"Ensemble de bâtiments universitaires de la Source : bibliothèque de lettres, langues et sciences humaines ; amphithéâtres de sciences ; restaurant Le Forum."

The post-World War II overcrowding of Parisian universities prompted the government to establish a scientific university campus in Orléans in 1959, utilizing the 400 hectares of the Source forest area. Under Mayor Roger Secrétain, a new neighborhood was planned by chief architect Louis Arretche, designed to offer thousands of housing units along with decentralized industries and services from the Paris region. The architectural program for the university facilities was entrusted to Olivier-Clément Cacoub, a recipient of the Grand Prix de Rome, who was responsible for designing essential structures including a library for letters, languages, and social sciences, as well as science amphitheaters and the restaurant Le Forum.