Jourdan Campus for higher education and research Paris, Building, Architect, Architecture Images
Jourdan Campus Paris Building
Higher Education Northern France Рdesign by Thierry Van de Wyngaert and V̩ronique Fiegel, Architectes
2 Apr 2017
Jourdan Campus for higher education and research
Design: Thierry Van de Wyngaert and Véronique Fiegel
Location: Boulevard Jourdan / Rue de la Tombe-Issoire, south Paris, France
Le nouveau Campus Jourdan ENS-PSE
Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) / Paris School of Economics (PSE)
JOURDAN CAMPUS

A luminous building dedicated to culture and knowledge

A showcase of knowledge with an international reputation now occupies the corner of Boulevard Jourdan and Rue de la Tombe-Issoire in the south of Paris.
Designed by Thierry Van de Wyngaert and Véronique Fiegel, the Jourdan Campus for higher education and research unites the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Paris School of Economics.
Spread over 12,500 square metres, located opposite the Cité Universitaire and the Dutch Residential College designed by Willem Marinus Dudok in 1928, the Campus buildings redevelop the Paris periphery in the wake of the tramway.

Thierry Van de Wyngaert and Véronique Feigel designed a bar that folds, sways and rises to better integrate into its site.

STRENGTHEN SYNERGIES WITHOUT DILUTING THEIR IDENTITIES

Each entity – the ENS as well as the PSE – benefits from its own wing. Both are physically separated by a crevasse marked by a successio...