Grand Paris Express Operations Centre, Aulnay-sous-Bois

The place is characterised by “movement” and the programme
is outstanding: the Grand Paris Express operations
and maintenance centre is all about speed and efficiency.
It stands on a site already rich in automobile history: the
former PSA car factory in Aulnay-sous-Bois.

In response to this context, the project, which includes rolling stock and infrastructure maintenance facilities and a control centre, has a fifth façade when seen from above and a kinetic façade running along the A1 motorway. A showcase stretching for almost a kilometre and echoing the scale of the surrounding
landscape.

On the eastern side, the façade has a more domestic feel : a landscaped edge connected to the town. The appearance of the building, with its dynamic outline, its undulating roof and its kinetic façades, changes by day and by night. The glittering wave of light designed by Yann Kersalé underlines its gentle forms. Standing on this highly visible site, the centre turns into a contemporary symbol of the industrial activities of the Grand Paris Express.

Team

Directors

Mark Wilson, Alexandre Franc, Antoine Corcelle

Team

Cybèle Da Costa, Daniela Fieffé, Kalina Petkova, Bethsabée Hoffnung, Ariane Rupp, Ralph Abdeljalil, Catherine Bonnier, Géraldine Gérin, Léo Chiriaco

Quantity surveying

Didier Deschamps