OWN COSMOS Project: Marne-La-Vallée Hospital Centre, Marne | France Architects: Brunet Saunier Architecture, Paris | France Construction: Cassette on bolts Year of Construction: 2012 Product: ALUCOBOND® plus spectra Disneyland is in a universe of its own. On opening its gates, an inwardly oriented world is revealed; a world lacking any connection to the real environment of the Parisian periphery. In the direct vicinity, another independent cosmos has been created, extremely functional and colourful too but less kitsch: the Marne-La-Vallée Hospital. Architect Brunet Saunier was free to design the ideal hospital as he was not bound by urban planning constraints. This facilitated flexibility and potential for expansion, optimal internal operational processes, short distances and separate routes for individual user groups, compact functional units, a high level of cost-effectiveness and a good energy balance. A three-floor concrete building providing 72 000 m² of space with 585 beds for patients and a monolithic glass envelope of up to 200 metres in length came into being. Even so, the building is neither isolated nor lacking context. The double glass façade with screen printing on the outer panes and reflective grey inner panes, reflects the landscape, altering the building like a mirage throughout the day. The only clue suggesting the colourful cosmos in the interior is the colourful overhanging roof. The artificially lit corridors appear almost aseptic with glass and grey and white high-gloss surfaces, and a strictly angular design. But, numerous internal courtyards bring space, light and colour into the depths. ALUCOBOND® cladding panels in varying colours are used on the internal court façades. The colours do not only act as an effective orientation system in the building. The atmosphere in the courtyards and neighbouring areas is in continual flux as the iridescent ALUCOBOND ® spectra surface alters depending on how the light falls. This means that even in this very cloistered hospital universe, patients and staff are in touch with the actual and existing exterior world via daylight and weather, the time of day and the seasons. As there are no direct neighbours, the internal hospital processes are the only decisive factor in the building’s design. All photos: Brunet Saunier, Paris I Ohne Nachbarschaft sind nur die inneren Krankenhausabläufe entscheidend für den Entwurf des Gebäudes. 11
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