The École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) has built a new MBA building on its campus near the historic Paris suburb of Jouy-en-Josas. The existing 1964 campus consisted of a series of pavilions in a wooded landscape, but its original design intent had been compromised over the years, resulting in a campus that lacked focus and needed a clear entrance. The new building is the first stage of a masterplan to meet the demands of a growing student body and faculty.
The client's brief called for a building that would not only house the teaching facilities for the MBA course and administrative services but also provide the main entrance to the campus and reinforce HEC's image as one of Europe's top business schools. Planning requirements stipulated a low building volume set back from the site boundary.
Located at the southern edge of the existing campus, the building acts as a gateway and interface between the wider community and the teaching environment of the school. The building's envelope unifies a variety of programmatic elements within a single skin. The main entrance opens onto the central hall, a social hub encouraging chance meetings and informal gatherings. This hall connects the private areas of the building, such as the administrative offices, to the public areas, including the principal auditorium and cafeteria.
The main mass is broken up into a series of blocks that are staggered along the long axis of the building, creating rhythm and variation along the public space on the south side. This movement integrates the building into its context and creates a variety of interior and exterior spaces. The corners offer breakout spaces for private study and informal learning, complementing an extensive range of different teaching spaces to suit diverse group sizes and teaching approaches. These include flat-floored seminar rooms, classic Harvard-style stepped lecture theatres, and regular lecture halls and classrooms. The ceiling height increases floor by floor, giving teaching spaces ample light and expansive views. The main auditorium, a black box with a smooth white interior, is lit by a large circular skylight and seats an audience of 250. A series of smaller skylights introduce additional natural light into the rooms.
The materials used for the building, including aluminium for the curtain wall façade and exposed concrete in the interior, reference those of the original 1960s campus buildings. The vertically articulated façade is composed of alternating modules of 800mm and 500mm width separated by protruding fins, adding depth and plasticity. Narrow horizontal aluminium bands express the increasing storey heights, further unifying the composition of the blocks.
The structural and façade strategies play an important role in enhancing the energy performance of the building. The concrete is insulated on the exterior, with the metal cladding also acting as a weatherproofing barrier. Exposing the concrete within the building takes advantage of the material's thermal mass; the heat absorbed by the floors and walls in the summer is dispersed at night by a mixed free-cooling system. This is facilitated by the aluminium mesh ceiling, which allows air to circulate.
École des Hautes Études Commerciales（HEC）在巴黎历史悠久的郊区Jouy-en-Josas附近的校园上建造了一座新的MBA建筑。现有的1964年校园由一系列亭子组成，位于一个有树木覆盖的景观中，但随着多年来原始设计意图的破坏，校园缺乏重点并需要一个清晰的入口。新的建筑是一个满足不断增长的学生和教职员工需求的总体规划的第一阶段。
客户的要求是建造一个既包括MBA课程的教学设施和行政服务，同时又提供校园主要入口，加强HEC作为欧洲顶级商学院之一的形象。规划要求规定了一个从场地边界后退的低建筑体量。
建筑位于现有校园的南缘，充当了更广泛社区与学校教学环境之间的门户和接口。建筑的外壳将各种规划要素统一在单一的外皮内。主入口通向中央大厅，这是一个鼓励偶然会面和非正式聚会的社交中心。这个大厅将建筑的私人区域，如行政办公室，与公共区域，包括主要礼堂和自助餐厅连接起来。
主体被分成一系列沿建筑物长轴错开的块，创造了南侧公共空间的节奏和变化。这种移动将建筑融入其环境，并创造了各种内部和外部空间。角落提供了私人学习和非正式学习的休闲空间，与广泛的不同教学空间相辅相成，以适应不同的群体规模和教学方法。这些包括平地砖砌式研讨室，经典的哈佛式阶梯式讲堂以及常规讲堂和教室。天花板高度逐层增加，为教学空间提供充足的光线和广阔的视野。主礼堂是一个黑盒子，内部是光滑的白色，由一个大圆形天窗照明，可容纳250名观众。一系列较小的天窗将额外的自然光引入房间。
建筑所使用的材料，包括幕墙外观的铝和内部的裸露混凝土，参考了原始的1960年代校园建筑材料。垂直分节的立面由800mm和500mm宽度的交替模块组成，之间由凸出的鳍分隔，增加了深度和可塑性。窄的水平铝带表达了逐层增加的高度，进一步统一了块的组成。
结构和立面策略在增强建筑的能源性能方面发挥了重要作用。混凝土在外部进行绝缘，金属覆层也充当天气防水屏障。在建筑内部暴露混凝土利用了该材料的热质量；夏季吸收的热量通过混合自由冷却系统在夜间散发出来。这是由铝制网格天花板方便的，它允许空气循环。
Gross floor area:
10,300 m²
