Novancia business school Paris, Architect, Building, Pictures, Design, Architecture
Novancia business school, Paris
Higher Education Development in France – design by AS.Architecture-Studio
7 Oct 2011
Novancia business school
Location: Armand Moisant street, Paris
Design: AS.Architecture-Studio

Photographs: Georges Fessy
Following a competition organised by the Paris Chamber of Commerce, the restructuring and extension of Novancia business school, located on Armand Moisant street in Paris, was entrusted to AS.Architecture-Studio. This higher education institution, specialising in entrepreneurship, should accommodate 1500 students in 2011. The building features a property complex including classrooms, offices, 3 amphitheatres, a 260-seat auditorium, a resource centre, a recording studio and food and beverage areas.
The building asserts its modern character, in line with its environment, and emphasizes the historical part built in 1908. In contrast with the latter ?s rough and static bricks, the extension is smooth, dynamic and kinetic. It is characterised by the refined design of glass facades composed of mobile ver tical shutters with couloured printed glass. These shutters act as a protection against sunrays or, on the contrary, let them in.
The facade colour range makes the building sensitive to its environment. I ts characteristics are constantly changing according to light inputs, angles and the positions of sun-breakers. Whereas colour gradation makes the buil...