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Building: Motorway Control Centre
Location: Nanterre, France
Address: Beneath the Grande Axe Motorway A14 Bridge
Completion: 1999
Architecture Firm: Odile Decq and Benoit Cornette Architects
Project Designer: RFR Consulting Engineers
Structures: Ove Arup and Partners
Client: E.P.A.D.

AE Interests: Offices, an entrance hall and a control room are annexed to the bridge, suspended between two structural bays. The cement profile of the carriageways provide light to the offices because the edges are narrowed to increase the angle from which light can flow underneath the structure.