MK2 Bibliothèque, Modern cinema complex in 13th arrondissement, Paris, France.
MK2 Bibliothèque is a cinema complex on avenue de France, split into two buildings: the main one with 16 halls and the BnF-entrance building with 4 halls, 20 in all and about 3,500 seats. The main building, over 300 m long and 30 m wide, was designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Véronique Kirchner and Serge Barbet and built above the Austerlitz railway tracks. A wide central aisle crosses the ground floor; the largest halls are upstairs, the rest in the basement.
The building was designed by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte as part of urban development in the Avenue de France area. It represents the modernization of this Paris neighborhood over recent decades.
The cinema's name comes from the neighbouring Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand, whose parvis shelters its four BnF-entrance halls. Its foyer holds ReLeBainTurc, a neon diptych by Martial Raysse inspired by Ingres's Le Bain turc. Since 23 September 2025 that second building has housed the Centre Pompidou's cinemas and the Bpi documentary film library during the centre's Constellation renovation.
The main building runs over 300 metres along a narrow triangular strip between the François-Mitterrand library and the Austerlitz railway tracks, with a wide central aisle crossing the ground floor. The two largest halls and the two opened in 2011 are upstairs; the other twelve are in the basement. The four halls of the BnF entrance extension sit under the library forecourt, reached by the monumental entrance designed by Dominique Perrault. Métro Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand and Quai de la Gare serve the site.
The main building stands on a triangular strip over 300 metres long and 30 metres wide, built above the Austerlitz railway tracks, which required heavy technical soundproofing. In the foyer hangs Relebainturc, a neon work by Martial Raysse inspired by Ingres's painting Le Bain turc.
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