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Wednesday June 8th, 2016
In the Plateau de Saclay, the SerendiCity site is firing on all cylinders. Why? The residence must be ready to house more than 1,000 Saclay students at the start of academic year 2017! This operation was developed in record time, and the first symbolic stone was laid on 25 May. Explore behind the scenes. The […]
In the Plateau de Saclay, the SerendiCity site is firing on all cylinders. Why? The residence must be ready to house more than 1,000 Saclay students at the start of academic year 2017! This operation was developed in record time, and the first symbolic stone was laid on 25 May. Explore behind the scenes.
The operation, developped by Linkcity Ile-de-France, is the largest student housing project currently underway in France and will provide 25,000 m² at the beginning of the 2017 academic year for new students at the Paris-Saclay University, mainly from higher education establishments currently located or which will be located there, such as CentraleSupélec, L’Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, and L’Université Paris-Sud.
The project, designed by LAN and Clément Vergély Architectes, in partnership with the Topotek landscaping company, is composed of eight buildings, including three outer buildings containing most of the accommodation surrounding five cylinder shaped buildings in a central cluster that wwill provide more comfort for the future users. The urban perspective of the project will be complemented by a large landscaped park open to the public.
A large area will be reserved for shared spaces: large multi-purpose hall (called the Agora), work room and projection room… and shared housing units, as set out in the ‘Habiter le campus’ (campus life) programme and charter created for the Paris-Saclay campus.
Thanks to an innovative photo-engraving technique, the concrete façades of the cylinder-shaped buildings feature something special: a depiction of the various Muses from the famous Sarcophagus of the Muses, which dates from the 2th century A.D. and is held in the Louvre.
Based on a 3D modelling of the sarcophagus, a mould was created specifically so that concrete could be poured and then the resulting prefabricated elements assembled on site. It’s the differences in the depth of the concrete that gives the representation of the Muses. One’s perception of the gravure changes according to the sun’s position and that of the viewer.
Pose première pierre logements étudiants Serendicity. Linkcity. Gif sur Yvette. 91190. 25 mai 2016
SerendiCity Muses ©Laurent Zylberman
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Innovative in many aspects, SerendiCity is an example of Paris-Saclay Development Authority’s desire to create an emblematic campus open to the region and all parts of society.
Sharing information so that all players on the project have a single vision of the construction. Welcome to the BIM age! See the innovative use we make of BIM on one of our sites. Today, we are in Églantines, in Morges (Switzerland), by Losinger Marazzi.
Mehdi Hafsia, research engineer for the R&D division, attended the 19th International Conference for Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR19), an international event dedicated to new technologies in our sector. He would like to share his feedback with us.
Matching Up has reached the three-year stage and more than ever the Bouygues Construction's open innovation programme aims to generate new ideas within the company, putting Group employees and start-ups in touch in order to design and create new projects together.
Take advantage of the Smart City Congress in Barcelona and discover the solutions offered by Linkcity, real estate subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, for a city that is smarter and more efficient with regard to health.
One of London’s largest excavations has now been completed as part of the ground-breaking project for the construction of a cancer treatment centre, being delivered by Bouygues UK and Bouygues Travaux Publics.
The next and final episode in the FabLab series, which takes a look at the creative spaces playing a significant role in creating sustainable, innovative neighbourhoods.
Whether you call it a smart city, a connected city or, even better, a smart region, digitalisation is primarily all about improving and offering new services to citizens and then to the persons behind local policies in order to allow them to run the city more effectively.
A few weeks after school terms have begun, it's time for students to go back to university. Perhaps you weren't aware of it, but Bouygues Construction has built and renovated many universities, providing, in its own way, greater access to knowledge.
Worldwide, about 600,000 cranes are used for construction works. They are essential for numerous construction sites. Some measure up to 200 metres in height and can lift loads of 500 tonnes. Currently, a Bouygues Construction R&D project, headed by Bouygues Construction Matériel, aims to allow remote control of cranes with video assistance, using augmented reality and even some automation. What is the purpose of this ambitious system, and what does it change for workers on the sites ? Answers with Julien Meyer, manager at the lifting division at Bouygues Construction Matériel at Île-de-France.
