantes and by choosing this name; we intend to
(1)
inscribe our project in Jules Verne’s visionary ideas .
Phi represents the heat ow

L for Logement (Housing)
E for Econome (Thrifty)
A for Accessible (Accessible)
S for Sain (Healthy)
(1) Refer to the Communication Plan section for more information
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2. Implementation of the concept in Nan
To implement our innovative concept of Fertile City, we selected the city of Nantes to be our
case study. By choosing this very city, we set Philéas in a dynamic context , along France’s
longest river: the Loire River (see Fig 1).
Fig 1. Location of the city of Nantes
Philéas is rooted in the territory of the Bas-Chantenaydistrict, on the site of a former shipyard,
characterized by a signicant industrial past. The project sequences the transformation of
an industrial area into a united mixed-use neighbourhood .
Fig 2. Location of Cap 44 in the Bas-Chantenay district
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Retrotting the existing urban fabric
The building we chose to be a demonstrator of our project is called Cap 44 and was selected
regarding its high potential for an urban and architectural retrotting . Located between
the Miséry quarry and the Loire River, close to the city centre, its position makes it an ideal
candidate to be the impetus for a new dynamism of the district (see Fig 2).
An emblematic testimony to the industrial past of Nantes
First used as a ourmill, the building now called Cap 44 has experienced several reallocations
(see Fig 3). It used to be the main building of the “Grands Moulins” of Nantes. It was built
in 1895, following an innovative beam-column system patented by François Hennebique.
It was one of the rst buildings to experience this new constructive system. After the war,
it was reinvested by the Loire Océan agricultural cooperative (Coopérative Agricole Loire
Océan). Then, from 1974, the building went through a heavy retrotting, which turned it into
an ofce building and gave it its current name, Cap 44.
Fig 3. The several lives of Cap 44 (in 1895; in the 1950s; after the 1974 renovation)
The famous Hennebique system used in Cap 44 is internationally widespread and is

a witness of the industrial past of the city. It gives us the opportunity to use a singular
structure as a memory and a shelter for contemporary and effective prefabricated modules .
These units are optimized to exploit at best the structural and thermal characteristics of
the existing framework .
Figures 4 and 5, on the following page, show the Cap 44 building after our planned retrotting
operation.
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Fig 4. Building rendering - New South elevation
Fig 5. Building rendering - View from the Miséry quarry
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Introducing an integrated urban agriculture
Philéas proposes to grow multi-culture crops directly in the neighbourhood of Cap 44 to
reduce fuel and land consumption. The project develops an integrated urban agriculture
system, creating a short circuit for food production and distribution .
An educational farm , at the centre of the quarry, grows crops for the use of the citizens
and sensitizes the inhabitants to local agriculture. With urban agriculture, every neglected
space in the city (roof top, fallow land…) can become an agriculture production place, which
is why we implement a greenhouse on the roof of Cap 44 . Thanks to organically soil-less
agriculture techniques, a professional farmer provides the inhabitants with fresh, local and
seasonal products.
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Developing proximity networks
We implement proximity logics at various scales: mobility, uses and relations. Since the
project is located next to the city centre, all means of transportation are connected and
relayed to a smooth transportation system. The place of bike in the urban network is
highlighted, coming out with a performing electrical assisted-bike .
Various programmes are inserted in Cap 44, diversifying the uses and creating proximity
between the inhabitants and social relationships between the professionals and the users of
Cap 44. A shared management and associative initiatives offer a frame that new incomers
can integrate more easily . Cap 44 is reversible and is adapted to tenants’ uses, thanks to its
modularity. As a result, the accommodation can evolve as the family grows or relatives leave
the house.
Fig 7. Basic apartment conguration in Cap 44
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3. The Philéas prototype: extraction of
housing from Cap 44
The objective of the Solar Decathlon Europe competition is to design an energetically
self-sufcient house which is part of a sustainable development approach. As part of the
competition, the reinvestment project of the Cap 44 building allows the Atlantic Challenge
Team to develop a strong scenario around the concept of “Fertile City”. The challenge is to
translate this concept into the prototype design.
For the ATC Team, the prototype is a full-scale demonstration of:

- the optimization of an existing structure
- a new living space open to the city
- the introduction of urban agriculture
Extraction from the Cap 44 building
Our prototype is extracted from the Cap 44 building. It constitutes an apartment from the
middle part of the building length dedicated to housing, south oriented. The housing our
team present for the Solar Decathlon competition is a single-family apartment, with a
surface area of 67 m².
The Philéas prototype:

- a self-sufcient building
- 150 m 2 footprint
- a 70 m 2 housing (55 m 2 of living space, 15 m 2
of loggia)
- a greenhouse of 70 m 2
Then, in order to t into the Solar Envelope required by the competition, we modify the size
of the original post-and-beam structure framework. By doing so, we also demonstrate that
our proposal of “plug-and-play” semi-3D modules is compatible with different usual post-
and-beam structures. Our objective is to bring a reinforced post-and-beam structure to La
Cité du Soleil® and to show our assembly process “on site” . This phasing process will be
slightly different of the reality one on site to match the Solar Decathlon constraints and to
maximize the effectiveness of construction.
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The apartment includes:

