The Maison des étudiants de l'Asie du Sud-Est rents its grand salon for professional events, cocktails and presentations for up to 80 guests. The salon covers 120 m² and is one of the most decorated rooms on the campus. The house stands at 59 B boulevard Jourdan, at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement.
Seminars and company events
The Cité internationale rents rooms to companies in many of its houses, and private hire funds the renovation of the buildings and services for the residents. Here, the grand salon suits a cocktail after a meeting, a product presentation, a talk or a reception for partners. Its only published capacity is 80 for a cocktail.
Equipment available includes a video projector, a projection screen, a sound system, a lectern, free Wi-Fi and a cloakroom. Some services come in packages and others on request. The house page also lists a piano in the salon. The room has step-free access. The central garden can be hired on request, which gives a second space for a summer reception.
For a full seminar with plenary and breakout rooms, the Cité internationale offers more than 2,000 m² at the Maison internationale and about 20 other rooms in its houses, from 10 to more than 150 participants.
Weddings and receptions
The Cité internationale presents its spaces for professional events. Weddings are not offered for this salon.
Rooms and capacities
The house rents one space: the grand salon of 120 m², for 80 guests at a cocktail. The central garden is available on request. No seated or theatre capacity is published, so ask the events team for a layout if you need chairs.
Accommodation
The house has 131 units for students, mainly from the ParisTech schools since 2008. They are not sold to event guests. The Cité internationale does host groups for short stays in its houses, mainly from May to August, for five units or more.
Catering
The Cité internationale works with a network of approved service providers for its events, and runs a catering offer for groups, from breaks to cocktails. Ask the events team which caterer serves this salon.
History and setting
The house opened in 1930 as the Maison de l'Indochine, funded by a committee made up mostly of French industrialists based in Southeast Asia. The first stone was laid in July 1928 in the presence of Bao Dai, emperor of Annam. It took its present name in January 1972.
The architects Pierre Martin and Maurice Vieu drew on Indochinese building traditions while keeping to Parisian proportions: deep roof overhangs and upturned roof corners. The staircase railing copies a motif from the imperial palace in Hué. In the entrance hall hangs La Maison familiale au Tonkin, a large oil painting by the Vietnamese artist Lê Phô.
Roofs and facades were restored in 1998, and the interiors in 2007 by Dominique Pinon and Charlotte Pueyo. The grand salon was renovated in 2014 and the garden in 2017. The house has served as a film set many times, including for Indochine by Régis Wargnier.
Getting there
The house is on boulevard Jourdan, on the southern edge of Paris. The RER B and tram T3a stop at Cité Universitaire, by the campus entrance. Orly is the closest airport.
