Building the future

13 Oct 2008 - Sabina Griffith

Laying the foundation stone for the new International School in Manosque last Friday: Pascale Amenc-Antoni, Senior Advisor to ITER Director-General Kaname Ikeda; Bernard Jeanmet-Peralta, Mayor of Manosque; Michel Vauzelle, President of the PACA Region; Beatrice Abollivier, Prefect of the Alpes de Haute Provence; and Christophe Castaner, Vice-president of the PACA Region (left to right). Rudy Ricciotti has been commissioned as architect for the new school, working in partnership with architect Jean-Michel Battesti and the building company Leon Grosse. The total cost of this project is estimated at EUR 55 million, including EUR 37.5 million for the construction work.