Translucent and luminous. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman
02/11/2021.
[Aubervilliers] France
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The Conference Center was designed by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman, - an architecture firm led by Karine Herman y Jérôme Sigwalt.
The new building is part of the most significant projects of the Cité Condorcet, an area extends over one kilometer in the city of Aubervilliers, dedicated to humanities and social sciences. The campus is located at the gates of North Paris.
The new building is part of the most significant projects of the Cité Condorcet, an area extends over one kilometer in the city of Aubervilliers, dedicated to humanities and social sciences. The campus is located at the gates of North Paris.
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Marc Dunile
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Simone Bossi
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Marc Dunile
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Marc Dunile
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Simone Bossi
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Simone Bossi
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Simone Bossi
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Simone Bossi
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Simone Bossi
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Simone Bossi
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Simone Bossi
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Simone Bossi
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Simone Bossi
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Marc Dunile
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Jean-Brice Viaud
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Jean-Brice Viaud
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Jean-Brice Viaud
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Jean-Brice Viaud
Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Photograph by Jean-Brice Viaud
Site plan. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
Basement floor plan. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
Ground floor plan. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
Fourth floor plan. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
Roof floor plan. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
First floor plan. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
Second floor plan. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
Third floor plan. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
Roof floor plan. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
Auditorium section. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
General section. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
Hall section. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
North elevation. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
South Elevation. Conference Center, Condorcet Paris by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman.
The building, a knowledge-sharing place, mostly composed of auditoriums and conference rooms, disegned by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman has a generous, accessible and transparent ground floor, with its double height crossed by the auditoriums’ hallway, creates an «active» link facilitating physical and visual interactions in the city.
Its translucent massiveness and its luminous whiteness makes it even more enigmatic. This «graphic dress», arising from the facade design, describes vibrating fringes. It troubles our volumes’ perception and creates a «soft forms» effect.
Project description by K Architectures Sigwalt Herman
The Conference Center is part of the most significant projects of the Cité Condorcet, a place dedicated to humanities and social sciences. Located at the gates of Paris, this urban area extends over one kilometer in the city of Aubervilliers.
The new Cité is designed as a linear « campus-parc », in which the «Cours des Humanités» constitutes a backbone.
This north-south mineral axis brings all the campus actors together and connects them to the Conference Center. The generous, accessible and transparent ground floor is creating an «active» storey in the city, facilitating physical and visual interactions.
The Conference Center follows the southern side of the Front Populaire square, making it the iconic building of the University and the meeting point of the Campus. This knowledge-sharing place is mostly composed of auditoriums and conference rooms.
The unusual materiality of the Conference Center distinguishes it from the office and housing buildings of the neighbourhood.
Its translucent massiveness and its luminous whiteness makes it even more enigmatic. This «graphic dress», arising from the facade design, describes vibrating fringes. It troubles our volumes’ perception and creates a «soft forms» effect.
The large and transparent entrance hall, with its double height crossed by the auditoriums’ hallway, offers to the city a continuous show of knowledge interactions.
«Its translucent massiveness and its liminous whiteness makes it even more enigmatic»
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Architects
K Architectures Sigwalt Herman. Violaine Ouvrard project architect.
Collaborators
WSP (fluides), EVP (structure), OASIIS (HQE), ACV (acoustique), VULCANEO (SSI), BETIP (VRD).
Client
CAMPUS CONDORCET - ADIM Paris - Serendicité.
Area
3,944m².
Dates
2015/2020.
Budget
€15M.
Photography
Simone Bossi, Jean-Brice Viaud, Marc Dunile.
Karine Herman, Jérôme Sigwalt. K Architectures Sigwalt Herman
K Architectures Sigwalt Herman, a firm founded by Karine Herman and Jérôme Sigwalt. Throughout 2001, the agency's work was deployed in the Pavillon de l'Arsenal in Paris. In 2002, K Architectures led the "Museum of the Dunes" team in the final phase of the international competition to design the future Grand Egyptian Museum.
In 2004, Karine Herman won the AJAP (Albums of Young Architects and Landscape Architects) and part of the agency's work was exhibited at the Palais de la Porte Dorée. Since 2005, K Architectures associates and their team have taken on a wide range of projects of different sizes and types: housing, public cultural buildings (theaters, multimedia libraries), educational institutions (colleges, schools), urban, rural, or heritage sites.
Although the activities have so far been developed exclusively in France, the partners of K Architectures intend to export these principles. For the moment, they can't get enough of the diversity of national environments. Harmony matters little to them if the context is eloquent.
In 2004, Karine Herman won the AJAP (Albums of Young Architects and Landscape Architects) and part of the agency's work was exhibited at the Palais de la Porte Dorée. Since 2005, K Architectures associates and their team have taken on a wide range of projects of different sizes and types: housing, public cultural buildings (theaters, multimedia libraries), educational institutions (colleges, schools), urban, rural, or heritage sites.
Although the activities have so far been developed exclusively in France, the partners of K Architectures intend to export these principles. For the moment, they can't get enough of the diversity of national environments. Harmony matters little to them if the context is eloquent.
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