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The European Parliament, Strasbourg

European Parliament Building, France, Europe

14 Oct 2011

The European Parliament Strasbourg

Location: Strasbourg, eastern France

Architect: AS.Architecture-Studio

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Programme

Hemicycle and offices for the Head Office of the European Parliament including a hemicycle of 750 seats, 1133 offices for the members of Parliament, 18 commission halls of 50 to 350 seats, catering centre and services. The architecture is a metaphor of the European Culture ongoing and its history, and of the democratic institutions carrying it.

The edifice expresses the foundations of the Western civilization: Classicism and Baroque, from Galileo’s to Kepler’s ellipse, the transition from a central geometrical structure (Galileo) to the anamorphosis (Borromini) and the ellipse (Kepler, Gongora), showing the constant motion expressing the evolution of the institutions, evolving from central power to a democratic organization.

The European Parliament stands as an autonomous positive landmark. Its conception and structure follow the morphology of the environment, from the city to Europe: the context in the broadest meaning.

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The European Parliament Strasbourg – Building Information

Client: S.E.R.S.
Architect: AS.Architecture-Studio
(M.Robain, R.Tisnado, J.F.Bonne, A.Bretagnolle, R.H.Arnaud, L.M.Fischer, M.Lehmann, R.Ayache)
Associated Architect: G. Valente
Engeenering: Sogelerg, G.I.L. (O.T.E. Ingénierie, Serue, E.T.F.)
Surface: 220,000 m²
Cost: 275 M€
Competition: 1991, Winner
Completion: 1999

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The European Parliament Strasbourg images / information from AS.Architecture-Studio

Images of interior garden and semicircular auditorium by Gaston

Images of facade at night and view from canal by Georges Fessy

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