LILLE GRAND PALAIS, FRANCE, LILLE, 1994 
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Inserted in the ring of the former fortifications of Lille, between the historic centre and the periphery, Congrexpo is a hybrid building – a mixture of congress / exhibition / concert hall ("Zenith"). more... |
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FACT SHEET
Project: A cultural centre
COLLABORATORS
Client: City of Lille (Pierre Mauroy, Mayor); SAEM Euralille (Jean-Paul Baietto, General Manager); Association Lille Grand Palais (Jean Delannoy, Vice-President) Year: 1994 Status: Built Type: Cultural Location: Lille, France Site: Between railway lines and highways, between historic city and periphery, facing a boulevard Program: Total Area (45,500m2) Zenith: Rock concert, band performance, seminars, theatrical, greek, procénium, and in-the-round auditorium. Surface area: 7,850m2; 6,000 places including 3,200 fixed seating, 1,000 retractable mobile seating, 1,800 mobile seating; 1,000m2 stage area Congress: 1,500 place conference auditorium for congress, European and international delegations - 9 languages, interactive and/or formal meetings, theatre, dance, cinema and product presentation; 500 place auditorium for congress - 9 languages, product presentation, recital, drama, cinema and lectures; 350 place theater for delegations type congress, small concert, recital, cinema and press conference; 3,500m2 congress exposition space; 1,500 place banquet space with cuisine; 2 x 200 place conference/class rooms; 12 x 80-place conference rooms; 2,500m2 administrative offices Expo: 20,000m2 exposition space subdividable into 3 equal spaces; 6,000m2 lobby and multi-purpose spaces including meeting rooms, work-shops, commercial space, office space, 4 bars and 2 restaurants Parking: 1,230 enclosed places Materials: Concrete, metal, plastic, wood Budget: 41m euro Associate Architect: FM Delhay: François Delhay, F.M. Delhay-Caille, François Brevart, Xavier d`Alençon Engineers: Cecil Balmond, Rory McGowan, Robert Pugh, Ove Arup & Partners, London Interior Finishings: Petra Blaisse with Julie Sfez Textiles: Petra Blaisse Facade Consultant: Robert-Jan van Santen, Agence van Santen Sceneography: Ducks Sceno, Michel Cova Acoustics: Rens van Luxemburg, TNO/TUE General Contractor: Dumez Quillery, SNEP PUBLICATIONS El Croquis 1987-1998 #53+79, 08/06 SMLXL 2nd Edition, 10/97 |
CREDITS
Partner in charge: Rem Koolhaas
VISIT
Project Manager: Donald van Dansik Project Architect: Mark Schendel Team: Jan-Willem van Kuilenburg, Ruud Cobussen, Jeanne Gang, Diana Stiles, Rients Dijkstra, Ray Maggiore, Yushi Uehara, Ron Witte, Dirk Zuiderveld Office du Tourisme Lille: Lille Grand Palais project can be researched further at: The Netherlands Architecture Institute |
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