paris Projects 36 Created 04-Feb-10 By jonas norlin, oslo, Norway Jussieu 16M Atrium Paris, Périphériques es university Musée du Quai Branly Tower Flower Gymnasium Maurice Berlemont Hotel Fouquet's Barrière Corso Italia Housing Plaine Saint Denis Police Station Centre Chorégraphique National Espace Citroën 7 Visium Ministere de la Culture 14 RATP Bus Centre 15 Rue de Meaux Housing 16 Cinémathèque Française 17 Paris, Gehry Partners auditorium, cinema, library, museum 8 Rue des Suisses 18 Paris, Herzog and De Meuron housing 9 Masséna Housing 19 Paris, Beckmann N'Thépé housing, mixed-use development 10 Seine Rive Gauche housing 20 Paris, Badia-Berger architectes social housing 11 Paris, Manuelle Gautrand showroom Paris, Renzo Piano housing Aix-en-Provence, Rudy Ricciotti dance theater 6 Paris, X-TU ure police station 13 Thiais, ecdm bus station, office Milan, Italy Luigi Moretti housing, office 5 Paris, Edouard François hotel Médiathèque Robert Calméjane Paris, Francis Soler government Paris, Emmanuel Saadi leisure, sport 4 Paris, Edouard François social housing, housing Villemomble, Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés library Paris, Jean Nouvel museum 3 Notre Dame de Pentecôte 21 Paris, Franck Hammoutène church 12 Arcueil, Christian Devillers office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ Cité de la Mode et du Design 22 Paris, Jakob + MacFarlane cafe, commercial space, office 1
Akademie der Künste Berlin Berlin, Germany Behnisch Architekten education, exposition space Goetheanum Paris Diderot University Bâtiment Lavoisier Community center and outdoor petanque court Paris, atelier Philéas community centre, culture, exposition space, sport Allies & Morrison Studio Student Housing Ménilmontant Two Elementary Schools extension 31 Children's toy library 32 Nouveau Casino 33 Paris, Périphériques es bar, music theatre, restaurant 26 Parc des Expositions Hall 7 34 Villepinte, ASure-Studio exposition space 27 Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant Church 35 Paris, ASure-Studio church 28 Obsidian 36 Zurich, Switzerland baumschlager & eberle office 29 Rouen, Hamonic + Masson kindergarten 25 Paris, Hamonic + Masson student housing Crèche Rouen Company Headquarters Bonneuil sur Marne, LAN library London, United Kingdom Allies and Morrison office 24 Paris, X-TU ure laboratorium, university Saint Mesmes, LAN office Dornach, Switzerland Rudolf Steiner auditorium, culture, education 23 Latitude House 37 London, United Kingdom Allford Hall Monaghan Morris housing 30 Courbevoie, BP ures primary school http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ New Court Rotschild Bank 38 London, United Kingdom OMA - Rem Koolhaas office 2
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 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/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 3
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 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/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 4
photo: Jeroen Apers photo: Jeroen Apers Tower Flower Rue Albert Roussel 23 75017 Paris "Flower Tower" is a bit of a misnomer since bamboo isn't a regularly flowering plant (bamboo generally dies after flowering, and most species are long lived, so you connect the dots), but it sounds better than "Bamboo Building" I guess This Parisian apartment block features a green facade of bamboo planted in 380 large concrete pots embedded in the balconies Project is not public! 6-2004 2600 m² Edouard François OPAC de Paris Apers photo: Jeroen Apers http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 5
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 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/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 6
photo: Andre Staalenhoef photo: Andre Staalenhoef Hotel Fouquet's Barrière Avenue George V 46 75008 Paris http://wwwfouquets-barrierecom/ Located in the heart of Paris, this 80-room luxury hotel is designed with a new moulded façade as replica of a Haussmann façade A typical Hausmann building on the Champs Elysess was copied so the new hotel would seamlessly fit into its surroundings The corner addition connects to its neighbours, but the existing façade does not relate to its interior, the architect punched new wholes into the concrete where necessary The combination of this copied, moulded concrete façade with pierced and stuck-on modern additions, make a very intriguing image photo: Edou Bonnema 10-2006 16000 m² Edouard François Groupe Lucien Barrière Edou_Bonnema Hotel only for guests; http://wwwfouquets-barrierecom/ metro George V (line 1) stops in Front of the Hotel The hotel is on the corner of Champs-Elysées and Georges V avenues http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 7
