Campus Madeleine
Project title
Campus Madeleine
Project description
Closed competition_Project for the establishment of
the Law-Economy-Management Faculty of the University of Orléans,
and a underground car park
Location
ZAC Carmes Madeleine, Orléans (France)
Client
Orléans Métropole
Project team
Lead Architect: IT’S
Associate architect: ALAB
Heritage architect: LETELLIER
Structural design: RFR
Fluid engineering, Fire Safety System, Roads and other
Networks, Economy: EDEIS
Acoustic design: ABC DECIBEL
Environmental Engineering: EODD
Ergonomics: ACTION-ERGO
Task
Concept design for a closed competition
Chronology
2021
Design data
12.364 sqm new building
5.107 sqm existing building
Energetic performance
Label E+C-; Biosource Building; Label Effinergie Patrimoine
Budget
44.800.000 €
The project builds a bridge between the past, the
present and the future of the city. The
former hospital building is recovered with the utmost respect for its identity,
highlighting its historical image and at the same time modernising its interior
to accommodate contemporary and future functions.
The Student Centre weaves a subtle relationship with
the history of the place, it is designed in total continuity with the
Administrative Centre, extending the volumes of the large urban blocks of the
former General Hospital and the Hôtel-Dieu, while taking inspiration from
their typology.
The foundation of the Student Centre is particularly
porous to create a physical and visual continuity throughout the lot.
The Learning Center, the heart of the Pôle Étudiant, represents the contemporary
incarnation of the library, a space for innovative knowledge.
The project is developed along 3 axes: new
uses, well-being, flexibility.The entire foundation is designed as a large
garden where nature and architecture blend to create unique study and work
environments.