Synchrotron, Saclay
The buildings, car parks and landscaped areas of Projet Soleil are arranged to form a system of parallel vegetable and mineral lines. The ring of the particle accelerator is set into a broad perpendicular cut in this system. The low buildings display a similar design. The simple, bare homogenous massing reinforces the coherence of the complex.
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Program
Particle accelerator with synchrotron radiation.
Research on materials physics and biology for CER and CNRS.
Client
Société civile Synchrotron Soleil
Project team
Chaix & Morel et Associés, Paris
Philippe Chaix, Jean-Paul Morel, Rémy Van Nieuwenhove, Benoît Sigros, Denis Germond, Walter Grasmug,
with Kaï-Jorge Jensen
and Brunehilde Ezanno, Aurélie Joubaire, Aurélia Leclerc, Aurélie de Seze, Béatrix de la Tour d’Auvergne
Ingerop, engineering, coordination (representative)
OTH, mechanical engineers
Desoos et associés, office building architects
SLG Paysage, Isabelle Schmit, landscape designers
Mécasol, soil engineers
Qualiconsult, quality surveyor
Norisko, safety and health protection
Copibat, scheduling, construction management and coordination
Key figures
Area : 41 400 m² SHON
Construction costs excl. VAT : 56,2 M €
Competition 1996 - completion 2005
Photography credits
Ingerop
Chaix & Morel et Associés
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