OMA wins competition for new engineering school in France

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OMA has been selected from four competing international architectural practices to design the new École Centrale engineering school and its surrounding urban development in the research and innovation zone of Saclay, southwest of Paris.

Spearheaded by Clément Blanchet, director of OMA projects in France, the winning “lab city” concept contrasts the corridor linearity of the typical laboratory. The design proposes a low level, glass-roofed superblock that contains an interior open plan grid, where various activities can interact and be overlooked simultaneously. Continue after the break to learn more.

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Cite: Karissa Rosenfield. "OMA wins competition for new engineering school in France" 04 Oct 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/279293/oma-wins-competition-for-new-engineering-school-in-france> ISSN 0719-8884

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