Located on the southeast edge of the Universit\u00e9 de Nanterre, opposite the exit from the RER suburban train station, the new Biblioth\u00e8que de Documentation Internationale Contemporaine, designed by Bruno Gaudin Architectes, stands on an atypical triangular plot of land of rather modest dimension when compared with the size of the campus and the neighboring landscape of office and apartment towers.
\nOn the east fa\u00e7ade, the main part of the program runs alongside the university, coming to an end on the south side with the great window of the exhibition areas. The grand entrance porch stands on the south side, overlooking the mall, on the smaller side of the building. It serves as the base for the prism that dominates all the building\u2019s volumes.\u00a0The programs are dense and superimposed on this challenging plot: a reading room on the ground floor, exhibitions and training rooms on the second floor, and offices on the two upper floors.<\/p>