CNIT (Paris-La Défense/Puteaux, 1958)

CNIT

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General Information

Structural Type:	Double thin shell
Function / usage:	Congress center
Other name(s):	Centre des nouvelles industries et technologies
Built:	1956 - 1958
Status:	in use

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location:	Paris-La Défense, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Île-de-France, France, Europe Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Île-de-France, France, Europe
Part of:	Paris-La Défense
Coordinates:	48° 53' 34.00" N 2° 14' 22.00" E

Technical Information

Dimensions

	covered area	22 500 m²
	distance between supports	218 m
	clearance	46.30 m

Materials

shell	reinforced concrete

Chronology

1988	The inside is gutted completely and refurbished with a new interior.

Notes

The building is the largest concrete shell in the world in terms of square footage of area covered per support.

An alternative design with same overall shape, but with diamond ribbing was proposed by Pier Luigi Nervi.

The construction was done by a temporary consortium of firms called SOCODEF. Some of the participating firms are listed above.

Participants

Co-contractor

Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

Visite du C.N.I.T., in "Travaux", September 1958, n. 287
La plus grande surface couverte en béton armé, appuyée uniquement aux trois sommets d'un triangle (22 000 m²). La plus grande portée de voûte en béton armé (218m), in "Travaux", January 1992, n. 672
Abram, Joseph L'architecture moderne en France de 1889 à nos jours (Tome 2), Editions Picard, Paris (France), ISBN 270840556X, 1999; pp. 162-163
Balency-Béarn, André & Fougea, Edouard Présentation du Palais du CNIT, in "Travaux", June 1959, n. 296
Bouchet, André Le palais des expositions du C.N.I.T. (Centre National des Industrie et des Techniques) au Rond-Point de la Défense, près de Paris, in "La Technique des Travaux", July 1959, n. 7-8 v. 35
Deswarte, Sylvie & Lemoine, Bertrand L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 69
Esquillan, Nicolas Palais du CNIT: Couverture [1], in "Travaux", June 1959, n. 296
Esquillan, Nicolas & Lacombe, Gilbert Palais du CNIT: Généralités, in "Travaux", June 1959, n. 296
Faessel, Pierre Palais du CNIT: Couverture [3], in "Travaux", June 1959, n. 296
Lacombe, Gilbert Palais du CNIT: Planchers et escaliers, in "Travaux", June 1959, n. 296
Lacombe, Gilbert Palais du CNIT: Couverture [4], in "Travaux", June 1959, n. 296
Lacombe, Gilbert Histoire du CNIT,
Lemoine, Bertrand 100 Monuments du XXe Siècle, Editions France Loisirs, Paris (France), ISBN 2744134961, 2000
Marrey, Bernard Nicolas Esquillan, Picard Editeur, Paris (France), ISBN 2708404369, 1992; pp. 88-111
Milbert, J. Palais du CNIT: Exécution des travaux, in "Travaux", June 1959, n. 296
Perzo, René Palais du CNIT: Couverture [2], in "Travaux", June 1959, n. 296
Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 126-128
de Senneville, Gérard La Défense, Éditions Albin Michel, Paris (France), ISBN 2226061347, 1992; pp. 36

Internal Information

Structure-ID:	s0000019
Created:	28/10/1998
Last Updated:	05/03/2013

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