THE MEMORY STRONGBOX
centre technique du livre de l'enseignement supérieur
The university and national archive buildings created by Dominique Perrault in 1994 on the Bussy-Saint-Georges industrial estate reached saturation point in 2014. The EPAURIF (Île-de France Public Establishment for the Development of Universities) launched a consultation in order to extend them.
Architect Tom darmon Architecture
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client epaurif |
program EXTENSION DE 2 MAGASINS D’ARCHIVAGE DES FONDS BIBLIOTHÉCAIRES |
Surface 9990 M² SDP
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Cost 17 M€ HT
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status Completed in 2017 |
Structure ALPHA BET
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une identité forte du lieu
The commission required the construction of 4,000 m² of archives that could be used immediately upon delivery, and 4,000 m² of archives that could be converted at the end of the initial phase. The building would be home to research and focus work that would be kept indefinitely by the French state, making the hangar a strongbox of memory. The archive spaces would be accompanied by a single meeting room.
Architectural concept
Volumétrie
Program
RÉPONDRE À LA COMMANDE ET AU-DELÀ
The extension had to be connected to the existing building. A walkway would need to be included at G+1 to meet this requirement. The programme included a double-height ground level, twice as high as the ground level of the existing building. The practice reassessed the commission, suggesting topographical work on the existing terrain. The lower level of the extension was embedded without being buried, allowing the upper levels of the buildings to be aligned and connected by a walkway. The extension project proposed an organisation split into two rectangular buildings linked by a gallery; one of them fitted out and ready for use upon delivery, the other to be used at a later date. This organisation helps to reduce operating costs.
UNE RÉPONSE HUMBLE AVEC UN PROJET PRÉCIEUX
The solution proposed minimising the effects of the building on its environment and retaining a natural setting in the context of an industrial estate. In a continuation of Dominique Perrault’s initial work on materials, the extension is clad in polished stainless steel sheeting, for a more refined take on the typical industrial hangar. This polished stainless steel cladding is set in folds to create an optical effect, reflecting the surroundings on either side of the project. The building blends into the landscape and disappears. This façade is also a nod to Perrault’s building in anodised aluminium with horizontal folds, allowing a sense of continuity and dialogue to endure between the two buildings, the shiny and the matte, while the similar heights and the symmetry of the plan forms an overall cohesion for this memory strongbox.
Movie
Completed
Construction
Studies
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THE MEMORY STRONGBOX
centre technique du livre de l'enseignement supérieur
The university and national archive buildings created by Dominique Perrault in 1994 on the Bussy-Saint-Georges industrial estate reached saturation point in 2014. The EPAURIF (Île-de France Public Establishment for the Development of Universities) launched a consultation in order to extend them.
Architect Tom darmon Architecture
|
client epaurif |
program EXTENSION DE 2 MAGASINS D’ARCHIVAGE DES FONDS BIBLIOTHÉCAIRES |
Surface 9990 M² SDP
|
Cost 17 M€ HT
|
status Completed in 2017 |
Structure ALPHA BET
|
une identité forte du lieu
The commission required the construction of 4,000 m² of archives that could be used immediately upon delivery, and 4,000 m² of archives that could be converted at the end of the initial phase. The building would be home to research and focus work that would be kept indefinitely by the French state, making the hangar a strongbox of memory. The archive spaces would be accompanied by a single meeting room.
Architectural concept
Program
RÉPONDRE À LA COMMANDE ET AU-DELÀ
The extension had to be connected to the existing building. A walkway would need to be included at G+1 to meet this requirement. The programme included a double-height ground level, twice as high as the ground level of the existing building. The practice reassessed the commission, suggesting topographical work on the existing terrain. The lower level of the extension was embedded without being buried, allowing the upper levels of the buildings to be aligned and connected by a walkway. The extension project proposed an organisation split into two rectangular buildings linked by a gallery; one of them fitted out and ready for use upon delivery, the other to be used at a later date. This organisation helps to reduce operating costs.
UNE RÉPONSE HUMBLE AVEC UN PROJET PRÉCIEUX
The solution proposed minimising the effects of the building on its environment and retaining a natural setting in the context of an industrial estate. In a continuation of Dominique Perrault’s initial work on materials, the extension is clad in polished stainless steel sheeting, for a more refined take on the typical industrial hangar. This polished stainless steel cladding is set in folds to create an optical effect, reflecting the surroundings on either side of the project. The building blends into the landscape and disappears. This façade is also a nod to Perrault’s building in anodised aluminium with horizontal folds, allowing a sense of continuity and dialogue to endure between the two buildings, the shiny and the matte, while the similar heights and the symmetry of the plan forms an overall cohesion for this memory strongbox.
Movie
Completed
Construction
Studies
Related projects
ACADEMIE FRATELLINI, the wooden hard drive
Voltaire buildingurban photophore
ined, a standard yet supple building
