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Projects / Education

Université Montesquieu

Bordeaux

Restructuring of the law school

Project owner
The Rectorate of the Académie de Bordeaux
Project manager
Deshoulières Jeanneau Architectes
Project management team
ATCE (all-trades engineering, OPC), VIAM (acoustic engineering)
Image credits
Brice Desrez, Arthur Péquin, GA5
Location
Bordeaux (33), France
Programme
The refurbishing, restructuring, and extension of the historical site of the Université Montesquieu, the creation of classrooms and research areas, and two auditoriums (120 and 210-seat).
Surface area
4.802 m2
Cost of the works
9,3 M€ pre-tax
Status
Delivered
Schedule
2008 - 2011
Label
HQE, NF Bâtiment tertiaire

Press release >

Designed by Charles Burguet in 1874, the law school at the University of Bordeaux sits across from the Cathedral of Saint André, in the very heart of the city. The university was a long-time occupant of this space, until it left in 1966 for the newly built campus in Pessac. This neoclassical stone building was renovated in 2011 to host various formations of the school of law and political science, most notably the Legal Studies Institute. 

Our architectural intervention consisted of opening up the lobby area from the street to the large auditorium, creating a galleria along Rue Cabirol to extend the public spaces, and building a new vertical volume to complete the composition and the sequence of the programme’s major rooms.

An extension was created in the centre of the plot and on the first floor to house a new, second auditorium with a 120-seat capacity.

The law school was built according to the architectural style of the eighteenth century, for which the city of Bordeaux became famous.

Amphitéâtre

Auditoriums were created within the existing space and the new extension.

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