The New National Archives of France

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, near Paris, is the location of the imposing new National Archives of France designed by architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas. Extending for an area of 80,000 m2 and featuring 320 km of shelves, it is an important building that will house all historical documents from the French Revolution onwards.

The conference room is located in one of the six satellite annexes which, integrated with the main building, combine to form a luminous, light and transparent piece of architecture made from glass and lacquered aluminium. Poltrona Frau Contract developed the prototype of the Carla seat, designed and created for the 300-capacity conference room in the grandiose new archive centre.

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Doriana Mandrelli and Massimiliano Fuksas

The professional work of the Fuksas studio started in 1967 with the opening of its first offices in Rome. It became well-known in France, where in 1989 it opened its second studio in Paris with Doriana O. Mandrelli; in 2002 its third opened in Frankfurt. The work of the studio involves various departments according to a multidisciplinary international profile: architecture, art, town planning, landscape and since 1997 design, a section directed by Doriana O. Mandrelli Fuksas. Among the most recent projects of the studio are: the New Rho-Pero Exhibition centre in Milan, the ZENITH music hall in Strasbourg and for design, the BIBI seating for Poltrona Frau.

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