Maison de la Radio

The Maison de la Radio

The Maison de la Radio ( Radio House ) is a building in the 16th arrondissement of Paris , on Avenue du President Kennedy, on the eastern His -Ufer. It was designed by the architect Henry Bernard and has been home to the public radio station Radio France since 1975 .

history

The building was officially opened on December 14, 1963 by the then French President Charles de Gaulle and his Minister of Culture, André Malraux . Its task was to bring together under one roof the (state) radio and television production facilities that were previously scattered across Paris. So it was first the seat of the ORTF , which was founded on the model of the BBC, and from 1975 Radio France .

The Maison de la Radio consists of a 500-meter-long ring of buildings, which is grouped around a central building with a 68-meter-high tower. The layout inspired the older Radio France logos . The building became the model for similar radio structures in Europe, such as the ORF regional studios in Austria that were built between 1968 and 1972. The focus is on functionality, but above all the house should be a "friend of sound" and an "enemy of noise". The studios were therefore relocated to the center of the complex to protect them from outside noise. The archive rooms are housed in the rectangular tower, which according to the original draft was supposed to reach a height of 100 meters, but was shortened due to urban planning concerns.

The Maison de la Radio offers numerous cultural projects (in particular concerts, including live broadcasts, visits, family workshops and demonstrations). After a long renovation period, the large hall was reopened in 2014 as Studio 104 with 1,461 seats, designed by AS Architecture Studio, which won the competition for the complete renovation of the Maison de la Radio in 2005.

organ

The large organ in the large broadcasting hall of Radio France was built in 2013 by the organ builder Gerhard Grenzing (Barcelona). The instrument has 100 registers on six manual works, playable on four manuals and pedal .

I Grand Orgue C – c 4 Montre 16 ′ Bourdon 16 ′ Montre 8th' Suavial 8th' Flûte harm. 8th' Bourdon à chém. 8th' Major fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Prestant 4 ′ Fl. Conique 4 ′ Big Tierce 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Duplicate 2 ′ Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octaves III-IV Quintes II-III Cymbals III-IV Grand Cornet II-V Trumpet 16 ′ Trumpet 8th'

II Positif expressif C – c 4 Quintaton 16 ′ Principal 8th' Salicional 8th' meditation 8th' Bourdon 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Flûte douce 4 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Duplicate 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Seventh 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sifflet 1' Mixture IV Basson 16 ′ Trumpets 8th' Clarinet 8th' Tremblant

III Récit expressif C – c 4 Bourdon 16 ′ Principal 16 ′ Viol 16 ′ Principal 8th' Viol 8th' Voix Celeste 8th' Cor de nuit 8th' Flûte harm. 8th' Octave 4 ′ Fl. Octaviante 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octavine 2 ′ Plein jeu IV Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Bombard 16 ′ Hautbois 8th' Tr.Harmonique 8th' Voix humaine 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremblant

IV Solo expressif C – c 4 Choeur de cordes 8th' Voix Celeste 8th' Flûte traversière 8th' Choeur de cordes 4 ′ Flûte Traversière 4 ′ Flute 2 ′ Cor Anglais 8th' High pressure unit C – c 4 Flute 8th' Flood 4 ′ tuba 16 ′ tuba 8th' tuba 4 ′ Chamades C – c 4 Chamade 16 ′ Chamade 8th' Chamade 8th'

Pedale C – c 4 Bourdon 32 ′ Principal 16 ′ Soubasse 16 ′ Contrebasse 16 ′ Principal 16 ′ Bourdon 16 ′ Fifth 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Principal 8th' Bourdon 8th' Violoncello 8th' Flood 8th' Tierce Imperial 6 2 ⁄ 5  ′ Fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 4 ′ Big Tierce 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′ trombone 32 ′ trombone 16 ′ Basson 16 ′ Basson 8th' Trumpet 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Chamade 8th' Chamade 4 ′

• Pairing :
  • Normal coupling: III / II, IV / II, IV / III, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P
  • Sub-octave coupling: I / I, II / I, II / II, III / I, III / II, III / III, IV / I
  • Super octave coupling: I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P
  • Pedal on manual works: P / I, P / II, P / III, P / IV
  • High pressure coupling: at I, II, III, IV and P
  • Chamaden coupling: at I, II, III and IV

Movie

In 2013 the documentary La Maison de la Radio by the French director Nicolas Philibert was published , which deals with the work of the people in this building and its special architecture.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bernard Champigneulle: Paris (Munich 1980), p. 286.
2. ↑ More information about the organ
3. ↑ La Maison de la Radio

Web links

Commons : The Maison de la Radio  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Maison de la Radio (Paris Tourist Office)
• History of the house (French)
• Opening of the Auditorium de Radio France in Paris ( Neue Zürcher Zeitung , November 14, 2014)

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 9.2 "  N , 2 ° 16 ′ 40.9"  E