THE MUSICALITY, THE RHYTHM, THE
DEPTH AND THE LIGHT THAT EMANATE
FROM HIS PAINTINGS ARE IMBUED WITH
A MYSTICISM BY THE EXCESSIVENESS OF
THEIR FORMATS.
BIOGRAPHY OF ROGER TAILLIBERT
Born in 1926 in Châtres-sur-Cher, Roger Taillibert, a member of the
Institut de France, built factories - Daf factory in Survilliers 1967,
Coca Cola factory in Grigny 1987 -, hospitals - Mende 1970, Saint
Afrique 1978 - as well as resorts - Montfleury in Cannes 1976.
He was also very interested in the architecture of the educational
function. We owe him the high school sports Font-Romeu - 1967 -,
the faculty of pharmacy Toulouse - 1980 - and the Technical High
School Tours - 1988. It is in the field of sports equipment that Roger
Taillibert acquires an international audience. In 1966, for the indoor
pool of Deauville, he designed an original structure composed of low
concrete vaults. The space developed by the vaults and the zenithal
lighting are of an exceptional quality. In 1967, he built the Carnot
swimming pool in Paris with a retractable roof. On this occasion, he
realizes the first large foldable membranes in the world - 2000m2 .
In 1972, he built the new Parc des Princes in Paris. The latter is
distinguished by a cantilever cover covering all the stands - 50 000
seats - and leaving the lawn in the open air. In 1975, he signed the
design of the cultural and sports center of Chamonix and, in 1976,
the Olympic center of Lille-Est. It was also in 1976 that Montréal
hosted the summer Olympic Games, designed by Roger Taillibert:
a stadium with a capacity of 70,000 spectators surmounted by an
oblique mast and a velodrome adjacent to the previous one. At the
base of the mast is the swimming center with mobile roof, containing
three basins.
Among his many other works are the Yamoussoukro Golf Club -
Ivory Coast - 1983 -, the International Sports Center in Luxembourg
- 1983 -, the National Geographic Institute of Jordan and the Middle
East in Amman - 1984 - and the “Les Pyramides” sports complex in
Port-Marly, Ile-de-France - 1987.
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