Officially opened on 16 and 17 May in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, the Françoise Sagan Multimedia library covers 3.500 m2 of usable surface area over one site, the Clos Saint-Lazare, which alternately housed a leprosarium, a priory and a prison before becoming a hospital which was closed in 1998. The site is hidden from view, despite being steeped in history, and is little-known, even by Parisians.

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Architects: Bigoni Mortemard

Location: Paris, France

Architect In Charge: Stéphane Bigoni, Antoine Mortemard

Area: 3500.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Bigoni Mortemard

Construction Follow Up : Alexandre Nossovski
Contractors : EIFFAGE / PRADEAU MORIN

From the architect. Officially opened on 16 and 17 May in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, the Françoise Sagan Multimedia library covers 3.500 m2 of usable surface area over one site, the Clos Saint-Lazare, which alternately housed a leprosarium, a priory and a prison before becoming a hospital which was closed in 1998. The site is hidden from view, despite being steeped in history, and is little-known, even by Parisians.

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The architects, Stéphane Bigoni and Antoine Mortemard, have successfully renovated the site ...