photo: bryan boyer photo: bryan boyer Corso Italia Housing Corso Italia 13 20122 Milan Italy A cluster of mid-rise towers containing houses and office spaces, this project looms over Corso Italia with a commanding street presence The form and façade both exhibit careful detailing in the form of subtle inflections It is located on one of the main streets in the centre of Milan It is built on a difficult to infill site; an irregular block in a dense urban context The design successfully combines the complex program of housing, ground floor commercial use, parking space and offices The 5 building parts are arranged in such a way that together they define several public and private courtyards and streets Project is not public! 1956 Luigi Moretti City of Milan bryan photo: bryan boyer Take the L3 metro to Missori and then walk 3 blocks south on Corso Italia Building will be on your left at the intersection of Via Rugabella http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 8
photo: Jean Marie Monthiers photo: Jean Marie Monthiers Plaine Saint Denis Police Station Rue du Landy 39 92110 Paris Saint Denis, a former industrial area located in the northern suburbs of Paris, suffers from public safety problems This has led to a new kind of police station designed to meet local conditions X-TU's police station is the outcome of a rigorous analysis of issues like security, communications and circulation This resulted in 2 completely segregated entrances The first is intended for visitors, who enter a lobby through a monitored security entrance The second entrance is reserved for police personnel, and provides access through a secured courtyard into a second lobby that communicates with all floors and internal services While its functionality is beyond reproach, the St Denis police station also offers an interesting, sculptural silhouette formed by a set of interlocking volumes Their sides are in black glazed concrete or in serigraphed white glass, the pattern density of which provides opacity or transparency depending on the degree of confidentiality required photo: Jean Marie Monthiers 2006 X-TU ure Ministère de l'intérieur Xavier_Gonzalez http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 9
photo: Philippe Ruault photo: Philippe Ruault Centre Chorégraphique National Avenue Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 530 13627 Aix-en-Provence http://wwwpreljocajorg/ This building, designed by French architect Rudy Ricciotti, is an atypical project, fascinating for the ambiguous play it generates between envelope and structure It is built on a very limited plot (35x18 metres), which it fully occupies The centre is spread over four levels: a basement containing an auditorium, the foyer and administration on the ground floor and rehearsal studios on the first and second floors Since the structure could not rest on any internal support, it had to be banished to the periphery It consists of a web of block-stained black concrete posts, positioned diagonally and criss-crossing at the horizontal levels, that encloses the whole of the parallelepiped volume Behind the concrete mantle is a second façade of large glass panels spanning the full height of each storey and providing the dancers inside with a panoramic view of the city Like a ghostly, charred silhouette, the volume emerges from a composite landscape photo: Philippe Ruault 2006 Rudy Ricciotti Mairie d'aix en Provence, communauté du pays d'aix Xavier_Gonzalez http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 10
photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Espace Citroën Avenue des Champs-Elysées 42 75008 Paris The car manufacturer with the handsomest (red-and-white) garages is undoubtedly Citroën Following in the footsteps of founder André Citroën, who regarded architecture as an important part of his marketing strategy, architect Manuelle Gautrand built the company the ultimate showroom on the Champs-Elysées in Paris Gautrand used the glass of the faceted window as a symbol of the marque's creativity and innovativeness She fused the corporate logo with the façade structure: the frame is made up of inverted V-shapes Behind the skin is the spectacle of a completely open space in which cars are displayed in a metres-high tower 2006 Manuelle Gautrand Citroën HelleBeelden photo: Maarten Helle Located in the 8th arrondissement Metro Station 'Franklin D Roosevelt' is close by, as well as 'George V' http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 11
