s’inspire du bivouac. La configuration atypique et labyrinthique du lieu a permis de recréer une balade immersive qui attribue à chaque espace un thème lié à la randonnée. Le complexe de 1 800m² intègre deux blocparks adultes et un blockpark enfants, des salles de fitness et de yoga, un bar, un restaurant, une boutique et des espaces chills. Le projet donne la priorité à l’utilisation de mobiliers réemployés et de matériaux durables et biosourcés : panneaux en graines de blé, modules acoustiques en cellulose, bois sourcés en circuit court ou issus d’un lot récupéré comme par exemple le sapin torréfié utilisé pour le parquet. Situé face à l’entrée principale, un grand bar de plus de 25 mètres de long, doté de rondins verticaux en châtaignier provenant principalement de Sologne, serpente dans tout l’espace. D’anciennes cordes d’escalade sont réutilisées comme rideau pour intimiser l’espace salon accolé au bar. Bois et métal patiné habillent le Shop. Dans le restaurant, une fresque composée de carreaux acoustiques de différentes formes, de plus de 15 mètres de long évoque la montagne. Plus de 220 pièces de mobiliers et accessoires chinés auprès de professionnels et de particuliers habillent le lieu. Cartes de montagne, lampadaires, assises en bois, accessoires de randonnées, luges, s’accordent parfaitement avec ce refuge de montagne situé aux portes de Paris.

Climbing mountains
Arkose climbing complex with bar, restaurant and shop in Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Spaces of staggering heights that once were a parking garage surround the new Vieux Pont de Sèvres passageway in Boulogne. A climbing facility has proved the perfect use of this unusual site’s capacities. With one major challenge: reuniting the two spaces situated on opposite sides of the passageway to make one single space.
With a sense of suppleness, audacity, and technicity, a tunnel was excavated to connect these spaces and create a truly atypical site for the Arkose climbing group.
The 1,800 m² complex includes climbing walls for adults and children, fitness and yoga areas, a bar, a restaurant, and a shop. Creating an athletics facility in the heart of a rapidly transforming neighborhood is a significant act that draws residents together and firmly anchors the project within the city.
To create the Arkose climbing complex, whose climbing walls are visible from the rue du Vieux Pont de Sèvres, Atelier du Pont designed a brand-new universe in this concrete environment. Enclosed within a rough, unfinished space, the complex was inspired by bivouacs.
Its atypical, labyrinthine configuration suggests an immersive walk that assigns a hiking-related theme to each space: the shop (the reserve), the bar (the forest), the restaurant (the clearing), the relax and kids’ space (the camp), the changing rooms and bathrooms (the cave), the yoga room (the fields), and the climbing walls (the tall peaks).
Located across from the main entrance, a large bar winds through the space. More than 25 meters in length, it rests on a series of vertical chestnut logs that come mainly from the central French region of Sologne. Metal racks hanging above the bar are used as shelves.
Old climbing ropes have been repurposed as a curtain to give the seating space around the bar a greater sense of privacy.
Wood and patinaed metal adorn the shop located to the left of the main entrance. A second-hand workbench is being used as a display stand.
Structures were built using metal duckboard repurposed from the Loiret region; the shelves, made from wood shavings, were attached using old straps; multiply perforated birch panels are used to hang clothing and climbing gear; and mobile elements recycled from a locksmith were recovered to make lockers.
In the restaurant, which can seat one hundred people, an immense fresco more than 15 meters long evokes a mountain landscape. It is composed of cellulose sound boards of various forms colored green, beige, and gray.
Climbers can gather around raw, unfinished wood tables or in a cabin-shaped structure to spend time with their friends and family.
The project makes priority use of repurposed furniture and sustainable, biosourced materials.
Atelier du Pont furnished the climbing complex by sourcing more than 220 pieces of second-hand or repurposed furniture and accessories from professionals and private individuals alike.

Photos : Vincent Leroux