Samantha Sullivan, Institut Mines-Télécom – Shelley McNamara

The third building I am going to talk about is the Institut Mines-Télécom in Paris-Saclay. This is my favorite building designed by Shelley McNamara because of all of the natural lighting brought in by the plethora of windows. In an interview McNamara pointed out that architecture is impacting the earth on an enormous scale and feels it is her and her partners duty to make it as beautiful as they can, which I believe they are doing. The use of natural light in this building and the flow of light throughout can help make the users feel more comfortable than they would if the building used artificial light.

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