photo: Tina Behnke photo: Dusapin Leclerq Visium Avenue Aristide Briand 1 94110 Arcueil http://wwwportes-d-arcueilfr/ A diverse program is built for meetings, conferences and offices in the heart of the La Vache Noire business district, south-west of the city centre of Paris This office building is part of a greater whole, the so called "Portes d Arcueil", which is an ambitious program to expand the economic activities in this area: with 97000 m2 of offices, 50000 m2 commercial space, 500 new apartments and new public spaces The project is intended to enhance the public life, with culture and commercial activities in a new business area, on the gates of the French Capital The office of Dusapin-Leclerq is responsible for the masterplan of the area The office of Devilliers was invited to design the Plein Sud de Thalès, on the southern end of the site The design is characterized by its extreme purity and high-tech façade The cube office block has a double glazed façade photo: Tina Behnke Project is not public! 2007 13000 m² Main designer, Urban planner Christian Devillers Dusapin Leclercq Tina Behnke SADEV 94 + ICADE Tertial Tina_Behnke A special exhibition is made at the Maison des Portes d Arcueil to give information on the project : avenue Laplace à Arcueil 76 For more information, see http://wwwsadev94fr/operations/arcueil_ope_maisonphp With the bus RER line B, stop at "Laplace" The office building is situated in the heart of La Vache Noire business district (near the RN20) in Arcueil http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 12
photo: Hervé Abbadie photo: Hervé Abbadie Médiathèque Robert Calméjane Grande Rue 118 93250 Villemomble The site for the new library in Villemomble is that of a defunct minor château of which, today, only the estate gardens remain in the form of a public park The two main elements of the programme, four multi-purpose rooms for private hire and one multifunctional library, are separated from one another in order to reduce noise nuisance This programmatic schism creates an architecture that appears volumetrically fragmented from the garden but is more unified from the street side Schizofrenic, its urban face is an opaque linear screen composed of alternating panels of polished concrete and glass, evocative of stacked industrial containers In contrast, its park face is completely transparent thanks to the open volumes of the reading rooms The overall silhouette of the building is reminiscent of French mansions with their vast slate roofs The presence of the new building in the park fills a historical emptiness and awakens the submerged memory of the bygone château photo: Hervé Abbadie 2004 Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés Ville de Villemomble Xavier_Gonzalez http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 13
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/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 14
photo: Benoît Fougeirol photo: Philippe Ruault RATP Bus Centre Rue du Bas Marin 12 94 320 Thiais Located in Thiais the RATP controls all the bus lines of the south and east of Paris The centre accommodates 300 buses, 800 bus drivers forward through the building every day, plus the administrative staff The building appears like a monolith with rounded edges, polished somehow The facade is clad with Ductal, concrete but a dazzling sheet of concrete, which is folded over the building, continues over the terrace rooftop to the ground floor on the road Combined with the structural qualities of the material, the building has neither a beginning nor an end The result is a dense building, inert, deaf, and enigmatic as the hull of a Russian submarine in the waters of Murmansk The concrete hull is cut out with a cutter putting at sharp, revealing cavities of reflective and coloured glass under the concrete crust Treated with silver mirror dots, chromatics of the glass products are inspired by the tinted curtain wall frontages of the office buildings which border the main road photo: Benoît Fougeirol 6-2007 2450 m² ecdm RATP (Rêgle autonome des transports parisiens) ECDM_es http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 15
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/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 16
photo: isida photo: isida Cinémathèque Française Rue de Bercy 51 75012 Paris http://wwwcinemathequefr/ The Cinémathèque is setting up in the building which was initially conceived by the architect Frank O Gehry known as the famous Bilbao Guggenheim museum architect The Cinémathèque building was wittily named "the dancer raising her tutu" by its creator It faces a park on one side and features a reception hall which makes use of space and light in a very nice way, contrasting with the elevation made of white stone on the side facing Bercy Street The inside spaces, reconverted by the architect Dominique Brard, make use of an abundance of inclined planes which enable communication between the different volumes and the great number of overlaped levels [from the project's website] Cinémathèque Française hosts the largest archive of films, movie documents, and film-related objects in the world It holds daily screenings of a variety of films from all over the world photo: isida 1994 Main designer, Interior architect Gehry Partners Dominique Brard isida Temporary and permanent exhibitions: During the week from 12 pm to 7 pm, open until 10 pm on Thursdays Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 8 pm ural tour for individuals: every first Sunday of the month at 11 am Metro: Bercy - Lignes 6 and 14 Bus: 24 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/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/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 18
