Foundation stone ceremony for the SerendiCity student resident programme at Paris-Saclay developed by Linkcity Ile-de-France

06/02/2016 | Release

Foundation stone ceremony for the SerendiCity student resident programme at Paris-Saclay developed by Linkcity Ile-de-France

SerendiCity
The foundation stone of SerendiCity, a complex of student residences with more than 1,000 beds (899 units), was laid on May 25, 2016, at a ceremony attended by dignitaries including the Sub-Prefect of the Essonne, the President of the Greater Paris Regional Council and the Mayor of Gif- sur- Yvette. The complex is situated in the town of Gif-sur-Yvette, in the Moulon mixed development zone forming part of the Paris-Saclay campus, south-west of Paris.

was chosen to develop this operation, which is believed to be the largest student housing development currently under construction in France. This social housing programme with 25,000 m虏 of floor space is intended to take its first intake of students at the start of the 2017-18 academic year. They will be students at the University of Paris-Saclay, mostly belonging to the higher education institutions already established there (or in the process of being established), such as CentraleSup茅lec, Ecole Normale Sup茅rieure de Cachan and the University of听 Paris-Sud.

The winning team from the design competition, and , in association with the landscape architect , devised a project consisting of eight buildings: three peripheral buildings housing the majority of the accommodation and five cylindrical buildings in the heart of the complex. This urban approach allows the creation of a landscaped park that will be accessible to the general public and which will feature the images of the Greek Muses on the facades of the cylindrical buildings (thanks to an innovative technique of photoengraving on concrete).

A very significant part of the project is the common living spaces and shared apartments, in line with the specifications of the 鈥淟iving On Campus鈥� charter published for the Paris-Saclay campus.

The legal structure of the project is a 70-year construction lease between four social landlords in joint ownership and the Ecole Centrale Paris Foundation, which purchased the land will recover full ownership of all the buildings after 70 years. The student residence will be administered by CESAL, which currently manages the Ecole CentraleSup茅lec鈥檚 student residences in Gif-sur-Yvette.

Proposing an innovative student housing offer adapted to the diversity of students is an essential element which will contribute to the attractiveness of the Paris-Saclay campus. SerendicCity thus illustrates the desire to create an iconic campus, open to the local community and to society.

Framework of the projet

Project owner: Linkcity Ile-de-France
Social landlords: France Habitation, Vilogia, Sogemac Habitat, Meecam
Administrator: CESAL
Project management: LAN Architecture, Cl茅ment Verg茅ly Architectes, Topotek
Effinergie+ consultant: Franck Boutt茅 Consultants
General contractor: 8868体育APP B芒timent Ile-de-France - Habitat Social
Location: Moulon mixed development zone 鈥� Gif-sur-Yvette
Handover: Autumn 2017

Press contacts

Mathieu Carr茅

+33 (0)1 30 60 66 39

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Jessica Swiderski

+33 (0)1 30 60 25 37

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