Bâtiment universitaire sur le campus de l’ESTP

The extension of ESTP campus proposed the construction of a new building dedicated to teaching “Concrete and Energy” subjects, including classrooms, laboratories and an auditorium. The new building offers all the conditions for hands-on use of the techniques of professional life while also serving as a space for discovery, experimentation and presentation of new construction technologies. The building integrates harmoniously into its urban environment while asserting its mission to create a new identity for the institution. It outlines a coherent, homogeneous and “protective” whole that expresses a new and targeted image for the school. Based on a diversity of sources of knowledge, it is designed as a stack of large, free and flexible platforms that enable modular uses over time, connected by a compact and effective central core. The envelope, consisting in an origami-type shell with refined lines and connected to the main body by a metal structure, extends from the façade to the roof. Large flat panels of white fibre-reinforced concrete are arranged in a specific angular cut-out pattern to create an original and dynamic design. The micrometric scale of the fibre-reinforced concrete structure ensures outstanding durability and resistance while the fineness of its components confers the building a supple and delicate appearance.