Journées de l'Architecture 2024: visit Terminal 1 at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport

With over 67 million visitors a year,Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle is France's largest airport. Its creation was decided in 1964, but it was only 10 years later that the first terminal building was inaugurated. Since then, Roissy airport has expanded and evolved.

Welcoming thousands of travelers every day, moving not only pedestrians but also aircraft, cars and buses, ensuring connections with nearby towns and cities, providing pleasant spaces for users... Building and designing an airport involves many challenges. The architects of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle have risen to this monumental challenge, which we can discover in greater detail today.

To tell us more about this exceptional project and the history of the airport, the site is offering a series of unique tours. On Friday, October 18, 2024, on the occasion of the new edition of the Journées nationales de l'Architecture, Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport is offering a guided tour to discover the secrets of Terminal 1. Please note: these tours are only available with registration.

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The Journées de l'Architecture (Architecture Days ) take place every autumn. During this event, dozens of museums, schools and places of interest open their doors to the public, to help them discover the world ofarchitecture, its treasures, its specificities and its professions, through visits and activities for all ages.

The program for the Journées de l'Architecture at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport includes:

• Visit Paris-Charles de Gaulle's emblematic terminal, Terminal 1
  ADP Group invites you to visit this terminal, which will be expanded by a connecting building in 2022, in keeping with the theme of the 2024 Winter Olympics.
  Designed by Paul Andreu, Terminal 1 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport was inaugurated on March 8, 1974. This year, the airport celebrates its 50th anniversary, and as part of the Journées Nationales de l'Architecture, the ADP Group invites you to visit its most emblematic terminal.
  We welcome you to Terminal 1 for a presentation on the architectural design of the terminal by one of the Group's architects. We'll then follow the passenger route through the departures hall and the iconic tubes that lead to the boarding lounges. The ADP Group is offering you a must-see tour of this terminal, which was expanded in 2022 to include a junction building between satellites 1 and 3, and is fully in line with the theme of the 2024 JNArchi: "New life for buildings and new architectural practices".
  We look forward to seeing you on Friday, October 18, 2024, at the following times: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  
  How to register: write to us at inscriptions-visites@adp.fr.
  Please enclose a copy of your valid double-sided ID with your message. You will not be able to visit Terminal 1 without your ID. Please specify your preferred time slot (morning or afternoon).
  Registration deadline: Monday September 30 at 9:00 a.m.

An unusual way to discover Paris and the surrounding region.

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