paris Projects 36 Created 04-Sep-13 By juan pita, Buenos Aires, Argentina IRCAM Renzo Piano education Plein Soleil Villiot-Rapée Apartments Tour Exaltis Atelier Brancusi UNESCO Boucicaut Mixed Social Program Maison de Tristan Tzara Student Residence RIVP 7 Eiffel Tower Maison du Brésil 14 Pavillon Suisse 15 Cité de Refuge 16 Apartment Building by Le Corbusier 17 Le Corbusier atelier, housing, monument 8 Rue des Suisses 18 Herzog and De Meuron housing 9 Meditation Space 19 Tadao Ando memorial space, religion 10 Le Grand Louvre 20 IM Pei museum 11 LAN student housing Le Corbusier health care, social housing Adolf Loos private house 6 Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés commercial space, community centre, health care, social housing 13 Le Corbusier student housing Marcel Breuer government 5 Renzo Piano atelier Daunay housing Le Corbusier student housing Arquitectonica office 4 Hamonic + Masson housing Atelier du Pont housing Rh+ architecture housing, kindergarten 3 Rue de Meaux Housing 21 Renzo Piano housing 12 Gustave Eiffel landmark, watch-tower http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ Communist Party Headquarters 22 Oscar Niemeyer government, office 1
Fondation Cartier Jean Nouvel exposition space, museum, office Ministere de la Culture Centre Georges Pompidou Gymnasium Maurice Berlemont House and studio Ozenfant Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterand Arab World Institute 26 Grande Arche 32 Grand Écran Italie 33 Tetris 34 Moussafir es atelier, social housing 27 Tour EDF 35 IM Pei office 28 Musée du Quai Branly 36 Jean Nouvel museum 29 Jean Nouvel culture, library, museum Jussieu 16M Atrium 31 Kenzo Tange cinema, hotel Dominique Perrault square, library, landmark 25 Le Corbusier atelier, private house Villa la Roche Johann Otto von Spreckelsen exposition space, landmark, office Emmanuel Saadi leisure, sport 24 Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners auditorium, congress centre, exposition space, library, museum Le Corbusier private house, museum, gallery Francis Soler government 23 Bercy 2 37 Renzo Piano mall, shopping centre 30 Périphériques es university http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ Student Housing Ménilmontant 38 Hamonic + Masson student housing 2
photo: Nazar Leskiw IRCAM Place Igor-Stravinsky 1 75004 Paris IRCAM (Institut de Re cher che et Co or di na tion Acoustique/Musique) is a Eu ro pean in sti tute for science about music and sound and avant garde electro-acoustical art music It is si tua ted next to, and is or ga niza t io nally lin ked with, the Centre Pompidou in Paris The ex ten sion of the buil ding was de si gned by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers 1990 Main designer, Renzo Piano Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 3
photo: Luc Boegly photo: Luc Boegly Plein Soleil Riquet 16 75019 Paris http://rhplus-architecturecom The situation of the plot at number 16 rue Riquet is exceptional: largely visible from the corner of Avenue de Flandre, it is very close to the Bassin de la Villette and has a length of 36 meters of frontage facing south with a depth varying from 18 to 22 meters The building at the corner of Avenue de Flandre constructed at right angles as well as the small buildings with adjoining ground floors gives to the western corner of the plot a very valuable 'faubourg' touch On the other side of the same street, the large gable of number 14 allows the new building to be built upon The whole of these characteristics bear a rich urban potential The project aims at making the most of it in the setting up and design of the new building photo: Luc Boegly Project is not public! 9-2012 Rh+ architecture Private rh_architecture http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 4
photo: photo: Villiot-Rapée Apartments Rue Villiot 19 75012 Paris The project embraces new concepts of living together primarily based on generous outdoor spaces, both private (balconies) and communal (floor area), as well as on an extrapolation of the advantages of detached houses, which have now disappeared forever from Paris - having one's own floor space and thus being rooted in the soil The starting point of the project, the ground, accompanies and moulds itself to the natural level, twists and transforms itself, hosts different disciplines, guides and accompanies residents, visitors and passers-by - and makes it into a home Each level and each flat has a different floor lending itself to different practices and uses Rather than being like a balcony, a loggia (or a terrace), which can be seen and used on a daily basis, winds its way around the outside of the flats and gives residents the feeling that they live outdoors This 'poured garden' creates close ties to the building's external environment photo: Sergio Grazia 2011 Hamonic + Masson Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 5
photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Paul Maurer Tour Exaltis Rue Henri Regnault 61 92400 Paris Tour Exaltis is a high-rise building in La Defense, Paris Tower was designed by Arquitectonica s in 2006 photo: Paul Maurer 2006 Arquitectonica Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 6
