La préfecture du Val-d’Oise édifiée par Henry Bernard à Cergy-Pontoise

The Department of Val-d’Oise was created by the law of July 10, 1964, which modified the territorial administration of the Paris region. While Pontoise was designated as regional capital, the prefectural services were installed in the middle of the fields, in the neighbouring town of Cergy. The Pref...

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Main Authors: Léo Noyer Duplaix, Emmanuelle Philippe
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Published: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication 2018-05-01
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description The Department of Val-d’Oise was created by the law of July 10, 1964, which modified the territorial administration of the Paris region. While Pontoise was designated as regional capital, the prefectural services were installed in the middle of the fields, in the neighbouring town of Cergy. The Prefecture building of Val-d’Oise was inaugurated in July 1970. This building was the first major structure within the newly urbanised neighbourhood of Cergy-Prefecture, the centre of the new town of Cergy-Pontoise. The design of this Prefecture, established ex nihilo, was commissioned from the architect Henry Bernard, who took up the challenge of a corbelled construction and imagined a huge inverted pyramid, built on a square base. Embellished by facing sculptures by François Stahly and decorated by Joseph-André Motte, this Prefecture was an attempt at a typological renewal. Described as a ‘welcoming home’, where ‘accessibility for all was the first priority’, the building was an attempt to renew administrative architecture through its interior design, volumes and localisation.
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spelling doaj-art-fe2f3f04df1e4ce29df0535a80574b762025-01-09T12:43:57ZfraMinistère de la Culture et de la CommunicationIn Situ1630-73052018-05-013410.4000/insitu.16024La préfecture du Val-d’Oise édifiée par Henry Bernard à Cergy-PontoiseLéo Noyer DuplaixEmmanuelle PhilippeThe Department of Val-d’Oise was created by the law of July 10, 1964, which modified the territorial administration of the Paris region. While Pontoise was designated as regional capital, the prefectural services were installed in the middle of the fields, in the neighbouring town of Cergy. The Prefecture building of Val-d’Oise was inaugurated in July 1970. This building was the first major structure within the newly urbanised neighbourhood of Cergy-Prefecture, the centre of the new town of Cergy-Pontoise. The design of this Prefecture, established ex nihilo, was commissioned from the architect Henry Bernard, who took up the challenge of a corbelled construction and imagined a huge inverted pyramid, built on a square base. Embellished by facing sculptures by François Stahly and decorated by Joseph-André Motte, this Prefecture was an attempt at a typological renewal. Described as a ‘welcoming home’, where ‘accessibility for all was the first priority’, the building was an attempt to renew administrative architecture through its interior design, volumes and localisation.https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/16024Paris suburbsHenry Bernardadministrative architecturePrefectureCergy-Pontoisenew towns
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La préfecture du Val-d’Oise édifiée par Henry Bernard à Cergy-Pontoise
In Situ
Paris suburbs
Henry Bernard
administrative architecture
Prefecture
Cergy-Pontoise
new towns
title La préfecture du Val-d’Oise édifiée par Henry Bernard à Cergy-Pontoise
title_full La préfecture du Val-d’Oise édifiée par Henry Bernard à Cergy-Pontoise
title_fullStr La préfecture du Val-d’Oise édifiée par Henry Bernard à Cergy-Pontoise
title_full_unstemmed La préfecture du Val-d’Oise édifiée par Henry Bernard à Cergy-Pontoise
title_short La préfecture du Val-d’Oise édifiée par Henry Bernard à Cergy-Pontoise
title_sort la prefecture du val d oise edifiee par henry bernard a cergy pontoise
topic Paris suburbs
Henry Bernard
administrative architecture
Prefecture
Cergy-Pontoise
new towns
url https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/16024
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