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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.
According to the UN News Centre, over two thirds of the global population will live in towns and cities by 2050. What with the increase in population and evolving ways of life and of consumption, urban centres are undergoing an in-depth transformation, accompanied by changing requirements in terms of mobility.
In the Great Canadian North, in the heart of the deserted province of Nunavut, the Arctic Infrastructure Partners consortium, led by Bouygues Building Canada, is carrying out the extension of the Iqaluit airport. An atypical project which comprises in particular the design and construction of a new terminal, and the renovation of the current runways, all this on […]
We’re continuing our visit to Switzerland, this time taking a look at our subsidiary Losinger Marazzi’s projects in the north-east of the country. Here are some great photos from 2016: – Greencity is the flagship project for both Losinger Marazzi and Bouygues Construction. It’s the first sustainable neighbourhood in Switzerland and is 2,000 Watts-certified. Having won […]
Alan Mossman is Managing Director of The Change Business Ltd, a lean design and construction consultancy. He is an occasional author and professor of lean construction at universities such as Loughborough and Nottingham Trent. If BIM is about technology, then lean is about the people who use that technology! Alan Mossman tells us about it today, through his favourite field, lean construction.
Nature provides an endless source of inspiration. Observing nature to inspire technological innovation is the very essence of biomimicry.
You may have heard of it without really understanding what it was all about, or perhaps you simply want to know more. Whatever your level of familiarity with Building Information Modeling, watch these informative videos to find out more about one of the major changes in our industry.
This is the oldest museum in Paris, and also the biggest culturally significant construction project currently under way. The Carnavalet museum – History of Paris will reopen in late 2019-early 2020 after major renovations, some of which are being performed by Ouvrages Publics (Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction). Worksite visit.
Sharing information so that all project stakeholders have the same view of the project. Welcome to the BIM era! Every week for a month, you can learn about one project where BIM is being used innovatively. Today we are looking at the ABC demonstrator in Grenoble, by Linkcity Sud-Est.
In a consortium with Soletanche Bachy, Bessac and Sade, Bouygues Travaux Publics has won lot T3A of line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express, comprising civil engineering works between the stations of Pont de Sèvres and Fort d’Issy-Vanves-Clamart.
