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VILLE DE TREMBLAY-EN-FRANCE
Louis Aragon cultural center

Context

The city of Tremblay-en-France is located in the northeast of Paris near the Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport. Until the beginning of the 80's, Tremblay-en-France was essentially composed of a large newly built area in the midst of an old rural village :" the old country ". After building the Town Hall, the Municipality decided to create a genuine town center in the heart of this newly built area. The Arcane Group won a competition to build half of the dwellings, and another competition to construct the cultural center

 

Project

The cultural center has been built to link the many areas of the overall ensemble and the new town center. Based on the model of Parisian commercial centers, it is divided by a covered walkway which comprises a cafeteria and gives access to a theater, a library, a mediatheque, an auditorium as well as dance classrooms. This walkway, linking a habitation zone to a commercial and activities center is routinely used by the inhabitants. They are therefore regularly informed of the goings on of every cultural activity.