photo: Piotr Krajewski Masséna Housing Rue Françoise Dolto 75013 Paris Almost all of Paris s social housing authorities have revamped their building strategies The shift dates to the inauguration of Mayor Bertrand Delanöe, a socialist and a design advocate who, with others, knew the banlieue was an issue long before the riots The city is now building better social architecture, aiming to reverse social housing s negative stigma One of these projects is an unusual concrete building, built for the Société Anonyme d Economie Mixte Immobilière Interdépartementale in the formerly industrial Masséna area by Beckmann-N Thépé The building s center is carved out about three levels up to create a lofted courtyard, while side portions are also cut out to create several rooftop gardens The structure contains 48 flats, commerce, and an underground garage (text from ural Record) Project is not public! 2004 4850 m² Beckmann N'Thépé pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 19
photo: Piotr Krajewski Seine Rive Gauche housing Rue Françoise Dolto 7 75013 Paris Social housing situated in revitalized Seine Rive Gauche district in Paris The two building contain 79 flats 2006 6974 m² Badia-Berger architectes OPAC de Paris pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 20
photo: Yuri Palmin photo: Piotr Krajewski Notre Dame de Pentecôte Place de la Défense 3 92053 Paris http://catholiquesaladefenseceffr/ The Notre Dame de Pentecôte Church was designed by Paris-based architect Franck Hammoutène with his competition winning design The giant translucent glass wall at the front of the church is 115-feet tall but only 31 inches thick and can be seen from 2 km away The building won the 2002 DuPont Benedictus Award 2001 Franck Hammoutène pkrajewski_pl photo: Dirk Verwoerd http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 21
photo: goa Cité de la Mode et du Design Quai d'austerlitz 75013 Paris In Paris's 13th arrondissement, Parisian architects Jakob + MacFarlane have converted the existing concrete skeleton of a former warehouse into a center for design and fashion The architects constantly explore all forms and 'non-forms', which is visible in this project: parasitical volumes in apple-green spindles colonize the entire façade photo: goa 2008 20000 m², Interior architect, Landscape architect, Urban planner Jakob + MacFarlane goa Institut Français de la Mode Metro : Gare d'austerlitz The building lies directly next to the Seine between the Pont Charles de Gaulle and the Pont de Bercy http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 22
photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Akademie der Künste Berlin Pariser Platz 4 10110 Berlin Germany http://wwwadkde/ The new building for the Akademie der Künste in Berlin was built in 2005 by Behnisch Architekten The exterior regular steel and glass façade prelude to an amazing and glazed interior, made of steel and glass stairs which cross each other The building is used for exibition purposes and cultural events 2005 Behnisch Architekten Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 23
photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Goetheanum Rüttiweg 45 4143 Dornach Switzerland http://goetheanumorg The First Goetheanum was a wooden structure dating from 1919, which was destroyed by arson in 1922 On the site of the former structure, a new auditorium was built, wholly built of cast concrete This building became known as the Second Goetheanum, and is now simply referred to as the Goetheanum For its exterior, architect Rudolf Steiner achieved sculptural shapes on an architectural scale Besides housing an auditorium, the Goetheanum serves as the center of the worldwide Anthroposophical Society and the seat of the School of Spiritual Science With approximately 150000 visitors annually, nearly 200 conferences of varying sizes, and a diverse offering of cultural events, the Goetheanum is dedicated to serving the spirit of the time with a thoughtful, human-oriented approach that can respond to the manifold and pressing inner and outer questions of the day (text from website Goetheanum) photo: Stefan Stegemann 1928 Rudolf Steiner archi_joost 0800-2200 daily http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 24
