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Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil Cultural Centre

This is a project by RMDM architects and it is located at Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil, France. Project's program: Renovation and extension of cultural centre. There are fourteen images for Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil Cultural Centre.

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Project details

Project name: Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil Cultural Centre
Location: Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil, France
Program: Renovation and extension of cultural centre
Area: Site Area: 5,450 m2 • Building Area: 2,450 m2
Year: Completion: December 2009
More details: Structure: Concrete • Finish exterior: Ceramic tiles, poplar wood
Client: Communaute Agglomeration Seine Essonne
Project by: RMDM architects
Others: Structural Engineer: Sotec Ingenierie • Constructional Engineer: Sotec Ingenierie

Project images

Designer's statement

Assembling - Associative Cultural Centre:

This building is composed of two entities linked by a common lobby: a library (rehabilitation) and a multi-activities center (construction). A mixed program served in an architectural design, where a game of simple and readable volumes, each incorporating a functional cluster, is differentiated by materials processing.

The project is built around the reception spaces and a garden under control.

The garden itself can structure the space, like a cloister where the spaces and functions eventually meet.

The linear frontage device is important. Indeed in order to minimize the visual impact from surrounding houses, the project extends as much as possible. A project sculpted by its program, with its volume obviously becoming more complex in its division.

Developing its own identity, this project is subtly inserted in its environment.