Marne-la-Vallée University Building, French Library, Architect, Parisian Architecture Design
Marne-la-Vallée University Library, Paris
Paris Building Development Рdesign by Beckmann-N?Th̩p̩ Agency, architects
7 May 2018 page updated with new photos
Marne-la-Vallée University Library
Location: Paris, France
Design: Beckmann-N?Thépé Agency
MARNE-LA-VALLéE LIBRARY
COMES TO FRUITION
The Beckmann-N?Th̩p̩ agency chose an audacious strategy for the design of the new Marne-la-Vall̩e university library, which resembles a mound of earth ?torn from its natural environment,? in harmony with its surroundings. ?Between naturalism and terror, ?the Marne-la-Vall̩e Library puts us in touch with our dreams Рactive, joyous, sometimes disturbing, comforting, but always salutary? РAldric Beckmann.
Photos © Olivier Amsellem
The new central library was built as part of an ambitious public regeneration project, dedicated to research and further education, and focused on making university centres more attractive.

The nerve centre of the university, the library will offer a new quality of life for students, with places for 1200 readers. Suspended above a water garden, large areas of colour juxtapose gold and cement.

The library is located on a remarkable site, the High House Farm. This historic place, which dates from the 17th century, is surrounded, like the central courtyard, by a moat, two elements which bestow a special atmosphere. The new Marne la Vallée li...