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Humanities Research Center in Montpellier
Faculty of Humanities, Paul Valéry University, Southern France ? design by Hellin-Sebbag architects
17 Sep 2017
Humanities Research Center Building in Montpellier
Location: Montpellier, France
Design: Hellin-Sebbag, architects
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SAINT-CHARLES – PHASE 2
Humanities Research Center Building at Campus of University Saint-Charles, Montpellier

The Hellin-Sebbag office began work in 2004 on the Saint-Charles Hospital site at Montpellier.

Delivered in 2011, the first phase converted the general hospital into university buildings for graduates and researchers in the Faculty of Humanities, Paul Valéry University.
Patience and perseverance were necessary to restore new life to a site at this scale.
The second phase redevelops 6,377 m2 within wing called the “Incurables”. The ground floor accommodates the public for international conferences and symposiums while the research work spaces are located on the first and second floors.

These meetings require seminar rooms on the ground floor, but especially, an amphitheatre which seemed almost impossible within this 18th century building with an unsuited load-bearing structure. However, we succeeded in inserting a 100-seat amphitheatre that occupies the full width of the central wing of this very narrow (10.5m wide) and vaulted (5.3m high) building.

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