Marne-la-Vallée University Library – French Building
Marne-la-Vallée University Building, French Library, Architect, Parisian Architecture Design
Marne-la-Vallée University Library, Paris
Paris Building Development – design by Beckmann-N?Thépé 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?Thépé agency chose an audacious strategy for the design of the new Marne-la-Vallée 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-Vallée Library puts us in touch with our dreams – active, joyous, sometimes disturbing, comforting, but always salutary? – Aldric 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...
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