AREP explained

AREP Architecture, Research, Engagement, Post-Carbon
Native Name Lang:	fr
Type:	Société anonyme
Foundation:	January 1997
Hq Location City:	Paris
Hq Location Country:	France
Key People:	Jean-Marie Duthilleul, Étienne Tricaud, Raphaël Ménard
Num Employees:	1000
Num Employees Year:	2023
Parent:	SNCF

AREP (French: '''A'''rchitecture '''R'''echerche '''E'''ngagement '''P'''ost-carbone, "Architecture, Research, Engagement, Post-Carbon") is a multidisciplinary consultancy that is wholly owned by SNCF (Stations and Connections division). It was formed in 1997 by Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Étienne Tricaud,^[1] architects and engineers. It has 600 staff from around 15 countries, including town planners, architects, engineers, economists, technicians, designers, and project managers. Raphaël Ménard, its president since 2018, has announced his intention to make AREP the laboratory for ecological design through the EMC2B approach.^[2]

History

The main area of work for the company is mobility in the urban environment, both in France and worldwide.^[3]

Environmental Vision: The EMC2B Approach

AREP has the ambition to become a reference in sustainable architecture. In January 2021, the company set its mission to "invent a post-carbon future" by providing "concrete, frugal, and resilient solutions inspired by the low-tech approach".^[4] AREP's environmental strategy is built around the acronym EMC2B: Energy, Material, Carbon, Climate, and Biodiversity. This framework is used to assess the ecological impact of the agency's various projects.

Organisation

AREP is organised into four subsidiaries: AREP (Project management in France), PARVIS (Project support), AREP Ville (Architectural and town planning studies) and MENIGHETTI Programmation (urban and architectural project management, and service plans).

Projects

• Redevelopment of the Gare de Strasbourg
• Redevelopment of the Gare de Paris-Nord
• Redevelopment of the Gare d'Angers Saint-Laud
• Redevelopment of the Gare de Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
• Redevelopment of the Gare du Mans
• Design and build of the Gare de Nîmes-Pont-du-Gard
• Layout of the Avenue Jean-Jaurès, Paris
• Design and build of the Shanghai South railway station,
• Design and build of the Aspire Tower in Doha, Qatar, opened in 2007
• Design and build of the Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, opened in 2010
• Design and build of Wuhan railway station, China
• Design and build of the Gare de Belfort - Montbéliard TGV
• Design and build of the Gare de Besançon Franche-Comté TGV

2003

• Gare de Paris-Nord, France: Redevelopment of the Eurostar terminal and shopping areas, station management, at
• Perpignan, Pyrénées Orientales, France: project support and development and management of the station district
• Avignon Courtine: architectural plan for the Avignon PLU, in association with the architects Alain Philip et Safia Amarouche, and Michel Desvigne et Ingénieurs and landscapers Jean-Claude Hardy
• Vaucluse: development plan
• Rovaltain: Zone d'aménagement concerté (ZAC) Phase II, in association with landscapers Michel Florain
• Drôme: Prime contractor
• Bondy-Aulnay tram-train: rural and urban feasibility study for 11 crossroads, the Viaduc du Gargan, design of a new OHE system, with Béatrice Fauny landscapers
• Seine-Saint-Denis, France: development plan
• Port of Yong Ding Men, China: development plan. Lauréat dans le cadre du concours de requalification et d’aménagement de l’axe historique Nord-Sud.

2001

• Aix-en-Provence: new TGV station and site development, with Michel Desvigne et Christine Dalnoky landscapers.
• Gare d'Angers-Saint-Laud: redevelopment, development plan, station management.
• Gare d'Antibes: station management
• Avignon: new TGV station and site development, with Michel Desvigne et Christine Dalnoky landscapers
• Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu: Redevelopment, station management
• Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles: Security and surveillance post
• Gare de Nogent - Le Perreux: redevelopment

2000

• Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins: redevelopment of the station and the left dome after a fire. Station management.
• Gare de Lourdes: redevelopment, station management
• Gare du Futuroscope, Poitiers: new station, in association with Denis Laming architects

1999

• : new station for RER E
• : new station for RER E
• : new interchange with the Météor metro line and RER C
• : station reconstruction, station management

1998

• : station renovation and creation of tram interchange, station management
• Gare du Nord: renovation and extensions for the Eurostar terminal, station management
• : new station for RER D
• : new station for RER B

1997

• Creating the Tecno range of seating
• Gare de Nantes: station management,
• Journées Mondiales de la Jeunesse (JMJ) 1997, Podiums at Longchamp and Champs de Mars, station management, Paris, France
• Gare de Versailles – Chantiers, Yvelines: project management

Before 1997

• Gare de Lille-Europe: new TGV station and station management, development of the station district
• Gare de Paris-Montparnasse: station renovation and management
• Gare de Paris-Nord: station reconstruction, station management
  • Gare de Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy, Seine et Marne: new station serving Disneyland Paris Gare Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle 2 TGV, Ile-de-France: new station

Notes and References

1. Web site: Étienne Tricaud, l'entrevue - Vidéo Dailymotion. 19 July 2012. 31 December 2014. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180418/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs9brl_etienne-tricaud-l-entrevue_creation. live.
2. Web site: https://www.lemoniteur.fr/article/arep-doit-devenir-un-blockbuster-post-carbone-raphael-menard-architecte-et-ingenieur-president-du-directoire-d-arep.2124309".
3. News: Portrait  - AREP, le fil rouge. 31 December 2014. Le courrier de l'architecte. fr. Jean-Philippe. Hugron. 8 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170608151534/http://www.lecourrierdelarchitecte.com/article_1928. dead.
4. https://www.lemoniteur.fr/article/arep-doit-devenir-un-blockbuster-post-carbone-raphael-menard-architecte-et-ingenieur-president-du-directoire-d-arep.2124309