Les Espaces D Abraxas Inside
The central square is bounded by the solid volume of the building transformed into a large urban theatre.
Les espaces d abraxas inside. Inside paris s forgotten utopia. Les espaces d abraxas noisy le grand. Conceived as an urban monument architect. Completed in 1982 les espaces d abraxas remains the landmark building of marne la vallée a new town built near paris in the 1960s.
As the landmark of the new ville nouvelle of marne la vallée the complex consisting of le palacio le théâtre and l arc needed to have a monumental and symbolic characte in order to make them meeting place and point of reference for the new town. Les espaces d abraxas is a housing estate in the commune of noisy le grand part of the new town marne la vallée in the paris suburb seine saint denis in france. Thanks to a system of heavy pre casting it was possible to use an extensive and complex architectural language. While its impact on the urban fabric is not decisive les espaces d abraxas perfectly fulfils its role as an urban monument marking the beginning of the new town.
Joseph 88 les espaces d abraxas noisy le grand 2014 photograph by laurent kronental.