MESS Jean Roy,
BA 217

By winning the recent competition to build the new MESS Jean Roy (Air Force Base 217) in Brétigny-sur-Orge, A26 has returned to the site on which the agency built the Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA) in 2015.

A history that continues on this imposing military site with the construction of this new 2,100 m² catering center.

A26 has just won the competition launched by the Ile-de-France defense infrastructure establishment to build a new MESS on the former Air Force Base 217 at Bretigny-sur-Orge.

This project, located on the same site on land belonging to the Army, confirms the satisfaction expressed by the client for the quality of service deployed by the Agency during the construction of the Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA) in 2015.

The image of this new restaurant is based on a sobriety of form and a quality of materials that will mark the building over time and anchor it in modernity and durability.
The architectural approach to this catering complex is based on simple volumes that emphasize conviviality, well-being, views of the exterior and fluidity of communications for a restaurant that should be able to provide three services for 500 people at each meal.
As a meeting point for IRBA personnel and military forces, the new building will optimize exchanges between departments, with interior and exterior ambiences that promote conviviality: bright spaces and generous volumes for the interior, terraces and plants (patios, vegetable garden, orchard, etc.) for the exterior.

The quality of the renewable and sustainable materials used, mainly FSC or PEFC wood and glass, the rigorous treatment of ventilation systems, the ease of maintenance thanks to the use of simple techniques, and the planting of trees that emphasizes the memory of the site's tree species, all helped to convince the competition jury.