Deloitte announced yesterday that there’s a new brainwashing compound in town, baby! The new Deloitte University EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) is ready at last to be packed with throngs of eager learners. Said the press release put out by Deloitte Belgium, the state-of-the-art learning facility located in the Val d’Europe area in Paris, France spans more than 22,000 square meters (That’s 236806.03 square feet for us superior imperial unit users). Like the flagship compound in Texas, the space has tons of workspaces, grub to eat, common areas to socialize, and sleeping areas (about 260). NGL, it looks pretty sick.
Find something here to criticize, I dare you. Even the track they picked for this quick video tour is a banger.
This link from Architizer has a lot more info thanks to lead architect Dubuisson Architecture submitting tons of pics and tells you exactly what products were used where if you want to replicate the look at home because who wouldn’t. A few highlights:
The journey to the new campus started in 2016 when Deloitte chose this region out of 88 potential locations. A bit more background from the English version of the press release:
The location was selected against a range of sustainability, transportation, and accessibility criteria, as well as its proximity to the French capital. The facility meets high sustainability standards, notably through the use of sustainable materials and renewable
energy, as well as the installation of water and green spaces to promote biodiversity across the site. Built in BaillyRomainvilliers and in Magny-le-hongre, Seine-et-Marne, Deloitte University EMEA stands out as a large-scale and innovative project within an urban and economic hub.
The old DU EMEA joint was in Belgium and, well, sad compared to the new one:
And here I found one of the rejected designs for the new campus. Macfarlane+Associates envisioned “an educative orchard, a growing kitchen, sports pitches and various ecological habitats – meadows, woodland, lake, rain water gardens and swales with trails weaving through the different habitats” and said the circular design “was based on Deloitte University’s ethos of continuous learning and self-improvement, using circular geometries that represent movement, orbiting and reflection.”
Deloitte’s sure come a long way from breaking ground on the first DU in Westlake, Texas 15 years ago. Now we just have to ask…do they eat brisket in France?