Located between the main campus avenue and the university’s residential area, the project seeks an open and permeable building, which invites students to a space for collaboration, research, and work that is easy to use and get around. The position a
The masterplan for this plateau proposed boulevards, streets, and squares with the poetic integration of landscape and ecology. It referred to the legacy of the great tradition of institutions such as Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard, which were reinte
The new Learning Center for the Paris-Saclay Campus is intended as a flexible space where students can gather. The building has two directly connected upper floors, and a public ground floor with panoramic views of the surroundings... [+]
The forum, the projects floor, and the silence floor are superimposed on three levels connected by a grand open staircase, and are wrapped with a glass facade to maximize natural light and provide 360º views that place visitors in contact with the la
The 64,000 square meter campus project for 3.000 students at Université Paris-Saclay is composed of four architectural units which border a park measuring over a hectare. This garden acts as the vibrant center of the different surrounding buildings,
The center offers spaces for interaction and relaxed work aside from other silent areas. These are arranged along a continuous route from the exterior and interior bleachers on ground floor all the way to the upper rooms, gathered under a roof of lon
One of the guidelines of the proposal is to generate a small city around the campus, thus departing from models in which the campus is disconnected and detached from urban life. The aim is to build a model characterized by density and diversity of us
The project completes the urban fabric inserting different parts that adapt to the border conditions. The woods will mark the boundary along the south, and the east-west axis will be defined by the water courses that are present in the landscape. The
A set of buildings that adjust themselves to the existing volumes are suggested marking out ‘La Cours Joliot-Curie’. The large 350x44m courtyard serves as a meeting point for the surrounding universities, rearranging the current urban fabric. The dif
The proposal provides the public space with its own identity and intensity through a large ‘playground’ axis. This promenade is defined by a gentle topography and abundant vegetation, and it connects the exterior of the campus with the interiors. The
The proposal by the Dutch studio for the engineering school also deals with the task of redeveloping the Saclay campus. There are already a few institutional buildings there, for both teaching and research, without a unitary urban strategy. The pro