- a bedroom
- a kitchen
- a bathroom
- a living room
In the apartment, the structure of Cap 44 will be visible, to remind to the visitors the existing
and the rehabilitation work behind the prototype.
The housing is made up of four prefabricated modules. Each of them contains a structural
and technical oor. The two external modules also include the lateral walls and semi 3D
elements (bathroom, bedroom, kitchen). The concrete structure is recreated with 3 axial
posts inside the housing, and a top concrete slab. Externally, a cover on the side walls
simulates the concrete posts.
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5.1 Urban Design, Transportat
and Affordability Report
0. UDTA Brief Report 99

1. Urban Design Strategy 105
1. Issues 106
Local context: Nantes Saint-Nazaire metropolitan area, an
attractive territory 107
2. Chosen site 111

3. Our concept 114

Fertile City 114
4. Our process 118

Plan Guide
for urban sequences 119
5. Our project 123
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Retrotting theBas-Chantenay
district 123
2. Market viability of the product 131
1. Market 132
Overview of the local context 132
Potential buyers 134
Location137
2. Target Market 139

Business Model 139
Operation Balance 141
3. Appealing characteristics 143

Environment143
Survey143
3. Collective housing building characteristics 145
1. Our urban consolidation strategy 146
Philosophy of urban consolidation 146
A sequenced
Plan Guide 147
An urban sequence 148
Scope of a retrotting project 149
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2. Modularity of the housing units 150

4. Transportation and mobility issues 159
1. Mobility issues in Nantes 160
Situation160
National and local policies 160
Mobility potential in the Bas-Chantenay district 161
2. Our strategies toward mobility stakes 163

Links between the Fertile Cores and the city centre 163
Mobility hubs: meeting and sharing places 165
Integration of transportation means in Cap 44 167
3. The Velomobile 168

5. Affordability strategies 171
1. Business Model 172
Systems172
Model173
Sequences176
2. Evaluation of the global cost 177

Cost items 177
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Global conclusion 183
3. From construction cost to sales 185
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0. UDTA Brief Report
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An evolutive analysis for a new dynam
For a more global approach and more general information on the Philéas project, see the section:
5.0 General Presentation of the Philéas project
The ATC team wants to develop a prospective type of town planning . Our urban refection
proposes a reproducible, standard process that should also be exible. Indeed, all sites are
different and depend on climate, topography, economy, types of activity and social sharing.
We will therefore be using exible tools to identify the specicities, rst in a local context,
then on a specic site.
Nantes will be our case study. By choosing

this city, we set Philéas in a dynamic context .
The Nantes/Saint-Nazaire metropolitan area
is a region which benets from an undeniable
economic dynamism alongside France’s
longest river: the Loire River.
Location of Cap 44 in Nantes
Philéas is rooted in the district of the Bas-Chantenay, on the site of a former shipyard,
characterized by a signicant industrial heritage. Cities always need to evolve, especially
mono-functional industrial areas. To this end, Philéas aims towards a sequential
transformation of this former industrial area into a united, mixed-use neighbourhood.
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The project defends density in cities . It is a great solution to the problem of urban sprawl ,
though density implies many people in the same space. We must therefore imagine a new
sharing of land, a new social contract . After a detailed analysis of the different characteristics
of the Bas-Chantenay district, we have produced a Plan Guide. It is a synthetic map which
summarizes the application of our concept of the Fertile City . When it comes to urban
planning, this idea can be translated into three main guidelines: a new living environment ,
a new working system and a new type of social sharing . Placing the activity of “ Growing ” at
the centre of this trio will allow us to create a new balance between articial soil and natural
soil in this urban landscape.
We have decided to place the concept of sustainability at the heart of our project. In fact,
this Guide Plan will be able to evolve according to future results and new challenges. It is for
this reason that a new team could still review and produce a new plan in ten years time: it
is an iterative process . It is also why, even if we have focused on a specic area, we have
demonstrated the reproducibility of the process.
We have already identied four fertile cores .

