L'ecole centrale-supélec

Architects: OMA
Construction company: Centrale Supélec

Centrale Supélec is a renowned engineering school in France, the result of the merger between École Centrale Paris and Supélec.

It is currently located on Plateau de Saclay, in Gif-sur-Yvette, after moving from its historical location in Châtenay-Malabry (Hautsde-Seine), where it remained for almost 40 years


Together with Paris-Sud University and the Polytechnic University, it aspires to become one of the largest scientific centres in Europe.

On an architectural level, it has majestic glass ceilings reaching a height of 13 metres. FAIN has installed there 11 lifts, one of them hydraulic and the rest gearless.