The Maison des Polytechniciens can host seminars, study days, breakfasts, receptions, dances and weddings for up to 600 guests, in 15 salons spread over four levels. A wedding can seat 200 for dinner or take 400 for a cocktail. The house occupies the Hôtel de Poulpry, a townhouse built in 1703 at 12 rue de Poitiers in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, near Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Seminars and company events
The house sells half-day and full-day study packages. Rooms are available until noon or from 2 pm for a half day, with breaks and a lunch included in both formats. A head maître d'hôtel is assigned to each event and looks after the group through the day. Every seminar package includes a technical kit with a projection screen, a video projector, a sound system and Wi-Fi, and a higher package adds a technician.
Smaller rooms are kept for private meetings and committees. In good weather, seminar breaks can be served in the garden or on the terrace. Business breakfasts are also offered in the salons.
Weddings and receptions
Wedding packages include exclusive use of the townhouse, a boudoir for the bride during preparations and the reception, a cocktail, a dinner and a dancing party. The team follows the couple from the first contact, and a DJ can be added. Cocktails can be held in the outdoor spaces.
Receptions, lunches and dinners are sold in time slots of about four or five hours at midday or in the evening, with staff and equipment included. Dances take place in the Styx, the vaulted cellars under the house, which have a bar, a dance floor and a DJ booth.
Rooms and capacities
The 15 salons can be hired in full or in part. They are decorated in Second Empire style, with moldings and gilding, daylight and high ceilings. Published figures by level, largest layout:
- Ground floor: 273 square meters, up to 400 guests.
- First floor: 173 square meters, up to 250.
- Second floor: 173 square meters, up to 160.
- Vaulted cellar: 150 square meters, up to 120, for dancing.
- Garden, terrace and an air-conditioned tent for breaks and cocktails.
Listed equipment includes sound, Wi-Fi, a video projector and screen, step-free access and air-conditioning.
Catering
Catering is handled by the house, with set menus for seminars, receptions and weddings. The cocktail offer features creations by Lenôtre. On site, the Poulpry restaurant serves lunch Monday to Friday, has private dining rooms for business meals and can be booked for private evenings.
History and setting
The townhouse was built in 1703 and housed political and later artistic organizations over the centuries, each leaving its mark on fireplaces and balconies. It took the name of one of its owners, Poulpry, at the end of the 18th century. Its decoration is attributed in part to the painter Watteau. The house is now run by an association linked to graduates of the École polytechnique, which opens its salons to outside events.
Getting there
The nearest metro station is Solférino on line 12, and Musée d'Orsay on RER C is a short walk away. Buses 63, 69, 83, 84 and 94 stop nearby, and cars can use the Montalembert car park at 9 rue Montalembert.