photo: Renzo Piano s Atelier Brancusi Place Georges-Pompidou 1 75004 Paris Constantin Brancusi arrived in Paris in 1904 after attending the Bucharest School of Fine Arts He created the majority of his works in his Paris studios Shortly before he died, he bequeathed his studio and all its contents to the French government on condition that the Musée National d'art Moderne reconstitute the studio as it had been in its original location near Montparnasse Renzo Piano reproduced Brancusi's studio on one side of the Place Georges Pompidou, next to the eponymous Centre The layout of the studio has been reconstituted down to the last detail with Brancusi's sculptures, photographs, manuals, discs and tools to satisfy the artist's wish to have his work displayed in its entirety photo: Nazar Leskiw 1995 Renzo Piano Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 7
photo: UNESCO photo: Nazar Leskiw UNESCO Place de Fontenoy 7 75007 Paris Inaugurated on 3 November 1958, the Headquarters of UNESCO is the most international building in Paris both in terms of the membership of the Organization it houses, currently standing at 186 Member States (1 July 1997) and in terms of its construction, for it is the combined work of architects of three nationalities : Marcel Breuer of the United States of America, Pier Luigi Nervi of Italy and Bernard Zehrfuss of ; selected by an International Committee of five : Lucio Costa of Brazil, Walter Gropius of the United States of America, Charles Le Corbusier of, Sven Markelius of Sweden and Ernesto Rogers of Italy ; the American architect, Eero Saarinen was also consulted and Eugene E Callison, an American engineer directed the construction site The Y=shaped administrative building, nicknamed the "three-pointed star", fits harmoniously in Place de Fontenoy alongside the Ecole Militaire photo: Jacqueline Poggi 1977 Main designer, Marcel Breuer Bernard Zehrfuss Pier Luigi Nervi Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 8
photo: Stéphane Chalmeau photo: Daniel Rousselot Boucicaut Mixed Social Program Rue de la Convention 60-64, 80-84 75015 Paris Situated on the old site of the Boucicaut Hospital in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, the project is made of two symmetrical plots on Rue de la Convention: the plot A can be found at the angle with Rue de Lourmel and plot B is at the angle formed with Rue de Lacordaire The program is a pilot-project for the town of Paris, integrating workshops, commerce, medical residences for aged people, a day-care psychiatric centre and a shelter for abused women, all to be found in the first four levels of the plots The last three floors are occupied by social housing Playing with zinc and brick façades, the two buildings dialogue with what was kept from the old hospital and the roofs of the buildings around them The rhythm of the openings, the quality of the materials used, the vegetation and the suspended footbridges manage to create architecture that takes the work integration far beyond its formal expression, giving it a social sense and relating it more to the people it houses photo: Daniel Rousselot Project is not public! Floor area/size 5-2009 7000 m² Technical engineer Building costs consultant Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés Iratome MDETC SemParisSeine Brenac-Gonzalez-Associes Metro "Boucicaut" http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 9
Maison de Tristan Tzara Avenue Junot 15 75018 Paris The modern-style house was built in 1926 by Austrian architect Adolf Loos for the poet & writer Tristan Tzara founding father of Dadaism and his wife, the painter, Knitson The rigidly functionalist Maison Tristan Tzara, built in Montmartre, was designed following Tzara's specific requirements and decorated with samples of African art It was Loos' only major contribution in his Parisian years Project is not public! 1926 Adolf Loos Tristan Tzara cost photo: Costin Constantin http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 10
photo: Julien Lanoo photo: Julien Lanoo Student Residence RIVP Rue Pajol 21 75018 Paris The main idea was to meet the challenge of using a single architectural gesture to provide urban integration and optimised comfort for the future occupants while, at the same time, creating a friendly and informal complex The building's position directed the research towards the development of lively elevations providing views through to the center of the plot and an appreciation of this inner space The creation of two clefts and the transparency of the ground floor level resulting from the bike park meet this ambition, defining a project reminiscent of the buildings to be found in Paris' inner suburbs The project is based on the party walls defining the different building heights This movement creates a square central courtyard, providing the project with its key element The circulation system is very clear: 4 vertical circulation points on the 4 corners of the plot All circulation areas are naturally lit to allow the landings to become places where people can meet one another photo: Julien Lanoo Project is not public! Floor area/size 3-2011 3950 m² Sustainability consultant Building physics consultant Contractor LAN Agence Franck Boutté LGX Ingénierie Spie Batignolles RIVP LAN_ure Metro Line 2 Station "La Chapelle" http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 11
photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Eiffel Tower Avenue Gustave Eiffel 75007 Paris http://wwwtour-eiffelfr For the Universal Exhibition of 1889, a date that marked the centenary of the French Revolution, the Journal Officiel launched a major competition to study the possibility of erecting an iron tower on the Champ-de-Mars The tower would have a square base, 125 metres on each side and 300 meters high The project proposal by entrepreneur Gustave Eiffel, engineers Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier and architect Stephen Sauvestre was chosen out of a total of 107 The construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1889 was Eiffel's crowning achievement His career as an entrepreneur would come to an end with the failure of the Panama Canal project From then on, he devoted his time to operating the Tower and to various experiments in air resistance, the observation of meteorology and especially the installation of a giant antenna for the earliest radio broadcasts Indeed, it is because of these experiments that the Eiffel Tower is still standing, since it was initially built to last 20 years photo: Bjorn Utpott 3-1889 Gustave Eiffel Bjorn_Utpott The Eiffel Tower is open every day all year long, - from 9:30am to 11:00pm, January 1 to June 17 and August 29 to December 31 from 9:00am to midnight, June 18 to August 28 During Easter weekend and the spring vacation the Tower will remain open until midnight Access to the top may be temporary closed due to unfavourable weather conditions or too many visitors Tickets to the Tower are sold until 9:30pm Tickets to the first and second floors will be sold until 10:00pm Contact client services: 33 (0)8 92 70 12 39 (call charges per minute) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 12
photo: Luc Boegly photo: Luc Boegly Daunay housing Impasse Daunay 6 75011 Paris This large block of 8 flats merges smoothly into the heterogeneity of the Impasse Daunay cul-de-sac Facing the street, the textured glass skin covering the facades pays discreet homage to the glass walls of the artists studios in this Père Lachaise neighbourhood The choice of glass, used here for the facade covering, parapets, transparent partitions for common areas or simply as windows, has an aesthetic appeal in its uniformity of material and stark simplicity in keeping with the project s general low key approach: just 8 housing units in a little cul-de-sac On the courtyard side, the retified pine cladding extends the ambiance of the neighbouring condominium s garden The orange colour of the communal areas has the effect of highlighting the glass s dominant hard characteristic The systematic nature of this monochrome look is counter-balanced by the vivid brightness of the common areas In the street, the colour is relatively unobtrusive and is visible only in the entrance photo: Luc Boegly Project is not public! 2009 Atelier du Pont MI_MOA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 13
photo: goa photo: goa Maison du Brésil Boulevard Jourdan 7L 75014 Paris http://wwwmaisondubresilorg This housing block at the Cité Universitaire complex in Paris was designed by Le Corbusier for Brazilian students and researchers 1953, Artist, Interior architect, Landscape architect, Urban planner Le Corbusier goa Brazilian Government photo: goa Monday - Friday: 0800-1200 & 1300-2000 / Saturday: 1000-1300 & 1400-2000 Station RER B: Cité Universitaire Bus: 67, 21 and T3 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 14
photo: goa photo: goa Pavillon Suisse Boulevard Jourdan 7 75014 Paris http://wwwfondationsuissefr Cité universitaire was founded in 1921 to provide accommodation and support for foreign students in Paris, with a number of residential pavilions endowed by different national communities The pavilion adheres to Le Corbusier's 'five points of architecture', but with a number of developments since the Villa Savoye The free façade and horizontal window have become a continuous glazed curtain wall, on the south side of the building (above) The pilotis have developed from thin columns to six massive reinforced concrete 'dog-bones' or 'thighs' with their characteristic figure-of-eight cross section to withstand winds While the client accepted the student rooms being raised in mid air, the public spaces were required to be on the ground The plan accommodates them in a separate block sitting on the earth, its curvaceous form contrasting with the simple slab of the student accommodation (text from wwwgalinskycom) photo: goa 1930, Artist, Interior architect, Landscape architect, Urban planner Le Corbusier goa Committee of Swiss Universities 1000-1200 & 1400-1700 Station RER B: Cité Universitaire Bus: 67, 21 and T3 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 15
photo: goa photo: goa Cité de Refuge Rue Cantagrel 12 75013 Paris The Salvation Army Refuge in Paris was Le Corbusier's first opportunity to create accommodation for the urban poor The compact site provided the chance for a radical approach both to bringing in light and space and to laying out the entrance halls to accommodate the Salvation Army's reception process The core of Le Corbusier's design was the dormitory slab with a sheer glass curtain wall Critical to the success of this south-facing glass wall was to have been a technologically ambitious system of double glazing and air conditioning ('respiration exacte') These were never built as intended, and the sheer skin of the wall was lost to Le Corbusier's trademark brises soleils later on in an attempt to prevent the inhabitants from overheating In the spirit of the free plan, Le Corbusier took the entrance hall components out of the dormitory block, constructing a geometric pathway through separate reception buildings outside (text from wwwgalinskycom) photo: goa 1929, Artist, Interior architect, Landscape architect, Urban planner Le Corbusier goa Armée du Salut (Salvation Army) Telephone: 01 53 61 82 00 Take the RER to Bibliothèque François Mitterand, and choose the Rue du Chevalaret exit Walk south along Rue du Chevalaret, and at the first junction turn backwards right up rue Cantagrel The Refuge is a few meters up on your right http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 16
