The signatory consortium is made up of 8868体育APP B芒timent Ile-de-France (lead company) and 8868体育APP Energies & Services, both of them subsidiaries of 8868体育APP Construction, as well as FIN Partner I and HICL Infrastructure Company Ltd, advised by the investment management company, InfraRed Capital Partners Ltd.

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The contract, which will run for a period of 26 years, covers the construction and maintenance of a property complex of approximately 25,000听m虏, primarily intended to house the School鈥檚 teaching and research activities (research laboratories, teaching and training facilities, common spaces, etc.). It will also house facilities shared at the level of the Moulon university district (gymnasiums and sports halls, teaching rooms, etc.). In addition, it provides opportunities for the rental of facilities to partners, which will make it possible to strengthen links with business.

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The architectural project by the Zurich-based architects Gigon/Guyer meets 颁别苍迟谤补濒别厂耻辫茅濒别肠鈥檚 requirements is a convincing and ambitious manner. Balanced yet innovative, the design fits perfectly into the dynamic of the future campus and complements both existing and planned buildings.

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The most characteristic aspects of the proposal that attracted 颁别苍迟谤补濒别厂耻辫茅濒别肠鈥檚 attention following a year-long competitive dialogue included the following:

• The architectural concept, constructed around a generously sized entrance hall with artificial topography that creates a series of very interesting work, project and teaching spaces;

• The quality of the exterior envelope, which is original, sustainable and particularly distinctive;

• The provision of space available for rental (the 鈥淚nnocity鈥� offer) and its inclusion in the project, which helps to make this development symbolically opened to the world and enriches the School鈥檚 activities by the enormous potential this will allow;

• The competitive nature of the financial offer and the sound legal footing of the proposal.

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When completed, the future 颁别苍迟谤补濒别厂耻辫茅濒别肠 campus, in the Joliot-Curie zone of the Paris-Saclay cluster, will consist of three main buildings, linked together by numerous functional relationships:

路听 the current 颁别苍迟谤补濒别厂耻辫茅濒别肠 building on the Gif-sur-Yvette campus, inaugurated in 1974;

路听 the 鈥淟abCity鈥� building, planned as a public building and designed by Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon of the OMA partnership, on which work has recently begun;

路听 and the building that is the object of the present partnership contract.