Le Magellan - Bât. A2-A3 stands on Avenue des Papalins, in Fontvieille. It was completed in 2007 to designs by Chérif Jahlan, for the State. It has 12 levels and holds apartments. Le Magellan was the third and last phase of zone A of Fontvieille, delivered in early 2007 on a base built in the mid-1980s.
The building
Avenue des Papalins, Fontvieille, Monaco – facts from the open sources, each with its source.
Facts
- Address
- Avenue des Papalins
- Use
- Apartment buildingOpenStreetMap
- Built
- 2007Metro Mode
- Architect
- Chérif JahlanOpenStreetMap / Wikidata
- Floors
- 9OpenStreetMap building:levels
- Height
- 29 mfrom the storeys in OpenStreetMap (3.1 m a floor)
- Footprint
- 909 m²OpenStreetMap
- Quartier
- Fontvieille
The sun
Hours of direct sun on each façade at the middle floor, and floor by floor on the sunniest one (S). The hills behind Monaco, the sea and every building around are counted.
Façade by façade
| Façade | 21 March | 21 June | 21 Sept. | 21 Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S 14 m | 8.7 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 6.4 |
| S 21 m | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 5.8 |
| W 27 m | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| E 27 m | 1.7 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| E 4 m | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| N 20 m | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| N 14 m | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Floor by floor
| Floor | 21 March | 21 June | 21 Sept. | 21 Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground floor | 7.9 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 5.6 |
| Floor 1 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 5.6 |
| Floor 2 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 6.0 |
| Floor 3 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 6.1 |
| Floor 4 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 6.4 |
| Floor 5 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 6.6 |
| Floor 6 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 7.0 |
| Floor 7 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 7.3 |
| Floor 8 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 9.7 | 7.7 |
VERA PI’s sun model (NOAA); ground at 8 m from the Copernicus GLO-30 surface model. Clear sky; an estimate, not a measurement.
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- Roseraieline 4, line 6, line 22, line N1 · 2 min on foot
- Beach
- Plage du Solarium16 min on foot
- Port
- port de Fontvieille3 min on foot
- From the Casino
- 25 min on footestimate, with the stairs and lifts
- From the Palais
- 7 min on footestimate, with the stairs and lifts
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Sources
Building outline, height, floors, use and address: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
Sun: VERA PI’s model; terrain Copernicus GLO-30 (© DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA).
Buses: Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco GTFS (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
PSS-archi: Le Magellan - Bât. A2-A3