photo: goa photo: goa Apartment Building by Le Corbusier Rue Nungesser et Coli 24 75016 Paris http://fondationlecorbusierfr This apartment building in Paris - Immeuble Molitor Appartement - was constructed in 1934 with on top the apartment of Le Corbusier himself He lived there his whole life, next to the Parc des Princes It is an interesting building, similar to the Clarté Building in Geneva with its glass façade with rigid exterior This stands in contrast to his own apartment on top, which has roof vaults, old brick walls in his atelier and a little roof terrace Floor area/size 1934 240 m² Main designer,, Artist, Interior architect, Landscape architect, Urban planner Le Corbusier goa Pierre Jeanneret Kouznetzoff - Noble photo: goa Visitable by appointment For reservations please contact Fondation Le Corbusier Tel: +33 (1) 42 88 75 72 E-mail : reservation@fondationlecorbusierfr Metro: lines 9 and 10 (Michel-Ange - Molitor) / Bus: line PC (Porte Molitor) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 17
photo: Piotr Krajewski Rue des Suisses Rue des Suisses 17 75014 Paris http://17ruedessuissesmirrorzcom/ This is the first project in Paris by the Herzog De Meuron team on an unusual site in the 14th Arrondisement not far from Gare Montparnesse The result of a 1966 competition sponsored by the Paris public housing agency Régie Immobilière de la Paris (RVIP), the project is built on three interconnected parcels that include infill sites on two sides of a long perimeter block that face a long narrow plot on the interior of the block The infill buildings are built to the neighbourhood height of 7 floors, while the interior slab is only 3 floors in height Entry to the interior of the block is made beneath the infill buildings In addition to the 4 story difference in building height, the long narrow block designed as a free-standing element in a long narrow garden and is protected with curving rolling wooden blinds that are in sharp contrast to the folding metal blinds that cover the façades of the street buildings The three buildings contain about 60 flats and basement parking Project is not public! 2000 Herzog and De Meuron pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 17/19 Rue des Suisses/Rue Jonquoy, 14th http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 18
Meditation Space Place de Fontenoy 7 75007 Paris http://wwwunescoorg/ At the very end of the patio of the Japanese garden, with access to the right, is the 33m2, cylindrical, one-story structure is paved with granite exposed to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, subsequently cleaned and used for the floor and base of the pond Commissioned by UNESCO to symbolize peace and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the adoption of UNESCO's Constitution Financed through Japanese private donations amounting to approximately 5 million French Francs photo: Piotr Krajewski 1995 Tadao Ando pkrajewski_pl General phone number: +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00 Access to the public only on guided tour reservation early in advance Visible behind the gates of Unesco, however By train: RER B from Roissy CDG to Paris St Michel station, every 4 to 15 minutes from 5 am to midnight, fares, combined metro-rer ticket, 770 Take metro line 10, direction Boulogne Pont de St-Cloud to Ségur station This will take you about one hour from Roissy CDG http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 19
photo: João Pereira de Sousa photo: João Pereira de Sousa Le Grand Louvre Place du Palais Royal 2 75001 Paris http://wwwlouvrefr/ The central courtyard of the museum, on the axis of the Champs-Élysées, is occupied by the Louvre Pyramid, which serves as the main entrance to the museum This leads into a new central circulation space for the main wings of the galleries and as a visual centre point for the vast sprawling exterior The challenge for celebrity architect IM Pei was to create a design that would accomplish its task while at the same time allow the Louvre Museum to remain the focus of attention The solution he came up with was a series of glass pyramids The structures jut into the sky to draw the gaze of tourists and let them know this is where they should be But at the same time it allows both them and the Parisians the ability to see through it and revel in the elder architectural masterpiece The project also included the construction of a shopping mall, cultural center, an auditorium, and parking garages photo: João Pereira de Sousa 1989 Contractor IM Pei Dumez François Mitterrand Lotje The museum is open every day except Tuesday Admission to the Louvre is free on the first Sunday of every month Take the Metro (Lines 1 or 7) to the station Palais Royale Musée du Louvre, and follow signs to the museum; The following bus lines stop in front of the Pyramid: 21, 24, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81, 95, and the Paris Open Tour bus; An underground parking garage is available for those coming by car The entrance is located on avenue du Général Lemonnier It is open daily from 7 am to 11 pm; If you come by Batobus, get off at the Louvre stop, quai François Mitterrand http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 20
