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MARNE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

Architect : bernard tschumi architects


Program : Auditorium,studios, workshops
Client : French Minister of Culture-EPA Marne- EPA France
Completed :1994-1999
Area : 25.500 sqm
Cost : 28.000.000 USD
Location:10-12 Blaise Pascal Avenue, Champs-sur-Marne,Marne-la-valle, France
OVERVIEW :
It is located in the marne-la-vallee university campus.
The school was created in 1998 and designed by architect Bernard Tschumi.
It epitomizes all that has to be taken into consideration for architecture students and is made of several
materials and theories: steel, concrete, glass. Cantilevers, open space and the "box within a box".
The School of Architecture strategically organizes all the programmed activities, peripherally to a large unprogrammed
void. This void encourages unanticipated and spontaneous events and also serves as the main system of circulation.
PROGRAM :
The building is essentially three volumes of programmed spaced organized around a 25x100 meter unprogrammed space in the center. In the center of the un-programmed space hangs the lecture halls, sort of
symbolically the center of knowledge.
All the functional and programmatic parts of the school open onto the large interior rectangle: the studios, the
ateliers the computer spaces, the mdiathque, the faculty offices, the administration and research areas
surround and define this large cultural "communal" and event-seeking space.

P LAN S
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1a

1a

1a

LEGEND :

1a

10
2

6
5

First level

14

14
3
13
15

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11

Ground level

12

10

14

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Third level

Second level

SECTION

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1-studio
1a-studio mezzanine
2-parking
3-amphitheatre
4-consultations
5-media theque
6-lawn area
7-patio
8-exhibition gallery
9-cafeteria
10-audio/visual
11-terrace
12-hall of
experimentation
13-exhibition terrace
14-ateliers
15-administration
16-faculty offices

SECTIONS

SITE

P LAN

ELE VATI O N

ISOMETRIC

VIEWS

ORGANISATION AND PLANNING :


RESPONSE TO PROGRAM :

un-programmed space in the center which becomes a social


and cultural space(interaction space), the central hall gathers
together all of the circulation in the school.

RESPONSE TO CONTEXT :

-Studio and workshop


zone

- faculty,administration,
& research zone

- Central unprogrammed
event- oriented atrium.

The studios/workshop & faculty /admin block are


arranged around the central atrium.
The program spaces are organised in a simple
linear manner .
The school is planned along a central eastwest axis which is paralel to the road.
AMPHITHEATRE

PARKING

ZONING :

STUDIO

ATELIERS
ENTRY FOR
PARKING
a space conceived for the age of the modern, a new type of
school of architecture that does not look for inspiration to the old.
it longs to be in the thick of a genuine urbanism.
Located away from habits of thought to the conservation of
historical centers the new site, set amidst a new 20,000-student
technological complex, can be seen as a starting point for a new
model.

CONSULTATION
AND
ADMINISTRATION
FACULTY OFFICES
AND RESEARCH

DENSITY IN :

COMMUNITY SPACES :

a)program

b)activity

LOW

MEDIUM

HIGH

HIGH

MEDIUM

LOW

-Open terrace
-cafetaria,exhibition
Gallery,patio,media
Theque

-amphitheatres
the programmed spaces function to the exterior, and force interaction
through the un-programmed space in the center (dedicated community
space) which becomes a space for social and cultural activity.

a)

1-2 programs

-3 to 4 programs

-more than 4 programs

b) A social and cultural space, the central hall gathers together all of the
circulation in the school. Whatever the level of attendance on any given day, there
is a constant movement of students, giving the hall liveliness and dynamism.
PROGRAMMATIC HIERARCHY :
In order of hierarchy :
Studio and workshop
central unprogrammed,
event-oriented atrium.

CIRCULATION :

faculty,administration
& research .
LANDSCAPE :

Main circulation
the program functions to the exterior,
and force circulation through the unprogrammed space in the center.
the central hall gathers together all of
the circulation in the school.
Circulation through
stairs,walkways,bridges etc.

Softscape - lawn area


Hardscape paved &
tarred paths.

RESPONSE TO CLIMATE :

4:00 pm

WIND DIRECTION
from north-east
building oriented in such a way that sufficient cross
ventillation occurs.

Climate mild climate


The sun hits the east , south and west faces all through the day.
The heat intensity is strongest on the southern faade which comprises of the
faculty office,research and admin.
The yellow indicates the buffer zone which stops the sun from penetrating
into the interiors.
The roof form also is so inclined as to reduce the heat .
The structure is made up of steel,exposed concrete and glass which allows
natural light.

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Simple plan defined by an e-w axis about which the various spaces are designed in
a lenear manner.
However the oblique perspectives and various oblique angle staircases which gives
it a chaotis effect brings in the deconstruction style.
The structure from outside is geometric .but the interiors are choatic with various
staircases,walkways ,bridges etc at odd angles.
The materials,steel,exposed concrete and glass give it a modern touch and also
influences the deconstruction style
Wood is used for partition and hence absorbs noise/sound.

RESPONSE TO PROGRAM :
-3 distinctive zones with central unprogrammed atrium
to encourage spontaneous events/activities.
RESPONSE TO CONTEXT :
-a space conceived for the age of the modern, a new type of
school of architecture that does not look for inspiration to the old.
ORGANISATION AND PLANNING :
-programs are organised around a central atrium.
-The school is planned along a central east-west axis
ZONING:
-3 distinctive zones
DENSITY :
-programmatic : dense in the central community space and varies
-highest activity in the central void.
COMMUNITY SPACES :
-central atrium , main community space.
LEVELS OF HIERARCHY :
-well defined programmatic hierarchy,most important being the
studio block.
RELATIONSHIP WITH LANDSCAPE :
-Predominantly hardscape.
-Minimal softscape seen on the outside.
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE :
-east,south and west faade act as buffer zones,keeping the
interiors cool.
BUILDING LANGUAGE :
-deconstruction : simple plan with oblique angled
stairs.bridges,walkways etc.
-steel faade,glass,exposed concrete-industrial appearance.
TECHNOLOGY/INNOVATION :
-glass and steel construction.

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