These urban sequences are a combination of
Densication
existing spaces, buildings and new spaces,
Financial complement
programs that we intend to make work
Roong investment
Gardens together. At a local level, we believe that
the mixing of sharing, living and working
activities is essential. This especially
includes important meeting points designed
Make fertile
Reintegration
Pedagogy
Social mixing
Relaxing spaces
Employment
to create and spread a new dynamic across
Urban farming
the district (e.g. a shared-parking lot and a
shared-greenhouse). These programs are at
the centre of a new local economy . The fertile
Socio-cultural A new economy cores illustrate rst, a new local “growing”
relationships
activity, then new local mobility and energy
strategies which can support systems using
Fertile cores programmes solar energy.
One of these fertile cores is very special. It presents an atypical topography and a historical
building, Cap 44 , which was chosen for its high potential for urban and architectural
retrotting. We consider this site and our retrotting project as a fertility demonstrator . It
is the rst step in our fertile approach because it plays a specic role in the Bas-Chantenay
district and in the new network to be created.
Our project is written from an economic and social perspective . We aim at creating market
viability based on the quality of life, on a beautiful site well oriented in front of the Loire River.
We want to attract people with a strong message: an ecologically and socially responsible
approach that will allow innovative housing and new social sharing . The ats are based on
the same message and can adapt to the evolution of family , which is an important issue in
our society: the functionality of units is therefore adaptable to these changes, promoting
inter-generational mixing in the building .
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An evolutive site: Cap 44 and its surroundings
Modular conception is another key principle of the concept: it brings reversibility and
reproducibility qualities to the urban project. It also cuts manufacturing costs, thanks to
material sobriety and economic sobriety . Prefabricated housing modules are a minimal,
economically viable support designed to be truly appropriated by the future inhabitants.
Regarding mobility on the urban scale,

the Philéas project proposes a strategy in to SAINT NAZAIRE
to RENNES Tomorrow
accordance with the policy Nantes has been

pursuing in the past few years: develop soft
transportation and reduce car trafc in the Chantenay station
TER
Tramway
city centre . To do so, a tramway connection Bicloo - Bicycle parking
between the Bas-Chantenay district (with Reduce the impact of car

Reworking of the road
its former train station) and the city centre

is being studied. Moreover, the main road
in front of Cap 44 could be transformed
into an axis mostly dedicated to public
transportation. Trentemoult Fertile core
Haut Chantenay to NANTES station

to PARIS
As implementing these proposals requires

time and money, the ATC Team also developed Navibus
Tramway - line 1
a short-term plan to reduce transportation

Bicloo - Bicycle
parking
by car: a modular and electrically assisted Ile de Nantes

City centre City centre
bike, the Velomobile .The aim is to improve
and retrot people’s personal bike to incite
Mobility strategy in the Bas-Chantenay disctrict
them to go to work by bike instead of by car.
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As increasing density in cities could lead to conictual relationships between city dwellers,
so the Philéas project has decided to integrate this dimension in accordance with the new
French law ALUR , which provides new statuses for a different kind of collective housing
management. The housing cooperative we plan to create is thus at the heart of our market
viability strategy:
Nantes
Métropole
Ofces
€ Nantes
Shops
Aménagement
Housing Private
Cooperative (€)
Renters
SCI
Business model of the Philéas project
Moreover, as Cap 44 is being retrotted instead of completely dismantled then rebuilt, there
are some cost savings that are redistributed to the inhabitants:
- the deconstruction work is lighter in the case of a retrotting
- the reuse of concrete lowers construction costs
- partial deconstruction allows the original footings to be kept, which are very difcult to set
along the Loire River
The prefabrication process of the modules grafted into the structure also induces a long-term
reduction in costs because this is an industrialised process, as well as a shorter assembly
time, which cuts construction costs.
INNOVATION IN URBAN DESIGN, TRANSPORTATION AND AFFOR

Implement agriculture in the city at the building scale
Develop an evolutive
Plan Guide
Promote the use of a modular Velomobile
Take advantage of the new community housing status
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1. Urban Design Strategy
1. Issues 106
Local context: Nantes Saint-Nazaire metropolitan area, an attractive
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territory
2. Chosen site 111
3. Our concept 114
Fertile City 114
4. Our process 118
Plan Guidefor urban sequences 119
5. Our project 123
Retrotting the
Bas-Chantenay district 123
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1. Issues
French context: stopping urban sprawl
When it comes to urban development, we notice that today, most French cities are growing
and getting more and more attractive. Indeed, in 25 cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants,
population increased by more than 25% since 1975 . Encouraged by more affordable
housing in the outer areas and the breakdown of the family unit, this demographic growth
is supplemented by an uncontrolled urban sprawl .
However, the national strategy lays the bases for a sustainable development of towns and
cities. It must be organised around a green and fair economy : a low-carbonated, resource-
efcient system (as regards energy, raw materials, water, space, biodiversity…), integrating
human and social dimensions.
We do recognize how difcult this is to achieve in sprawling cities. That is why the ATC Team
has chosen the urban consolidation solution . We believe that our city’s urban consolidation
is the key to improve our way of life and our energetic performance. Nowadays, this goal
is commonly reached by creating new and denser buildings trying to occupy every non-
constructed plot. The Philéas project is willing to consider a more comprehensive solution.
With the increasing in population, cities extend and cause an uncontrolled urban spraw
this issue, the national strategy is to work on sustainable development. That is why the
has chosen the urban consolidation solution.
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Local context: Nantes Saint-Nazaire metropolitan area, an
attractive territory
Fig 1. Panorama on the city of Nantes
The issue of urban sprawl is particularly a concern in Nantes Saint-Nazaire metropolitan