photo: Viktor Ramos photo: Viktor Ramos Rue de Meaux Housing Rue de Meaux 75019 Paris The residential complex in the 19th district of Paris is composed of 220 low cost apartments The homes all face a central internal garden planted with birch trees Research into the grain and color of materials led to the creation of a ' double-skinned' facade system and the use of terracotta Project is not public! 1991 Landscape designer Renzo Piano Desvigne & Dalnoky R'egie Immobilière de la Ville de Paris + Les Mutuelles du Mans Naomi photo: Viktor Ramos Take the subway to Jaurès http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 21
photo: Viktor Ramos photo: Viktor Ramos Communist Party Headquarters Place Colonel Fabien 2 75019 Paris http://wwwpcffr The avant-garde building conceived by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has become super hip In 2000, Italian fashion house Prada rented the building to present its collection Niemeyer has created a beautiful building He wanted a simple construction without ornament The walls of the Place du Colonel Fabien have kept the marks of the wooden boards used to build them Oscar Niemeyer said the headquarters was ''a piece of work which will constitute in this city, I am sure, an example of contemporary architecture, and even, permit me to say, a tourist attraction'' The main conference room with metal slates hanging vertically on the walls is situated below ground level and has Niemeyer desks and chairs The room's dome (see the satellite images) is on the lawn in front of the curved six-story main building, sheathed in glass 1972 Oscar Niemeyer Communist Party Naomi photo: Viktor Ramos open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm; tours by appointment by can be arranged by e-mail at vbenoit@pcffr or at 011-33140401212 or 01 40 40 12 12 Take the subway to Colonel Fabien, or Jaurès or Bolivar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 22
photo: Philippe Ruault photo: Philippe Ruault Fondation Cartier Boulevard Raspail 261 75014 Paris http://fondationcartiercom/ In 1994, the Fondation Cartier moved, exchanging Jouy-en-Josas near Versailles for the boulevard Raspail in the heart of Paris Its new premises were designed by Jean Nouvel, an architect celebrated in and throughout the world for the unique way in which he dematerializes architectural structure He also famously designed the Institut du Monde Arabe (1987) and the Musée du Quai Branly (2006), both in Paris For the external façade, he designed a glass screen running parallel to the boulevard Raspail that would prolong the boulevard s perspective Behind this transparent wall, a cedar of Lebanon planted by Chateaubriand in 1823 emerges from a monumental flower pot clad with multi-colored mosaics, a witty creation by the Italian designer Alessandro Mendini Above the entrance to the building rises a wall of plants commissioned in 1998 from Patrick Blanc, a specialist in tropical botany and the creator of this innovative design photo: Patrick Gries Floor area/size 1994 11300 m² Structural engineer Jean Nouvel ARUP Gan Vie boeboe Daily, except Monday, from 11-20:00 hr On Tuesday evenings its open until 22:00 hr The Fondation Cartier is on the east side of the boulevard Raspail in the 14th Arrondissement Either walk North from Denfert-Rochereau (RER Line B or Metro lines 4 and 6) or walk South from Raspail (Metro lines 4 and 6) Bus numbers 38 and 68 stop at Denfert-Rochereau http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 23
photo: Georges Fessy photo: Georges Fessy Ministere de la Culture Rue Saint-Honoré 182 75001 Paris http://wwwculturegouvfr/ The aim of this project was to regroup on a single site all the services of the Ministry of Culture, previously dispersed over 17 different locations around the city Francis Soler resolved the major constraints -disparity in dates and indifferent architectural style of the two existing buildings- into elements of unity and identity This unity is omnipresent in the internal space planning: the two buildings have been remodelled in their substance to require the obtained density, optimize work spaces and interconnect the different floor levels The other unifying element is purely architectural In the manner of Christo, Soler has wrapped the old buildings, walls and roof included, in a continuous organic-weave mesh of steel lace Without entirely effacing underlying differences, this stainless steel veil imparts continuity to the disparate volumes It hangs like a loose net detached from the elevations, its appearance changing in phase with the sun, shadows, day and night photo: Georges Fessy Public access unknown! 2004 Main designer, Interior architect Landscape designer General consultant Francis Soler Frédéric Druot Michel Desvignes Patrick Blanc Ministry of Culture Xavier_Gonzalez http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 24
