Paris Projects 9 Created 27-Dec-14 By wwera wasabi, prague, Czech Republic Arab World Institute Jean Nouvel culture, library, museum Villa la Roche Maison de Verre 3 Centre Georges Pompidou 4 Fondation Cartier 7 UNESCO 8 Elysées La Défense 9 Saubot & Jullien office, shopping centre 5 Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners auditorium, congress centre, exposition space, library, museum Maison de Tristan Tzara Marcel Breuer government Pierre Chareau private house Adolf Loos private house Le Corbusier private house, museum, gallery 2 Origami Building 10 Manuelle Gautrand office 6 Jean Nouvel exposition space, museum, office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wwera/guides/paris/ 1
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/wwera/guides/paris/ 2
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 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/wwera/guides/paris/ 3
Maison de Verre Rue Saint-Guillaume 31 75007 Paris Interior designer Chareau joined efforts with licensed architect Bernard Bijvoet to design what would be part gynological clinic for Dr Dalsace and part private residence for the doctor and his wife, Annie The remarkable Maison de Verre (glass house) was inserted into an existing building and is one of the greatest houses of the International Style, adding materials the movement had never used before in such an extent to create a work of architectural genius -- a structure that is fully functional and fully aesthetic in its simplicity The steel frame allowed for complete freedom of internal space The glass block wall itself, is able to stand alone without a heavy frame breaking its pattern Ventilation through the glass block wall is provided by a series of movable traps A not-so-complicated weight and pulley system opens the window panels, allowing for natural ventilation This unique system causes a minimum of visual impact on the glass facade of the structure Floor area/size 1932 576 m² Main designer, Pierre Chareau Bernard Bijvoet docteur Dalsace Michael_Noordam The house is still inhabited by the grandchild of the original client The Maison de verre is open for a limited number of visits by appointment Group visits for schools of architecture are given priority The visits will be organized on Fridays at 2 and 3:30PM and are limited to a maximum of 10 people per group Language: English Duration: 1,5 hours Costs: 20,- pp for teachers/students; 40,- pp for other visitors For more info and reservations: email mdv31@orangefr Métro : 12, Rue du bac http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wwera/guides/paris/ 4
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/wwera/guides/paris/ 5
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/wwera/guides/paris/ 6
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/wwera/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/wwera/guides/paris/ 8
photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Nazar Leskiw Elysées La Défense Place du Dôme 7C 92800 Paris This large glass building hosts Les Quatre Temps, Europe's largest shopping mall It has 260 stores, among them a Swedish H&M store and the British Mark & Spencers photo: Dirk Verwoerd Floor area/size 1982 39400 m² Saubot & Jullien Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wwera/guides/paris/ 9
photo: Manuelle Gautrand s photo: Manuelle Gautrand s Origami Building Avenue de Friedland 26 75008 Paris This office block stands on avenue Friedland, a few hundred yards from the arc de Triomphe The brief called for an upgrade in two parts: the main building on a 20 meter-wide strip on the avenue, and an extension in the rear, between two courtyard gardens At ground floor level, the lobby plays on transparency between the street front and the main garden The building in the rear of the lot is more private, and it is there that the cafeteria and meeting rooms are laid out, with garden space on both sides On the avenue façade, the architects imagined dressing out the windows with an origami arrangement of marble panels, to express elegance and modernity The panels are composite, a film of marble mounted on a twin layer of glass This second skin is translucent and acts as a breast wall to ensure privacy as well as filter daylight, creating a soft interior atmosphere photo: Manuelle Gautrand s 2011 Manuelle Gautrand Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wwera/guides/paris/ 10