Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Marne-la-Vallée
Situated on the Cité Descartes campus in Marne-la-Vallée, the two schools are united by a shared architecture of alternating prisms and glass vaults expanding over open spaces, libraries and a restaurant. In the center, cutting through the prisms, a vast open hall serves as a reception area and central meeting place for both schools.
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Program
Écoles d’ingénieurs comprenant infrastructures, équipements, bâtiments géographes et du CNRS, laboratoires, centre de calcul informatique, laboratoires photographiques, bibliothèque, auditorium.
Client
Ministère de l’Equipement et du logement
DDE de Seine et Marne
Project team
Chaix & Morel et Associés, Paris
Philippe Chaix, Jean-Paul Morel, Rémy van Nieuwenhove, Benoît Sigros
with Denis Germond, Walter Grasmug
and Eric Biévelot, Laurent Biévelot, Bénédicte Bisiaux, Olivier Boiron, Nelly Breton, Sophie Carré, Paulo Carrozzino, Benoît Sigros, Dietmar Feichtinger, Jean-Pierre de Graef, Frank Hughes, David McNulty, Sophie Merle, Brigitte Morel
OTH bâtiments, engineering
Key figures
Area : 30 000 m² SHON
Construction costs excl. VAT : 41,8 M €
Competition 1989 - completion 1996
Photography credits
Hervé Abbadie
Alain Goustard
Christian Richters
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