photo: Michael Buschor photo: Michael Buschor Centre Georges Pompidou Place Georges Pompidou 1 75191 Paris http://wwwcentrepompidoufr Centre Georges Pompidou is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the IVe arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles and the Marais It houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information, a public library, the Musée National d'art Moderne, and IRCAM, a centre for music and acoustic research The building was designed by the architects Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Sue Rogers and engineers Peter Rice and Edmund Happold, whose design was not popular at first However, under the guidance of its first director, Pontus Hultén, it quickly became a noted attraction in Paris The Pompidou 'revolutionized museums,' the Pritzker jury said, 'transforming what had once been elite monuments into popular places of social and cultural exchange, woven into the heart of the city The characteristic piping is colour-coded according to the contents: yellow for electricity, red for transport, blue for water, and green for air' [Wikipediaorg] photo: Michael Buschor 1977 Main designer, Interior architect Services engineer Contractor Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Gianfranco Franchini Renzo Piano Ove Arup and Partners Grands Travaux de Marseilles Ministère des Affaires Culturelles, Ministère de l Education Nationale Buschi Museum, Exhibitions 11am-9pm, ticket counters closed at 8 pm Rooms closed at 850 pm Late night openings for certain exhibitions, as indicated on the website, Thursdays and Fridays to 11 pm Ticket counters closed at 10 pm Atelier Brancusi: every day, except Tuesdays, 2-6 pm To avoid queuing up, best after 5 pm Public Reference Library (Bpi): Weekdays: 12-10 pm Saturdays, Sundays & public holidays: 11 am-10 pm Metro Stations 'Rambuteau', 'Hôtel de Ville' or 'Châtelet - Les Halles' http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 25
photo: Edou Bonnema photo: Edou Bonnema Gymnasium Maurice Berlemont Rue de l'orillon 22 75011 Paris http://wwwmairie11parisfr/ For all inhabitants and young people in the neighborhood of "Fontaine Au Roi - Orillon" architect Emmanuel Saadi was commissioned with the design of the new gymnasium Maurice Berlemont The complex is open not only during school time, but also after school, for the young to go play and encourage social integration Before it was built, there was a playground on the site In order to reduce noise levels, the playground was converted into a gymnasium with walls made of glass bricks, allowing the inside to be seen from the outside and vice-versa It had to be a very public, open and free building The project was financed with public funds of the city of Paris A questionnaire was made to analyze the inhabitants most prominent wishes It took three years of dialogue and reflection between the local politicians of the 11e quarter and the department of Youth and Sports of the municipality of Paris, before a decision was made and start this project photo: Edou Bonnema Floor area/size 4-2006 2000000 m² Emmanuel Saadi City of Paris Edou_Bonnema Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Friday and Saturday from 08:00 22:00 h Wednesday 09:00 22:00 h and Sunday from 08:00 18:00 h for more information visit: wwwsportparisfr or wwwmairie11parisfr Go to Metro Belleville, then walk down the Rue Louis Bonnet http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 26
photo: Laurent David Ruamps House and studio Ozenfant Avenue Reille 53 75014 Paris The house and studio in Paris for Le Corbusier's friend the painter Ozenfant is an early example of 'minimal' architecture, a prototype of the Domino house and a manifestation of some of the principles which Le Corbusier was to set out in his famous 'five points' It possessed a geometrical clarity inside and out which has since been lost with the elimination of the north-light roof and its replacement by a flat one Project is not public! 1922 Le Corbusier Amédée J Ozenfant Michael_Noordam photo: Michael Noordam Metro: Porte d'orléans (line 4) RER: Cité Universitaire (line B) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 27
photo: Jeroen Apers photo: Jeroen Apers Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterand Quai François-Mauriac 1 75706 Paris http://wwwbnffr/ On 14 July 1988, François Mitterrand announced the construction and the expansion of one of the largest and most modern libraries in the world, intended to cover all fields of knowledge, and designed to be accessible to all, using the most modern data transfer technologies, which could be consulted from a distance, and which would collaborate with other European libraries In July 1989, the services of the architectural firm of Dominique Perrault were retained After the move of the major collections from the rue de Richelieu, the National Library of opened to the public on 20 December 1996 It contains more than ten million volumes The new complex consists of a large esplanade and four identical L-shaped towers, whose form recalls the shape of an open book This architecture was controversial; many considered it too costly, and not very suitable to the storage of book collections Indeed, wooden boards had to be set up at the windows to protect the books from the light photo: Jeroen Apers Floor area/size 4-1995 365178 m² Security consultant Services engineer Dominique Perrault Séchaud & Bossuyt HGM Guy Huguet SA Ministère de la Culture Apers Take the RER to the Library's own station, Bibliothèque François Mitterand http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 28
