Dec. 2010
Oct. 2011
The EURECOM building
from the ground up
Under the supervision of the Conseil
Général des Alpes-Maritimes, the ICT cam-
pus is nowwell under way. The EURECOM
building sprang from the ground in early
2011 opening the final phase of the con-
struction work. EURECOM has already
planned itsmove into its future offices and
has used the final months of construction
to prepare the next step towards its full
development as a major player in higher
education in Sophia Antipolis.
This has required extensive work for
EURECOMwithmany technical andhuman
The EURECOM building
(property of Institut MinesTélécom) consists of
of office space on five levels.
1
st
level: administration and teaching
,
2
d
level: teaching
,
3
d
level: common areas
,
4
th
and 5th levels: research
.
7560m
2
A global budget of
mostly financed by the Conseil Général des
Alpes-Maritimes (the contractor), the State, the
Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur and
the Sophia Antipolis urban community.
€
73.3m
of which 4,892m
2
for EURECOM, 4,145m
2
for
POLYTECH (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis),
1,935m
2
for the research cluster, and 1,148m
2
for
the library.
18,300m
2
Construction site, November 2011
South front viewof the EURECOMbuilding
Amodel office
aspects to take into account. The building’s
characteristics, the five levels, the need
for future growth and collaborative work
between teams, as well as user manage-
ment are all key to determining the broad
functional principles of the campus and
the layout best suited to guarantee thewell-
being for all.
Capacity:
1 board roomwith
35 seats
3 meeting rooms with
20 seats
1 meeting roomwith
10 seats
1 amphitheater with
200 seats
4 practical work classrooms with
20 seats
2 classrooms with
100 seats
4 classrooms with
50 seats
4 work rooms with
25 seats
A major construction project
Themeetingswith concerned
parties and discussions about
space allocation for all staff
categories have helped us to prepare and be
ready for this date. Thiswas also the opportunity
to reconsider some aspects of inter-teamwork.
The onsite visits also gave us amore precise
idea of EURECOM’s future resources».
PascalGros,
Headof ITandCorporateServices
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