area. First, this area and its region benet from an undeniable economic dynamism . Nantes
is more attractive every year. Since 1999, the population in Nantes is growing by 32,500
people per year. This new population represents a yearly 1% growth, compared to a 0.7%
growth at national level. ( source: SCOT Nantes Saint-Nazaire)
Housing, and especially individual housing, is more affordable far from the city centre, which
explains the current urban sprawl phenomenon . In response, many families move further
away from the centre every year. Urban sprawl is increasing , at the expense of crop lands,
which are reconverted into residential areas. Pays de la Loire is the region with the highest
increase in the articialisation rate.
Today in Nantes, only 15% of the territory is urbanized. However, the space consumption is
high: each year, 370 acres are consumed , mainly for housing. The metropolis of Nantes is
jeopardized by the phenomenon called suburbanization that deteriorates the quality of life
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and the attractiveness of the city. In the past 40 years, urbanized space has tripled .
As a result of a huge implementation of road infrastructures, all the activities, the

accommodation and the equipment nd themselves concentrated in the outskirts of the city.
This type of urban planning is deemed to break apart the urban fabric and the connection
of the networks; it is also a threat for landscapes .
(1) Source: SCOT Nantes Saint-Nazaire
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Fig 2. Urban extension
Fig 3. Urban extension in Nantes Saint Nazaire metropolitan are [source : SCOT Nantes-Saint Nazaire]
Because of the dense urban planning, Nantes

will be housing 100,000 new inhabitants in
the next 10 years. By the time, our way of
life will have paved the way to a new kind
of households. In France, the average size
of households has slumped in the past
10 years. Nantes did not escape from that
phenomenon, due mainly to an ageing and
separate living population: in 20 years,
the number of single people has doubled .
Therefore, the latest tendency is to propose
housing for single people in town and to drag
big families out to the suburbs.
Fig 4. Increase in the population
This strategy jeopardizes the balance between urban and rural areas . In 2050, we will be
9 billion people in the world and according to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
forecasts, we will need 100% more food while 80% of the fertile soils will already be used.
Among other things, like carnivorous diet or industrial waste, agriculture will have to produce
more with less energy to feed everybody on Earth. In addition, 70% of people will be living
in cities.
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As a result, agriculture will have to be present directly in the city to provide local food
for the urban population with an integrated agriculture system . Urban sprawl and urban
consolidation are the main stakes of today’s urban planning. Our concept of a fertile renewal
and the introduction of a life cycle around new centralities are our answers to these major
issues.
Our cities are already undergoing a huge mutation and have to adapt to new uses and new
environmental requirements.
Fig 5. System of sustainable food production // New Global ecological environment
Because of the economic dynamism of theNantes Saint-Nazaire metropolitan area,