photo: IMA photo: IMA / Georges Fessy Arab World Institute Rue des Fosses-Saint-Bernard 1 75005 Paris http://wwwimarabeorg In 1980, 18 Arab countries concluded an agreement with to establish the AWI to spread knowledge and research the Arab World s language, and its cultural and spiritual values, reflecting the opinion, that the Arab world - its civilization and values, its past and future - needs to be better known and understood in the West It supplies cultural information in a wide range of media: libraries, electronic databanks, a conventional, glass-case museum, audio-visual displays, and an outreach program of touring exhibits and performances as well This is not an Arab building, but an occidental one, it s not pastiche, like the Paris Mosque, but modern and from an urban point of view The Institute is a hinge between 2 cultures and histories Certain symbolic items like the moucharabiehs whose polygons of varying shapes and sizes, create a geometric effect recalling the Alhambra It AWI has been conceived equally by Jean Nouvel, ure-studio, Pierre Soria and Gilbert Lezenes photo: IMA Floor area/size 1987 25263 m² Main designer, Jean Nouvel ASure-Studio Gilbert Lezenes Pierre Soria Institut du Monde Arabe MI_MOA Daily from 10:00 to 18:00 except Mondays Library: 13:00 until 20:00 except Sunday and Monday Métro : Jussieu, Cardinal-Lemoine, Sully-Morland Bus : 24, 63, 67, 86, 87, 89 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 29
photo: Andre Staalenhoef photo: Luc Boegly Jussieu 16M Atrium Place Jussieu 2 75005 Paris http://wwwepajussieufr/ photo: Luc Boegly Jussieu Campus consists out of a regular grid of 6-floor wings and is generally decried as an architectural failure The hollow space under the buildings enables wind to build up its force, the regular grid plan is confusing and polluted with asbestos It has increasingly degraded, leaving its facade covered in graffiti The new 16M building extends and completes the grid plan that architect Edouard Albert designed in the 60s; based on the existing system, but at the same time deforms it: where Albert laid out a single patio, Périphériques planned two The façades are glazed on the same pattern as Albert s existing building But the glass metal skin composed of ten types of panels perforated with circular holes of different sizes give the façades complex and variable depth At ground floor, the existing slab on which the university buildings are built folds up in an origami-like orange ramp to even up the levels in a fluid movement Floor area/size 2006 16700 m² Périphériques es EPA Jussieu peripheriques The campus is served by the Paris Métro station Jussieu, as well as numerous bus lines http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 30
photo: Michael Noordam photo: Michael Noordam Villa la Roche Square du Docteur-Blanche 10 75016 Paris http://wwwfondationlecorbusierassofr/ Villa La Roche was built as a home for Raoul La Roche, a Swiss banker and collector of avant-garde art Among other things, the house would serve as a private gallery to display La Roche's extensive art collection Built in a private Paris courtyard, the house had major constraints imposed by the site and its zoning restrictions, including a north orientation, existing trees and height and boundary limitations Inside the building, to display the art, an architectural promenade was made, a theme inspired by Le Corbusier's visit to the Acropolis in 1911 and repeated most strikingly in his Carpenter centre for the Visual Arts nearly forty years later The promenade goes up and down staircases, leads you through tight spaces, in-between balconies, open surveys, down ramps and into a beautifully lit library This idea of a spatial sequence was re-invented by many modern architects, after Le Corbusier 1925 Main designer, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret Raoul La Roche Michael_Noordam photo: Michael Noordam 10 am to 1230 pm - 130 to 6 pm (Mondays 130 pm - Fridays 5 pm) Saturdays 10 am to 5 pm Closed : Sundays, Monday mornings and public holidays The villa is open to the public, administered by the Fondation Le Corbusier, which is based in the adjoining Villa Jeanneret at 8 square du Docteur-Blanche For reservations please call +33 1 42 88 41 53 or visit wwwfondationlecorbusierassofr he villa is ten minutes' walk west of Jasmin metro station line 9 (Jasmin) / liges 9 and 10 (Michel-Ange - Auteuil) Bus : line 52 (La Fontaine - Mozart) / Line PC : (Suchet - Raffet) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 31
photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Grande Arche Rue Carpeax 92044 Paris http://wwwgrandearchecom/ The Grande Arche de la Fraternité is a monument in the business district of La Défense to the west of Paris It is usually known as the Arche de la Défense or simply as La Grande Arche An international design competition was launched at the initiative of French president François Mitterrand Danish architect Johann Otto von Spreckelsen (1929 1987) designed the winning entry to be a 20th century version of the Arc de Triomphe: a monument to humanity and humanitarian ideals rather than military victories After Spreckelsen's death in 1987, his associate, French architect Paul Andreu, completed the work The Arche is almost a perfect cube (width: 108m, height: 110m, depth: 112m The two sides house government offices The roof section, exploited by is an exhibition centre 1990 Main designer, Johann Otto von Spreckelsen Paul Andreu City of Paris boeboe photo: Dirk Verwoerd Open 7 days a week : 10am / 8pm from the 1st of April to the 30th of September 10am / 7pm from the 1st of October to the 31th of March Take the subway to La Défense Call 01 49 07 27 55 or email tourisme@grandearchecom http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 32
Grand Écran Italie Place d'italie 30 75013 Paris Tange's first European commission, also known as the Ensemble d'equipment and Campanile, houses a hotel, two cinemas, and offices for film and video 1991 Kenzo Tange Nazar photo: David Monniaux http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 33
