Article source: archi5

The city of Garges-lès-Gonesse had the ambition to enrich its public facilities with a new cultural centre that would reflect the image of a young and artistically creative city. The work brings together the various disciplines that make up the city’s cultural landscape. The aim was to stimulate cross-cutting activities between the arts and to encourage the opening up of culture from this new cultural centre. The project unfolds around the existing Lino Ventura space with a 250-seat auditorium, a 200-seat cinema, a conservatory and a media library, organised around a generous, bright and crossing reception area. The Lino Ventura space benefits from a central urban location, at the heart of the town’s road network and public transport system. The project is located at the crossroads of the two main roads running through the town, Avenue du Général Leclerc and Avenue du Général de Gaulle.

Image Courtesy © Sergio Grazia

• Architects: archi5
• Project: Cultural centre
• Location: Garges-lès-Gonesse, France
• Photography: Sergio Grazia & Think Utopia
• Client: City of Garges-lès-Gonesse
• Environmental engineer: Egis concept
• Acoustic engineer: Cap Horn Solutions
• Signage: Atelier 59
• Cost: 26 135 620 € Excl. tax.
• Surface: 7 843 m²
• Timetable: Completion October 2022

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