LA COCOTERAIE
SAINT ANDRÉ DE LA RÉUNION - FRANCE
Programme
Development of a retail park featuring a food court,a medical office, a coworking space, and a gym
Client
MERCIALYS
Area
14,800 m²
Scope
Architectural Design
Schedule
Command 2023 Under construction Delivery due 2027
Environment
Team
Delegated client : Banian M.O.
Lead architect : SUD architectes
Landscape architect : Agence Zone UP
Quantity surveyor : Intégrale + Factory
All-trades engineering consultant : Intégrale + Factory
Signage : Daiam
Technical inspection body, Health & safety coordinator : Bureau Veritas
3D visualization : PXL Wojciech Kopczyński
The PAM (Cocoteraie Mixed-Use Complex) in Saint-André is part of an urban reconnection initiative, linking the Andropolis ZAC (Joint Development Zone) with neighboring commercial hubs.
Open and permeable, it organizes the site around a landscaped central courtyard centered on a vegetated swale, which serves as the project’s green and social backbone.
The architecture, understated and rational, emphasizes simple volumes connected by walkways, canopies, and reinterpreted verandas that provide protection from the tropical climate.
Two architectural styles interact: steel-clad buildings with flat roofs, and structures with sloped roofs reminiscent of Creole huts, complemented by colorful kiosks that enliven the central walkway.
The color palette, inspired by the landscapes and polychromatic hues of Réunion, lends a strong and warm identity, while green walls and rhythmic windows restore a human scale to the facades.
Designed with a bioclimatic approach and aiming for a BREEAM “Very Good” certification, the project incorporates passive solar shading, natural ventilation, rooftop photovoltaic panels and shade structures, rainwater harvesting, and native vegetation.
More than just a shopping center, the PAM aims to be a sustainable, welcoming, and evolving living space, rooted in the identity of Réunion and looking toward the future.
