case stuydy on cultural centre from france which is an ideal place for exchange of cultural thoughts and for many oteher public activities .

1. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
Cultural-Center.
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France
Ateliers O-S
Architects
50,000 sq.
70m
49m
TO PROVIDE AN
ICONIC CULTURAL
CENTRE FOR THE
PEOPLE OF FRANCE

2. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
Cultural Center
Cultural centre located in St. Germain , France. Is one of the largest cultural centres in French land . Houses almost all
facilities to encourage intra – country relationships and to enhance culture in a quite modernistic sense.
Equipped with lots of interactive spaces this cultural centre in itself is Holistic space for public.
Key spaces
• Lobby
• Children care centre
• Media Library
• Auditorium
• Reading space
• Exhibition space
• Dance room
• Music room

3. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
Cultural Center
Design process
This cultural centre was designed keeping in mind aspects such as Function of each spaces ,
Merging vegetation with context , contour site (levels) , circulation to enhance user based
perspective . Lots work went into the building aspects such as Façade , structural , services
acoustics etc . But the only thing is this building was built keeping futuristic architecture in mind which
is purely contradictory to the surrounding environment and context .
Vegetation
Contours (levels)
Circulation
Form
Space wise
Volumetric subtractions
Merged along with
Topography
Human scale
Site plan
(NTS)
Neighbouring site context depicts a
different story from Building context as
the surrounding area is for industrial and
crematoria purposes
factories
crematorium
Cultural centre
Neighbourhood context

4. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
Cultural Center
Floor plan
Lobby
Auditorium
Dance & music Studio
Patio ( Informal Lounge )
Cafeteria
Auditorium
Exhibition hall
Conceptual sketch for
interior partitioning
Partitioning
Twin open spaces
Series of open spaces
Large open space
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Main idea was to bring people together along in one
space using light partitions . Achieved it through radical
user function analysis and transparency in spaces .

5. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
Cultural Center
South Elevation
Section AB
The façade and the elevation consists
of steel mullions , double glazed glass
with aluminium panels for insulation .
Brilliantly merged along with undulative site ,
hence conceptual sections were developed to
adhere to the contour as well as public
functions .