attractive and urban sprawl increases. Furthermore, in 20 years, the number of single
doubled. As regards agriculture, the population needs become higher while the availa
cultivate decreases. As a result, agriculture will have to be present directly in the city.
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A heritage to enhance
In order to integrate such changes in our cities, we believe that the rst thing to do is to
take into account their history, their heritage, whether it is cultural, architectural or natural.
The territory is made of what we call heritage “treasures” that have to be preserved and
upgraded. On several scales (territory, district, building) we intend to upgrade and retrot
this heritage.
In many European cities, entire districts are losing population because their past functions
are out of date. This is the case with most districts born during the industrial revolution,
especially in the city of Nantes, where the declining shipbuilding industry left many
abandoned industrial buildings and unused soils.
Today in those former industrial districts, many huge but empty buildings remain as a
memory of that time, unused though still structurally efcient. These disaffected post-
industrial buildings occupy a lot of space all over the territory, but they are the symbols of
the industrial and port heritage of the city .
Today’s urban consolidation and energy economy issues are real . Retrotting thise type
of building is thus becoming a major issue for the next couple of decades: these buildings
represent a great potential for the city . In this perspective, some of them were successfully
turned into cultural and educational facilities. In the same way many fallow green spaces
raised our attention. Many existing brownelds and wild vegetation spaces are unused today,
when they could be a great asset for the city of Nantes. We must think about converting this
industrial heritage.
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2. Chosen site
Fig 6. Land registry of the city of Nantes
Guided by our will to work on these issues, we decided of a way to formalize our answer.
We chose to work on the Bas-Chantenay district , an area of Nantes, in a site especially
(2)
questioning the urban renewal issue in the context explained above .
The Prairie du Bas-Chantenayhas been used for more than 1,000 years to build and feed the
city of Nantes. Many granite blocks were extracted from the Miséry quarry and gave birth
to buildings, which are now part of the architectural heritage of the city. This site became
the rst industrial area of the city in the 18 th century. Located at the entrance of the city, it
gathers, among other buildings, the Dubigeon shipyards and Armor printing ofce.
(2) Refer to PD#6: Site Pictures / UR-001 and to PD#6: Existing Site / UR-002
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Fig 7. 1895-1923 Flourmill / 1945-1974 The “Grands Moulins” of Nantes
More precisely, the building we chose to work on is named Cap 44 and is located between the
large Miséry quarry and the Loire river side.
Despite its proper qualities and potentials, this building must not be to be considered an
isolated case. It is part of a former industrial district in decline that has to be transformed.
Could it be the impetus for a global change of the district?
First used as a ourmill, the building now called Cap 44 has experienced several reallocations .
It used to be the main building of the “Grands Moulins” of Nantes, It was built in 1895,
following an innovative beam-column system patented by François Hennebique. After the
war, it was reinvested by the Loire Océan agricultural cooperative ( Coopérative Agricole Loire
Océan). Then, from 1974, the building went through a heavy retrotting, which turned its
industrial use into a tertiary use and gave it its current name, Cap 44.
Along with its various transformations, the surroundings of the building also went through a
lot of changes. The fast expansion of activities moved the attractiveness to the West and the
Chantenay train station. This, combined with the historic departure of Dubigeon shipyards
for the Ile de Nantes, gradually caused the decline of Cap 44 and its surroundings.
Since then, the district seems to have been relatively dormant compared to the other side
of the river inlet, where the Ile de Nantes has been developing and reconstructing itself.
The Bas-Chantenay district is an old industrial district, seemingly dormant. In this distr
has an important historical place: this site is an ideal starting point for an urban renewa
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Today in Chantenay …
(3)
We identied buildings and spaces allocated to the following main activities: living, working
and sharing. One can notice how unbalanced they are in this former industrial area of Le
Bas-Chantenay. Industrial buildings follow one another like granite blocks dropped here and
there.
Taking advantage of these empty buildings, many atypical companies such as small
architects rms or Royal Deluxe (a street theatre compagny), have settled down in this area
since the 1980s. On the other hand, there are just a few isolated residential zones in the
Bas-Chantenaydistrict. In this area, some people work, but just a few live. People actually live
mostly in the Haut-Chantenay district above the Miséry quarry.
However, small associative and socio-cultural initiatives raised our attention, heritage
“treasures” which made us think that people are today willing to share culture, spaces and
uses. Besides, some strong and dynamic companies still have their ofce buildings in this
area (like Armor, a historical printing company), which boosts the activity of the zone . We
also noticed the presence of several green spaces, forming a green network all over the
district.
TODAY IN CHANTENAY...
Residential buildings Actives workshops

“Haut-Chantenay” and industries
Trentemoult village Services activities
Isolated blocks in the Industrial buildings

“Bas Chantenay” to convert
... We live ... We work
Cultural exchanges Publics green

places spaces
Creation, Fallow lands and

Artistic activities abandoned spaces
Knowledges Privates gardens

transmission
... We share Which place given to the vegetable ?
Fig 8. Analysis of the district we work on
Today, this zone is boosted thanks to some strong and dynamic companies. But tod
Chantenay is a working area rather than an living district.
(3) Refer to PD#6: Site Analysis / UR-003
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3. Our concept
Fertile City
We decided to place the concept of sustainability at the heart of our project. Everything on
Earth is created, grown and then transformed by time and life. We want the Philéas project
to follow this line of thought. Philéas is rooted in a rich historical and cultural context and
is tightly linked to the past of the region. We now want tell a story about this past to open
new opportunities, putting back nature and agriculture at the centre of the city .
Philéas is the result of a global reection about the origins and the future of a city, of a
building and of its inhabitants. This answer to sustainable development issues contributes
to the budding of collective awareness when it comes to the economic and constructive
implications of the life cycle of any building.
The concept we develop is the one of “Fertile City”, based on three main axes: Living, Working
and Sharing . Bringing the “Growing” activity at the centre of this trio , we want to give a new
balance to the urban territory.
Densication
Financial complement
Roong investment
Gardens
Reintegration Make fertile

Relaxing spaces
Pedagogy
Employment
Social mixing
Urban farming
Socio-cultural A new economy

relationships
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A new living environment
Above all, “fertile” means a new quality of living . Today, due to urban sprawl, many
agricultural soils are destroyed. As explained before, facing this, cities have to increase their
density, but also to develop intramural agriculture to produce a part of the food necessary
to its inhabitants. With the idea that one can grow one’s garden in the city through an
urban farming network, “fertile” means a city where agricultural production is possible and
encouraged .
This production is a sustainable urban agriculture system . Thanks to the soil-less

