Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental d’Orsay Building, Saclay Plateau
Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental d’Orsay
Contemporary Architecture in Northern France – design by Atelier Novembre
12 Jul 2018
New Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental d’Orsay
Design: Atelier Novembre
Location: CRD Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental d’Orsay
The Atelier Novembre just delivered the new Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental d’Orsay, in close proximity to Paris.

Located on the Saclay Plateau, a highly dynamic area of the Paris region and home to a major cluster of high technology companies and universities, this conservatory of 2,800 m² is dedicated to teaching music, choreography and the dramatic arts.
The Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental d?Orsay was built for the purpose of bringing instruction in the arts to this technology-oriented Paris-Saclay Plateau.

The location chosen lies at the edge of a remarkable botanical park, and beside a river, near the city blocks of single family homes of the town of Orsay and a university campus. The project serves as a landmark at the intersection of these different worlds.
The lyricism of the façade, punctuated by vertical blades, expresses the cultural purpose of the place, by evoking a musical stave, the folds of a stage curtain, and the keys of a piano or the strings of a harp.

A facility open to the city.
The Atelier Novembre pl...