photo: goa photo: goa Paris Diderot University Bâtiment Lavoisier Rue Jean Antoine de Baïf 15 75013 Paris http://wwwuniv-paris-diderotfr/sc/sitephp?bc=prg&np=ac CUEIL&g=m This project is one of the new buildings for the Paris Diderot University at Diderot 7 in the Rive Gauche development area photo: goa 2008 10250 m², Interior architect X-TU ure goa Université de Paris Monday - Friday: 0800-2100 Metro: Line 14 RER: Line C Bus: Line 62, 69 84, 325 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 25
photo: Sébastien Lucas photo: Sébastien Lucas Community center and outdoor petanque court Rue du Général Malleterre 1-9 75016 Paris http://wwwactisceorg/author/le-point-du-jour/ photo: Sébastien Lucas In the south part of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, this community complex, and the entire block which is dedicated to sports activities, is located next to the river Seine Conceived for the neighbourhood, the 'Centre d animation Le Point du Jour' groups various activities: physical education, musical, visual arts, exhibition space and theatre This building is supplemented by an external bowling pitch (4 grounds) Each element has its particular functional characteristics, they all work harmoniously with the others without bothering one another The building has a frontage to each side This architectural choice tends to attenuate the strong constraints of the context (very noisy, dense motor vehicle traffic) as well as it emphasizes the exceptional sights offered by the Seine Each space is positioned in order to see the city without hearing it and plays with the transparencies and reflections which make urban environment an architectural material just as concrete, metal or glass 10-2008 atelier Philéas City of Paris MI_MOA Monday: 9h45-21h30 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday : 9h - 21h15 Saturday: 13h15-17h45 Sunday: closed Tél : 01 46 51 03 15, capointdujour@actisceorg Métro : Porte de Saint-Cloud (line 9), Bus PC1, 22,62,72 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 26
photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Allies & Morrison Studio Southwark Road 85 SE1 0HX London United Kingdom Allies & Morrison's studio is located on Southwark Road, just behind Tate Modern On the ground floor is a cafe where staff can eat lunch and is also open to the public This also acts as a shopwindow for the architectural models that the practice produces Above this are three studio floors A project starts its life being designed on the third floor, dropping down one level for working drawing production and then down to first floor whilst on site The top (fourth) floor features a conference room which also gives access to a roof terrace The basement houses a model shop, product literature and samples libraries and print facilities The building is constructed from in-situ concrete which is left exposed internally The street façade is almost totally glazed, allowing views in at night In summer, yellow coloured shutters behind the glass help to control glare and heat gain The studio usually takes part in London Open House See wwwlondonopenhouseorg for details photo: David Baugh 2003 2000 m² Building costs consultant Structural engineer Allies and Morrison Davis Langdon & Everest Ramboll Whitby Bird Allies & Morrison davidb The nearest tube station is Southwark (Jubilee Line) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 27
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! 9-2008 1720 m² Contractor Building costs consultant Hamonic + Masson Capaldi SIBAT Paris Habitat Hamonic-Masson Metro Gambetta http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 28
photo: Hervé Abbadie photo: Hervé Abbadie Crèche Rouen Avenue de Grammont 16 76100 Rouen http://wwwrouenfr/etablissement/terredesenfants Situated at the heart of a working-class quarter in the midst of redevelopment, Hamonic et Masson's crèche represents the municipality's desire for urban transformation The edifice regroups several services dedicated to early childhood, providing an environment for the children's first social interactions and a starting point for the long path of education This is represented in the building s form and organisation: A ribbon, open at both ends, beckoning the public to enter while cradling the classrooms within The classrooms give onto internal courtyards and play areas, providing a sequence of colourful but introverted spaces This is not to say that the project turns itself on the town, indeed quite the opposite The generous entry and triumphant first floor window lend a very public nature to the building while providing a visual link between the town and the spaces within photo: Hervé Abbadie 12-2007 1144 m² Services engineer Graphic designer Graphic designer Hamonic + Masson Bérim Olivier Champion Olivier Champion City of Rouen Hamonic-Masson Monday to Friday, 7h30-18h30 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 29