technique, any neglected city space can be considered a potential agricultural eld. The
future agriculture will have to strike a balance between sub-urban and urban agriculture to
provide food from ecological, local and integrated production. Moreover, through an adapted
educative program, the project intends to re-create a close link between consumers and
producers . Eventually, inhabitants will be able to produce their own local food and to get a
broaden knowledge out of it, benetting from a farming education, the rst step towards an
ecological system. The survival of its inhabitants and their adaptability is at stake. “Making
the fertile city” also means bringing new vegetated spaces, upgrading and diversifying
the functions of the existing ones . As regards inhabitants, it represents a real change in
everyday life. It implies a new way of living together in the district and it means getting
involved in one’s city.
A new working system
“Making fertile” also means rethinking the existing working system. A city is always evolving,
especially former industrial lands, nding new uses and functions. Settling up in these
existing lands enables us to combat urban sprawl and to adapt ourselves. By including this
derelict area into the urban fabric, we create effective networks and new energy ows,
through a short-circuit logic, through food production and distribution based on proximity
and mobility.
Indeed, we must reduce the « food miles » problem . Every-day-food travels on average 200km.
Of course, the current agriculture system is really efcient for transporting companies but
not for farmers, consumers and the environment. Food is packed, repacked, refrigerated,
sold and resold. Through a new economic system in which the producing, buying and eating
cycle could be reduced. Following the same local dynamic, the aim is to make the city more
productive by creating employment and activities. This particularly implies preserving
existing dynamic industries on site.
Armor, a historical French printing company is a great example and has its head ofce on
the site since 1922. Today, this industry develops its expertise in two activities on a global
scale:
-Armor Ofce Printing (AOP): high-performance compatible printer consumables, its
historical activity
-Armor Sustainable Energies (ASE), is the new activity of Armor.
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It leans on the know-how recognized regarding formulation, coating, processing of thin lms
and is in line with the sustainable development strategy of the group. Its objective is to bring
innovative solutions in the eld of the renewable energies and particularly in the eld of
organic photovoltaic (OPV).
Fig 11. Fertile City: a new transportation strategy in agriculture
A new social sharing
Our concept of “Fertile City” is also a reection about social sharing, whether it is cultural,
material or educational . Urban farming is one way to allow people to work together. Other
pedagogical activities would provide tools to inhabitants, allowing them to share knowledge
and to learn from others.
During their lives people tend to move from the city centre to rural areas, from big houses
to apartments, etc. Knowing this, Cap 44 seems ideally located, embodying a compromise
between the countryside and the city . This building is adapted to all kinds of need, providing
local mobility, accesses to various activities and short circuits of any sort. Thanks to the
adaptability of the accommodations and activities, the family structure can evolve freely at
the same time.
All common spaces are designed to encourage social diversity and mutual activities .
Objects and spaces can be shared between inhabitants for special events. Cap 44 is thought
as a shared building where all neighbours agree to participate in a common fertile program.
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Building the “Fertile City” will therefore be a way to balance an existing territory, through
mixed built programs with an important plant input while taking in account existing heritage.
May they be private, shared or public, these programs intend to give quality to spaces and to
make urban consolidation possible, building a sustainable city for the future generations.
Fertile City is an global reection about the city, the buildings and the inhabitants. “G
is in the heart of this concept, bringing together the three topics: living, working and
This concept offers a new quality of life and balances sub-urban and urban agricultur
to develop intramural agriculture, the “living together” principle, and to create links
producers and consumers. This system minimizes the intermediates, preserves th
activities in the district and encourages social and uses diversity.
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4. Our process
A fertile cores network
In practical terms, the rst stage of the Fertile City approach is to implement a fertile core
network. We dene a fertile core by a specic program whose function is to boost a delimited
urban sequence of the district.
An urban sequence is a combination of existing spaces and buildings that we intend to make
function together. At this local scale, we believe that adding and mixing sharing, living and
working activities is essential. But something more than building ofces, housing, industries
and equipment has to be done. Indeed, information, energy, mobility, social and economic
issues also have to be taken into account. A fertile core creates this necessary link between
new living, working and sharing programs. It especially includes an important meeting
point: a shared parking lot and a shared greenhouse. By “shared parking lot”, we mean an
infrastructure where people can share electric vehicles: cars, tricycles or bicycles according
to local needs.
On the roof, the greenhouse, which can support systems using solar energy, is a place where
inhabitants and farmers exchange together around “growing” activities: they can share
seeds and advice. It is surrounded by several growing programs (roofs, orchards, parks) and
becomes a signicant meeting point . This program illustrates a new local economy.
The urban sequence we developed is the one containing the Cap 44 building. We consider
this site and our retrotting project as a fertility demonstrator . It is the rst step of our fertile
approach because it plays a specic role in the Bas-Chantenay district and in the network
created.
All fertile cores are connected to each other by soft mobility spreading across the whole
district. This network will allow the area to move from a sequential organisation to a united
district and eventually to boost the dynamic of the Fertile City.
Moreover, each fertile core may be the area of a technical implementation of the Smart Grid
system . The energy collected in the urban core section is centralised and connected to other
fertile cores. This enables an intelligent energy distribution : either drawing on one sector’s
resources or on another one. Then, garden barges could be installed on the Loire river and
could support river turbines, diversifying the electrical production in order to lower the
ecological impact of electrical energy output .
A fertile core is composed of living, working and sharing programmes. But, informati
mobility, social and economic issues are added. A fertile core permits to boost a delim
sequence and develops an intelligent energy distribution to lower the ecological impact o
energy output.
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Plan Guide for urban sequences (4)
Our urban renewal method consists in punctually implementing buildings that will attract
a new population around various and complementary activities, on the basis on the existing
ones. The “boosting cores” are the fertile ground for new buildings: they foster social
connections, energy and food circulation between former and new inhabitants in the Bas-
Chantenay district.
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Fig 12. A fertile core
We believe the district renewal will operate if we work on a sequential approach and through
a project approach, instead of a set town planning. This project dimension gives a new
architectural exibility : urbanism becomes a tool, not a constraint.
For these reasons, we established a Plan Guide, like the one Alexandre Chemetoff created for
the rst Ile de Nantes phase. Without xing his plan, this town-planner created an adaptive
project , still giving the Ile de Nantes a consistent unity.
We want reproduce this process in the Bas-Chantenay district. It is actually a sustainability

