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Saint Cyprien Auditorium, France, Architect, Building, Images, Architecture
Saint Cyprien Auditorium : Information + Images
French building by Serero Architectes, Paris
CONCRETE
CANOPY
AUDITORIUM AND MOVIE THEATER IN SAINT CYPRIEN, FRANCE
Mar 2008
Serero Architects
«...Trees are often a source of inspiration to me; they are
complex structures elaborated from simple rules, growing coherently
and continuously in time and space. The efficiency of those structures
are based on the notions of redundancy and differentiation in opposition
to the concepts of modern engineering such as modern optimization
and repetition...
This is the way David Serero describes his project for the new auditorium
of Saint Cyprien. Located in the middle of an open park, the inside
of the edifice melts with the outside surrounding creating a chilled,
strolled and complaisant atmosphere.
1- A work inspired by natural environment
The new auditorium of Saint Cyprien is a monument inspired by trees
summit, and the silhouettes of sycamores, acacias, oaks and poplars
present in the site. Serero architects have created a computer script,
generating a facade that assembles non-repetitive and non-standard
components. The roofing of the building, despite its irregular appearance,
is generated from simple geometrical rules allowing a variation of
shapes between the elements.
The new Saint Cyprien auditorium has not been conceived as an isolated
ground living in autarchy with its surroundings. It is rather like
an open space in continuity responding to the rhythm of trees found
in the park. It incorporates the exterior landscape inside the building.

A device composed of a double concrete shell generates an impression
of foliage embroidered with egg-shaped perforations, inspired by the
shadow carried out by the leaves of this flora. The embroidered
external shell, as a large sun umbrella, protects the lobby and the
auditorium from the sun. The internal shell of glass and concrete
regulates and controls the heating and ventilation level. It is a
concrete pebble put under foliage that visitors
will follow to enter the lecture hall.
2- A smart shed
The shed is created like a living skin of great performance,
having the ability to regulate the atmosphere in the room:
- It lights up the inside of the auditorium, and towards the end of
the day, lamps located on the sides of the oculus will progressively
compensate the lowering light level until the full replacement of
the natural sunlight.
- It ventilates the building in a passive way during summer and warms
up the edifice during the winter.
- On the Southern side of the roofing, photovoltaic panels bring a
part of the electric energy necessary for the building in a renewable
manner.
The shed also gives a strong identity to the auditorium, by its embroidered
canopy above the entrance hall constituted by concrete oculus and
translucent honeycomb panel.
3-Shape and Acoustic
The auditorium itself is designed to offer an optimum acoustic quality,
including
the following elements:
- The internal walls made of wooden slats and acoustical material
is a 1.
response to the two acoustics necessary (auditorium & cinema)
and
offer an optimum sound for shows.
- The use of a complex geometrical ceiling diffuses the sound to whole
2.
audience.

4- Polyvalence of the auditorium
In order to obtain a maximum intimacy during shows, the auditorium
has been divided in 7 seating zones of different size. This strategy
allows to
adapt the room organization and its lightening to the type of event
taking place.
1. Movie theatre configuration
The 400 seats are directly facing screen with, for each seat, at least
5 degrees of angle between the frontal axe and the centre of the screen
2. Classical music configuration
We have placed the spectators as close as possible from the scene
so that they are offered a wonderful sound system, which combines
great direct sounds and reflected sounds. A high-quality visibility
is also guaranteed to the audience due to the close proximity of the
seats from the scene.
Saint Cyprien Building designer : Serero Architectes
Saint Cyprien Auditorium - Building Information
CONCRETE CANOPY AUDITORIUM AND MOVIE THEATER
First Prize winner, 2007
Client: South Roussillon community council
Site: Saint Cyprien, France
Surface: 1500 m2
Construction cost: 5 300 000 €
Architectural design: SERERO Architects, David Serero with Taichi
Sunayama, Lionel Léotardi
Rodrigo Garcia-Sayan, Fabrice Zaini, Min-Seung Shin
Engineers: Beterem Ingénierie
Acoustician : Pierre Pasquini
Saint Cyprien Auditorium images / information from Serero Architectes
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