Ancien sanatorium, faisant partie du centre hospitalier du Vexin, sis dans le parc de la Bucaille

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History

The sanatorium of Aincourt was built in a former park of 73 hectares between April 1931 and July 1933, the date of its opening. The initiative for this creation is due to the departmental council of Seine-et-Oise and the prefect, alerted by the recurrence of tuberculosis. A competition is organised and won by architects Edouard Crevel and Paul-Jean Decaux. The specifications present a vast programme comprising three patient pavillons, intended for men, women and children. Service buildings (laundry-linen-school), administrative buildings as well as accommodation for staff and doctors are also provided. Finally, amenities essential to the functioning of the site such as a treatment plant, a well and a water tower are also studied. The patient pavillons are disposed approximately 400 metres from one another and measure 220 metres long by 12 metres wide. Oriented to the south-east, they all offer the same plan: a long central body comprising the rooms and the circulation corridor, flanked by a building at each end which a curved gallery connects. These buildings are intended to the west for medical services, to the east for kitchens, refectory and leisure room. The pavillons have three levels of rooms arranged in tiers and a level corresponding to the roof terrace. These open onto a cure gallery, or solarium, compartmentalised with frosted glass wind breaks. Two main exterior staircases serve the central body at each end. The whole is built in reinforced concrete, covered with render originally. A terrazzo decoration was used for the floors.