Halle aux farines, University building in Paris Rive Gauche district, France.
Halle aux farines is a former grain storage building converted into a modern university facility located on Quai Panhard-et-Levassor in Paris. The five-story structure houses lecture halls, classrooms, and computer rooms for student use.
The building was constructed in 1950 by architect Denis Honegger as a grain storage facility and served for decades along the Seine. Between 2004 and 2006, it was transformed into a university building under the direction of Nicolas Michelin.
The building is part of Campus des Grands Moulins and demonstrates how a former industrial site became a place of learning. Students use the spaces daily, creating a new purpose for a location that once stored grain.
The Halle aux farines stands on Quai Panhard-et-Levassor, in the Gare district of the 13th arrondissement, within the Paris Rive Gauche development. It is next to the other former Grands Moulins de Paris buildings, now also used by Université Paris-Cité. The five floors hold 13 lecture theatres, 79 tutorial rooms and 3 computer rooms.
The building's concrete grid facade hides a detail worth spotting: a curved balcony with a horizontal railing juts out near the centre, and the left section rests on columns above a recessed ground floor. Inside, the five levels hold 13 lecture theatres and 79 tutorial rooms, plus 3 computer rooms.
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