Client:Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris, Extension du Campus de “Hautes Etudes Commerciales” (HEC)
David Chipperfield Architects, London
Director:
Andrew Phillips
Project architect:
Jan Vermeulen
Contact architect:
Debarre Duplantier Associes
Landscape architect:
Debarre Duplantier Associes
Structural engineer:
VP & Green Ingenierie / Adams Kara Taylor
Services engineer:
Ingenierie Louis Choulet
Façade consultant:
VP & Green Ingenierie
Acoustic consultant:
Cabinet Lamoureux
Fire protection consultant:
Batiss
Quantity surveyor:
Mazet & Associes
Graphics:
John Morgan studio / Locomotion
Audio-visual consultant:
Labeyrie et Associes
Photography:
Ute Zscharnt for David Chipperfield Architects, Simon Menges
The new MBA Building for the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) is located on the school's campus near the historic Paris suburb of Jouy-en-Josas. The existing 1964 campus consists of a series of pavilions in a wooded landscape. The original design intent had been compromised over the years, resulting in a campus that lacked focus and needed a clear entrance. The new building is the first stage of a master plan to meet the demands of growing student and faculty numbers.
The client's brief specified a building that would not only house the teaching facilities for the MBA course and re-house its administrative services, but also provide the main entrance to the campus and reinforce HEC's image as one of Europe's top business schools. Planning requirements stipulated a low building volume set back from the site boundary.
The building acts as a gateway to the whole campus, an interface between the wider community and the teaching environment of the school. Located at the southern edge of the existing campus, the MBA Building will be at the core of the new layout once the master plan for the campus is complete. The building's envelope unifies a variety of programmatic elements within a single skin. The main entrance opens onto the central hall, a social hub encouraging chance meetings and informal gatherings to facilitate creativity and the exchange of ideas. This hall connects the private areas of the building, such as the administrative offices, to the public areas, including the main auditorium and cafeteria.
The main mass is broken up into a series of blocks that are staggered along the long axis of the building, creating rhythm and variation along the public space on the south side. This movement integrates the building into its context and creates a variety of interior and exterior spaces. The corners of the stepped volumes offer breakout spaces for private study and informal learning, complementing an extensive range of different teaching spaces to suit diverse group sizes and teaching approaches. These include flat-floored seminar rooms set up as AV recording studios for remote learning broadcasts, classic 'Harvard' stepped lecture theatres, and regular lecture rooms and classrooms. Ceiling heights increase floor by floor, giving teaching spaces ample light and expansive views. The main auditorium, a black box with a smooth white interior, is lit by a large circular skylight and seats an audience of 250. A series of smaller skylights introduce additional natural light into the room.
The palette of materials used for the building - aluminum for the curtain wall façade and exposed concrete in the interior - refers to the materials of the 1960s campus buildings. The vertically articulated façade is made of alternating modules of 800mm and 500mm, separated by protruding fins, giving depth and plasticity. Narrow horizontal bands in aluminum express the increasing storey heights, further unifying the composition of blocks. The structural and façade strategies play an important role in enhancing the energy performance of the building. The concrete is insulated on the exterior, with metal cladding also acting as a weatherproofing barrier. Exposing the concrete structure within the building takes advantage of the material's thermal mass; the heat absorbed by the floors and walls in the summer is dispersed at night by a mixed free-cooling system. This is facilitated by the aluminum mesh ceiling, which lets air circulate.