process witch could evolve in time: this is only a rst step. After ten years, a new team could
review this plan and realize a new one. It is an iterative process .
(4) Refer to PD#6: Plan Guide / UR-004
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Fig 13. Connection between the fertile cores
When a Plan Guide is dened, it permits to outline the rules of the urban sequence. T
concept is to create an attraction for a new population, thank an adaptive and iterative p
Plan Guide gives the opportunity to create a new architectural exibility: urban planning
a tool, not a constraint.
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Vertical land register
The rst objective of our urban strategy is to nd an alternative to uncontrolled urban

sprawl . Today the only answer is to use land register around cities and consequences are the
destruction of natural and agricultural areas.
Available land register Available land register

Destruction of natural and agricultural areas Destruction of natural and agricultural areas
Fig 14. Uncontrolled urban sprawl
We do recognize how difcult this is to contain urban sprawl in the cities of today. Most
French cities are growing and getting more and more attractive. Indeed, in 25 cities of more
than 50,000 inhabitants, population increased by more than 25% since 1975 .
That is why the ATC Team has chosen the urban consolidation solution . We believe that our
city’s urban consolidation is the key to improve our way of life and our energetic performance.
Nowadays, this goal is commonly reached by creating new and denser buildings trying
to occupy every non-constructed plot. The Philéas project is willing to consider a more
comprehensive solution.
re-use of the building stock

urban culture on soils
enhance a proximity-based social fabric
Fig 15. Urban consolidation solution
The rst step is illustrated by the retrotting of Cap 44. Around this project we imagine a new
form of urban planning with the concept of Fertile City. It is applied in an urban sequence.
On site, we make an inventory of existing buildings to select the most signicant for the
quality of their structure, retraining opportunities, heritage. These building are a support
for new programmes. They are built with the idea of a possible deconstruction in 50 years .
This process preserves all the qualities of the existing structure. So we imagine that these
structures are sustainable and can cross time because they are exible and adaptable
enough.
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Densication:
Creating primary structure hosting
Introduction of new mixed programs
Creating Vertical land register
Fig 16. City's urban consolidation
The second step is densication . It is the creation of new and denser buildings trying to
occupy every non-constructed plot and to replace the obsolete buildings that we identify
for new mixed programmes.
We want to integrate the same idea of sustainable structures. There are two types of structure:
One is a primary structure hosting which contains all the elements of vertical communication
and energy systems required for its use.
As to its development, it will host secondary structures, support programmes . The primary
structure will be lled with a private or public initiatives under the control of a master plan
that sets rules to preserve the function and appearance.
Programmes evolution
Fig 17. Programmes evolution
We can imagine this process is a new approach about land register in the city . In fact we
consider each oor or roof as a new property, not only horizontal but vertical with its own
rules of development. We call it vertical land register . This generic vision is not a single
answer, every project of this type must always meet environment, social and economic
issues .
To face uncontrolled urban sprawl, we use urban consolidation and more comprehens
to densify the city. We create one structure, composed from two parts: the primary, t
structure with the vertical communications and the energy systems, and the secondar
support programmes. This structure functions, with the users, with a master plan and dif
like the French PLU
Plan( local d’urbanisme
).
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5. Our project
Retrotting the Bas-Chantenay district
Let us focus on our Cap 44 urban sequence, and explain how the Fertile City here is applied.
We want this urban sequence to boost the city fertilization . For this, the Cap 44 becomes a
demonstration of a mixed living, working and sharing program, irrigated by a performing
energy, mobility and agriculture network. Moreover, we wish to give pedagogical qualities
to this program. Here the tools will be given to the B as-Chantenay inhabitants to develop a
fertile city all over the Chantenay district .
In front of the Cap 44 building, the Fertile City starts with an educational farm in the Miséry
quarry. Its role is to teach people how to grow their own vegetables. Indeed, each inhabitant
will benet from a place near his living place where they can grow vegetables as a part of
their food. This implies q. For this goal to be achieved, informing and training people is
necessary. This is the aim of the educational farm. It is developed both horizontally, as the
quarry plant development, and vertically, creating the missing link between the Haut-
Chantenay and the Bas-Chantenaydistricts.
Fig 18. Urban Design - Existing state
At the same time, the Cap 44 building is retrotted. Indeed, it is deeply linked to its quarry.
This retrotting is an example of a living, working and sharing program, interrogating the
economic scale while bringing the growing activities in the core of the everyday life.
Step by step, the district undergoes changes. The fertile core is built, as an energy and
mobility distributor and as a social meeting point . Then, the destruction of poor condition
buildings is followed by the implementation of mixed programs, into new or retrotted
buildings. A local living, working and sharing cycle is born. At the same time, on top,
in and around these new or retrotted buildings, shared or private agricultural programs
are applied: intimate gardens, public green spaces, shared growing spaces, greenhouses for
production. Public riverbank paths and pontoons, along which garden barges are installed,
create a link to the Loire River.
This farm is inseparable from the Cap 44 program, it brings quality to living, sharing and
working activities. With its balanced and vegetated program, the Cap 44 building is an
example of a fertile retrotting which could be followed all over the district and elsewhere.
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Fig 19. The various sequences
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Fig 20. The various sequences - Axonometric projection
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Fig 21. Urban Design - Step 0 - Existing state
Educational farm
Philéas
Fig 22. Urban Design - Step 1 - A new life for the Cap 44 building and the green Miséry quarry
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New housing
Roof to cultivate
Car park
Urban eld
Footbridge
Stores Green beach
Showroom «Roquio» Pontoon
Auditorium Market hall
Restaurant Gardening barge
Orchard
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ATLANTIC CHALLENGE TEAM

