Platon Saclay

Located south of Paris, the Platon Saclay university complex (Metro) houses the pharmacy faculty of the University of Paris Sud, the Institute of Molecular and Materials Chemistry of Orsay (ICCMO) and a teaching center for biology and chemistry.

The project, one of the largest university sites in Europe, is divided into two buildings: 'Bâtiment Ideev' and 'Bâtiment Metro'. The latter is characterized by a multiplicity of buildings connected by footbridges, the “Bâtiment Recherche”, intended for research, and the “Plot 1-2-3”, “Bâtiment Angle” and “Cœur de Pôle” buildings, intended for teaching. In all buildings there are research laboratories, educational spaces, service areas, technical classrooms and logistics areas. The university hosts about 3,300 students and 1,000 researchers, teachers and administrators.

For this project, Gualini supplied continuous facades with posts and beams, skylights and aluminum cladding. In December 2020, the contractual extension of Gualini's purpose was formalized, assigning to the company also the construction of windows, breathing windows and shutters.