Extension of the faculty of medicine for Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes
17/02/2023.
[Kremlin-Bicêtre] France
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Paris Saclay University commissioned Pargade Architectes studio to design an extension of its faculty of medicine in the heart of the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital. Located in the south of Paris, with a panoramic view of the city, between the Seine River and Paris Orly Airport. The ambition to build a centre of excellence for the training of future doctors is the motivation to design this proposal, opening up to the city and the scientific world.
The project pays special attention to the quality of life and how people can interrelate, creating different spaces that help the coexistence and relaxation of those who are grouped in each unit of the centre. With an entrance located very close to the teaching area, the esplanade located on the outside is designed to connect the three establishments and, in turn, public space as a meeting point for students and workers.
The project pays special attention to the quality of life and how people can interrelate, creating different spaces that help the coexistence and relaxation of those who are grouped in each unit of the centre. With an entrance located very close to the teaching area, the esplanade located on the outside is designed to connect the three establishments and, in turn, public space as a meeting point for students and workers.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Ground floor. Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes.
First floor. Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes.
Second floor. Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes.
Graphics. Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes.
Sections. Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes.
Coupe ouest. Extension of the faculty of medicine for the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes.
Thanks to the shape of the building, Pargade Architectes creates a star-shaped geometry that visualizes a compact organization. The six office and laboratory modules are illuminated from the outside and organized around the periphery of the building. The central space assumes the program of the "service" rooms. The rooms are placed continuously so that the connection between the sectors is facilitated, which facilitates fluidity between offices and laboratories.
The façade is made of glass and transparent polished aluminium to take advantage of the play of light and the shape of the building. The curves give different appearances depending on the lighting and give a contemporary feel to the medical school and hospital environment.
Extension of the faculty of medicine, Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
The façade is made of glass and transparent polished aluminium to take advantage of the play of light and the shape of the building. The curves give different appearances depending on the lighting and give a contemporary feel to the medical school and hospital environment.
Extension of the faculty of medicine, Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Description of project by Pargade Architectes
"The Ribbon"
The extension of the Faculty of Medicine, at the heart of the Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital site, expresses its ambition to constitute a centre of excellence for French research and education, open to the city and the scientific world.
Located on a dominant point, it enjoys an exceptional panoramic view of Paris and its suburbs. The shape of the building takes up the geometry of the site of implantation and creates a polyhedron whose rounded corners dialogue with the existing architecture. Particular attention is paid to the quality of life: spaces for conviviality and relaxation are grouped together in the centre of each unit.
The main entrance to the institute is positioned as close as possible to the existing teaching and research building and opposite the entrance to the CHU.
The forecourt, laid out to create the link between the three establishments, creates a real public space, a place of conviviality and exchanges between students, researchers and doctors.
Extension of the faculty of medicine, Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Space
This star-shaped geometry, deduced from the shape of the site, develops the optimal façade line to illuminate six identical laboratory and office modules distributed around the periphery of the building. The remaining space at the heart of the building houses the "service" rooms.
The spatial organisation is compact, unitary and economical in terms of surface and circulation.
The continuity of the rooms allows the borders between sectors to vary, ensuring interchangeability between offices and laboratories and guaranteeing future developments
Extension of the faculty of medicine, Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital by Pargade Architectes. Photograph by Charly Broyez.
Shape and materials
The glass and clear polished aluminium used in the façade play with the light and enhance the sculptural form of the building. Like a polished marble sculpture by Brancusi, the building is reflected in its curves and changes appearance depending on the light outside.
Its curves echo the environment of the medical school and hospital, translating the vocabulary present on the site into a contemporary form.
In perforated aluminium, the bedrock and the termination take up the organic motif of the plan. The fifth façade, the treatment of the roof, is carefully designed to ensure the quality integration of technical equipment and to preserve the view towards the distance.
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Architects
Collaborators
Engineering.- Edeis.
Economist.- Voxoa.
Economist.- Voxoa.
Client
Paris Saclay University.
Area
7,100 m².
Dates
Delivery.- 2022.
Location
63 Rue Gabriel Péri, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
Budget
€20 mll.
Photography
Jean-Philippe Pargade, Caroline Rigaldiès. Pargade Architectes
Pargade Architectes is a Paris-based architecture studio founded by Jean-Philippe Pargade and led by Caroline Rigaldiès.
Jean-Philippe Pargade is an architect with a degree from the UP6 school of architecture in Paris (1972) and an urban planner with a degree from the University of Paris VIII and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (1973). He is also a member of the Academy of Architecture and was successively consultant architect for the States of Vienne, Loiret, Aube and Pyrénées Atlantiques. He founded his agency in Paris in 1980 and was awarded the Palmares de l'Habitat prize for his Ilot des Patriarches project in Paris. He then exercises his creativity in the construction of large public facilities: research centres, teaching centres, hospitals, homes, and tertiary. He received the Departmental Prize of Ile et Vilaine for the Central Loan Library of Rennes then the gold medal of the International Academy of Architecture for the Hospital Center of Mantes-la-Jolie. In 2005, he published the book “Mutations, the French Embassy in Warsaw”, then “Multicolor” with Editions Ante Prima and in 2010 “Architectures subjective” with Editions archibook.
Caroline Rigaldiès is an architect who graduated from the Paris Belleville School of Architecture (1991). His training is completed by his collaboration with Santiago Calatrava, Edmond Lay and Antoine Grumbach. Winner of the PAN University competition, she joined the Pargade agency in 1992. In perfect harmony with her philosophy, she discovered the pleasure of transforming limits and difficulties into creativity to offer a personal, sensitive and human vision of architecture. She became a partner in 2003 and contributes with a passion to all projects, competitions and achievements, bringing her experience to major hospital programs and technological complexes, as well as urban programs (education or housing).
Jean-Philippe Pargade is an architect with a degree from the UP6 school of architecture in Paris (1972) and an urban planner with a degree from the University of Paris VIII and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (1973). He is also a member of the Academy of Architecture and was successively consultant architect for the States of Vienne, Loiret, Aube and Pyrénées Atlantiques. He founded his agency in Paris in 1980 and was awarded the Palmares de l'Habitat prize for his Ilot des Patriarches project in Paris. He then exercises his creativity in the construction of large public facilities: research centres, teaching centres, hospitals, homes, and tertiary. He received the Departmental Prize of Ile et Vilaine for the Central Loan Library of Rennes then the gold medal of the International Academy of Architecture for the Hospital Center of Mantes-la-Jolie. In 2005, he published the book “Mutations, the French Embassy in Warsaw”, then “Multicolor” with Editions Ante Prima and in 2010 “Architectures subjective” with Editions archibook.
Caroline Rigaldiès is an architect who graduated from the Paris Belleville School of Architecture (1991). His training is completed by his collaboration with Santiago Calatrava, Edmond Lay and Antoine Grumbach. Winner of the PAN University competition, she joined the Pargade agency in 1992. In perfect harmony with her philosophy, she discovered the pleasure of transforming limits and difficulties into creativity to offer a personal, sensitive and human vision of architecture. She became a partner in 2003 and contributes with a passion to all projects, competitions and achievements, bringing her experience to major hospital programs and technological complexes, as well as urban programs (education or housing).
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