The project is a 17-floor student accommodation building with a structure made entirely of wood, situated on the banks of the river Seine and close to the Boulevard Périphérique. On this project, the aspect of ‘demonstrating wood’ has been respected to the letter: wood can be found and is visible everywhere. The position of the structure, built as an exoskeleton, requires the careful management of structural systems and junctions between interior and exterior; the design of the envelope must therefore deliver a required acoustic and energy performance which is achieved through the permanent dialogue between our three areas of expertise: Structure, Façade and Environment.