Cité Descartes is one of the clusters chosen by the Government in its plan for the future of the Paris region. Val Maubuée is expected to be directly affected by two projects:the building of an overhead metro line which will service Noisy-Champs station and the development of the Cité Descartes “excellence hub” around a cluster associated with sustainable development.
The objective of the Descartes cluster is to become a future global model for the construction, maintenance and servicing of the sustainable city.Its goal is to foster the creation of links between research laboratories, universities and grandes écoles, companies and public services.Its role is to leverage connections with the world’s big networks of exchange.
The Chaix et Morel Building was completed in 1997, when the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées moved from rue des Saints-Pères, where it had been based since the mid-18th century.It houses two schools, the school that became École des Ponts ParisTech on July 1, 2008 and École nationale supérieure de géographie (higher national school of geography), which is an offshoot of IGN (national geographical information institute).
It was decided that the two schools should combine to form a single whole. Two long, low glass buildings running parallel to the road are connected by an intersecting atrium.The courtyards formed by this arrangement are partially covered by two large curved roofs containing joint or separate premises.
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