MEETT Exhibition and Convention Centre, Toulouse Building, Community Centre, Architecture Images
MEETT Exhibition and Convention Centre in Toulouse
17 Jun 2019
MEETT Exhibition and Convention Centre
Design: OMA
Location: Toulouse, southern France
MEETT, Toulouse?s new Exhibition and Convention Centre designed by OMA / Chris van Duijn, has been completed, becoming the third largest parc des expositions in France outside of Paris.

The 155,000 sqm project incorporates exhibition halls, a convention centre, a multi-function event hall, a car park silo for 3,000 cars and a transportation hub with a new tram station.

The masterplan of MEETT has been conceived as an active strip – ?une bande active? – forming a physical border between urban development and countryside, with the ambition of becoming the central spine for an integrated development of the city and the countryside.
The program of the exhibition and convention centre is organized into three parallel bands: an approximately 700-m long exhibition hall to the north; a reception and circulation zone below a car park silo in the center; and a convention centre with a multi-function event hall to the south.

Outdoor public spaces, which will become accessible not only for convention visitors but also for the general public, are woven in between the three expo buildings, creating a connection between the centre and the surrounding landscape.

The urban context as well as the program of MEETT require the p...