Vinci hands over Reichen et Robert & Associés' cité du cinéma in Saint-Denis

Yesterday, the property arm of the Vinci group handed over the film complex conceived by Luc Besson and designed by the practice Reichen et Robert & Associés. The facility brings together the École Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière, with nine shooting stages, a screening room, shops and a restaurant.

The project occupies a former power station in Saint-Denis, a building that is no stranger to Luc Besson, who is basing his company there and who shot scenes (Nikita, Léon) in the main building, which is 220 metres long. The architects' scheme builds on this 1933 structure, to which new volumes have been added.