Louis Pasteur institute of technology, University of Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Between the city and the countryside, on the edge of the forest of Schiltigheim, is a place dedicated to science. In its composition, the building references the cultivated strips that shape the landscape.

The project adopts a style of industrial simplicity, all unnecessary detail removed, and promotes a clear layout with workspaces organised on either side of an internal thoroughfare.Composed of detached volumes clad in timber or corrugated aluminium beneath a large canopy of galvanised steel tubes and aluminium grating, the laboratory’s sculptural form has a presence in its flat and open surroundings. A vast hallway cuts across the building, linking the various departments and giving access to the auditoriums. It is a meeting place for students, the heart of the establishment and the thread that links the different sectors.

Location

Allée d’Athènes, 67300 Schiltigheim

Client

Rectorat de l’Académie de Strasbourg

Project cost (ex.tax)

5 M€ valeur 1992

Area

7 000 m²

Scope of services

Standard public works contract

Competition

1992

Completion

2000

Themes

continuity with a redefined landscape, rationality and conviviality of spaces and circulation spaces, future flexibility

Lead architect

Pargade

Associate architect

Jacob & Lauber

Engineering consultant

Serete Régions