November 2014

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2 SUMMARY OF

1. Table of contents of Project Manual

RULES & BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE

CONTEST SUPPORT DOCUMENTS

Project Manual #6 - Atlantic Challenge Team - June 2014

1. Philéas, our vision for a Fertile City

Urban design, transportation and

0. UDTA Brief Report

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

Architectural design narrative

0. Architectural Brief Report

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

Energy Efciency Design Narrative

1. Technical Project Summary

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

0. Communication Brief Report

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

2. Public Tour Description

DINNER PARTY MENU

Food item form

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

COST ESTIMATE AND PROJECT

1.Fundraising campaign Updated

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN

1. Health and Safety plan precedents and aim

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

DETAILED WATER BUDGET

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

Appliances and Home Electronic Equipment

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

Structural calculations of the Philéas

Calculation notes for the greenhouse of

Footings calculations for the Philéas

Seismic calculations for the Philéas

Banister calculations for the Philéas

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

Outdoor setting calculations for the

Structural calculations of Cap 44

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes﻿

List of tables & gures in Project Manual 55

RULES & BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST 73

Project Manual #6 - Atlantic Challenge Team - June 2014

General Presentation of the Philéas Project85

Urban Design, Transportation and Affordability

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents﻿

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents﻿

4. Transportation and mobility issues 159

5. Affordability strategies 171

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents﻿

Architectural Design Narrative 187

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents﻿

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents﻿

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents﻿

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents﻿

Energy Efciency Design Narrative 557

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents﻿

1. Housing unit and Systems’ Description 610

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

2. Summary of Changes 2Summary of Changes

List of tables & gures in Project Manual 55

RULES & BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST 73

General Presentation of the Philéas Project85

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

4. Transportation and mobility issues 159

5. Affordability strategies 171

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

Architectural Design Narrative 187

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

Energy Efciency Design Narrative 557

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

1. Housing unit and Systems’ Description 610

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

1. House adaptation 650

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

Innovation Report 753

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

Communications Plan 971

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

2. Public Tour Description 1151

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

DINNER PARTY MENU 1221

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

CONTEST WEEK TASKS’ PLANNING 1239

COST ESTIMATE AND PROJECT FINANCIAL SUMMARY 1245

1. Fundraising plan: projected revenues 1246

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

SITE OPERATIONS 1267

1. General data 1269

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN 1317

1. Health and safety plan precedents and aim 1322

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

1. Expected consumption during the competition phase

PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1533

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

Systems installation 1761

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

Safety information 1865

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS 2229

Structural calculations for the Philéas prototype

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

Footings calculations for the Philéas prototype

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

Seismic calculations for the Philéas prototype

Staircase calculations for the Philéas prototype

3. Table of Contents 3Table of Contents

RULES & BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST 73

CONTEST SUPPORT DOCUMENTS 83