photo: Luc Boegly photo: Luc Boegly Tetris 13-15-19 rue du Nord 75018 Paris The project is part of an urban program aimed at regenerating underprivileged neighbourhoods in Northern Paris Nine residences and three artists' studios were built on three narrow plots The project was shaped by our intention to stay in harmony with the neighbourhood's scale and density while maximizing space and daylight available to future residents Perfect alignment with existing buildings and identical façade treatment erases the difference between the old and the new The «commonplace» exterior is balanced by the singularity of living rooms Each of the 3 buildings has one apartment per floor The staggered arrangement of day and night zones allows for the difference in ceiling heights: 3,40 m for the living room and 2,60 for the bedroom Each individual residence is marked by a large timber-framed bow window highlighting the increased height of double-aspect living rooms The principle equally applies to apartments and atéliers, as nowadays home and workspace tend to merge Floor area/size 6-2010 794 m² General consultant Moussafir es SIBAT SIEMP MAA photo: Luc Boegly http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 34
photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Tour EDF Place de la Défense 20 92800 Paris Tour EDF is an office skyscraper located in La Défense, the high-rise business district west of The architectural firm of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners designed the elliptical form of the tower with a facade clad in alternating bands of stainless steel and lightly reflective glass panels photo: Dirk Verwoerd 2001 IM Pei Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 35
photo: musée du quai Branly Nicolas Borel photo: musée du quai Branly Nicolas Borel Musée du Quai Branly Quai Branly 37 75007 Paris http://wwwquaibranlyfr/ Mitterrand sprinkled Paris with bold landmarks, from Pei's glass pyramid at the Louvre to Dominique Perrault's National Library Georges Pompidou built the colorful machinelike museum Like its predecessors, Chirac s new Quai Branly has stirred considerable resentment Defiant, mysterious and wildly eccentric, it is not an easy building to love Its jumble of different structures, set in a lush green garden on the bank of the Seine in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, hardly conforms to notions of Parisian monumental elegance Yet, Jean Nouvel's design creates a kaleidoscopic montage of urban impressions And once you give yourself over to the experience, you may find it the greatest monument to French popular culture since the Pompidou The building combines angular glass walls with futuristic cubes of bright color and outside, a green wall of thick vegetation, suggestive of a forest or a jungle An enormous curved glass wall shields the garden from cars roaring by An urban oasis photo: musée du quai Branly - Nicolas Borel Floor area/size 6-2006 76500 m² Supplier Jean Nouvel Trespa Etablissement public du Musée du Quai Branly MI_MOA Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 6:30 pm, and on Thursdays, till 9:30 pm Closed Monday The museum is next tot the Eiffel Tower Entry to the museum is via rue de l Université or via Quai Branly Metro : Iéna (line 9), Alma-Marceau (line 9), Pont de l Alma (RER C), Bir Hakeim (line 6) Bus : line 42 Eiffel Tower stop; lines 63, 80, 92: Bosquet-Rapp stop; line 72 Musée d art moderne Palais de Tokyo stop River shuttle : Eiffel Tower stop (Batobus, Bateaux parisiens et Vedettes de Paris) Paying car park accessed via 25 quai Branly http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 36
photo: JP Calero photo: JP Calero Bercy 2 Bercy 2 94220 Paris http://wwwccbercy2com/ photo: JP Calero The Bercy-Charenton Mall by Renzo Piano in Paris, is located on the outskirts of Paris, near the 'Echangeur de la Porte de Bercy' in the intersection of Boulevard Peripherique Faced with this tangle urban road, the mall is conceived as an object closed and introverted The complex includes commercial activities, offices, hotel, underground parking, with a clear horizontal direction The interior is organized around a street covered with top lighting 1990 Renzo Piano jpcalero http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 37
photo: Hervé Abbadie photo: Hervé Abbadie Student Housing Ménilmontant Rue de Ménilmontant 109/111 75020 Paris While climbing the steep and bustling road of Ménilmontant the student residence slowly reveals itself in a series of paradoxes: deeply rooted in the context of the Parisian apartment block, it also stands out as something unexpected and intriguing The strict street alignment imposed by planning regulation is punctured by a two-storey porch, bursting with colour and light, begging the viewer to look deep into the heart of the Parisian block where a hidden world awaits: two rows of former workshops, rehabilitated into 16 loft apartments, a street-like space between The spatial connection between these workshops and the porch, accentuated by a topographical shift, provides a vibrant outdoor gathering space for the students Here, a consistent approach to colour and lighting is established that subsequently continues throughout all of the building's circulation zones photo: Hervé Abbadie Project is not public! Floor area/size 9-2008 1720 m² Contractor Building costs consultant Hamonic + Masson Capaldi SIBAT Paris Habitat Hamonic-Masson Metro Gambetta http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanpita01/guides/paris/ 38