photo: Stéphane Delangle photo: Stéphane Delangle Two Elementary Schools extension Rue Armand Silvestre 70 92400 Courbevoie Two elementary schools share the same block and playground, located in a residential district, outside of Paris BP architects proposed to design not one but two extensions Two buildings with the same construction, twin structures arranged perpendicular to each other so that the observer has the strange sensation of seeing the same object from two different angles As a result, the playground area was enlarged and even included a vegetable garden These two structures, with their highly contemporary style, recompose the city block, making it more compact and lively The façades of the metal boxes are covered with anodized aluminium clapboard in three 3 colours: champagne, bronze and gold, giving the buildings an attractive, sparkling look The structure as a whole produced an impression of abstract vitality This is therefore the story of a twofold accomplishment architectural as well as symbolic photo: Stéphane Delangle Project is not public! 9-2008 2200 m² BP ures City of Courbevoie MI_MOA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 30
photo: Jean-Marie Monthiers photo: Jean-Marie Monthiers Company Headquarters Rue de la Garenne Blettée 1 77410 Saint Mesmes The primary intention of the programme was to explore the relationship between the building and its surroundings and between the building users and the landscape One of the main design concerns was the buildings environmental adaptation and appropriation The site slopes down three meters towards the west, offering attractive views over the neighboring hills Our solution was to create two hierarchically related volumes placed perpendicularly to one another along a north-south axis and following the slope of the site One of the volumes contains flexible work spaces while the other encloses a workshop, exhibition space and storage areas The offices occupy the upper area of the site and are raised above ground level to provide an impression of lightness photo: Jean-Marie Monthiers Project is not public! 12-2008 1000 m² LAN Marchesini SARue de la Garenne Blettée margherita http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 31
photo: Jean-Marie Monthiers photo: Jean-Marie Monthiers Children's toy library Rue Michel Goutier 14 94380 Bonneuil sur Marne The Children Toy Library of Bonneuil-sur-Marne is a public building as well as a playing space for children: the project represents the opposition between monumental and conviviality, a dialogue in the same construction It is located in an area where social housing from the 60?s have a strong physical and social impact We designed exterior and interior spaces respecting both strategies The building façade, as a shell, is linked with its urban context, translated into its shape, monolithism and strictness We wanted to create a strong urban symbol, disconnected from its environment and whose shell could protect its core and participate to the regeneration of Bonneuil-sur-Marne social structures We decided to set up an unscaled and timeless design, a solid mass object, an urban symbol able to separate itself from its environment, that is able, like a shell, to protect its contents A volume seemingly always existed, looking-like a bunker or a vernacular construction 3-2008 380 m² LAN Bonneuil sur Marne Municipality margherita photo: Jean-Marie Monthiers Tuesday : 16h30-19h* Wednesday : 10h-12h30 et 13h30-19h Friday : 16h30-19h* Saturday : 10h-12h30 et 13h30-18h http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 32
photo: Luc Boegly photo: Luc Boegly Nouveau Casino Rue Oberkampf 109 75011 Paris http://wwwnouveaucasinonet In a very dense urban setting, the task was to create an auditorium at the back of a fine early 20th-century Parisian café with a sound capacity of 135dbA The principle chosen was that of the box within a box, thus preserving the image and atmosphere of the Café Charbon which, with the construction of kitchens on the ground floor and basement levels, acquired a restaurant in the process The Nouveau Casino, located behind the mirror in the main room, is designed in a modern style, in reference to the film Star Wars The main room of the Nouveau Casino is designed as a deep cavern with uneven walls covered in black untreated steel, along which there is a very long, organic and gentle shaped bar in luminous translucent resin A mezzanine above the entrance offers another perception of the space There is a stage at the end of the hall for musicians On the surface of the thick acoustic area, 6 videoprojectors emerge from the deformed triangles, their lenses positioned against loopholes photo: Luc Boegly 6-2001 615 m², Artist, Interior architect, Landscape architect, Urban planner Périphériques es peripheriques Paris-Comptoirs Underground Line 2 - Ménilmontant Underground Line 3 Parmentier or Rue Saint-Maur http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 33
photo: ASure-Studio Parc des Expositions Hall 7 Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord-Villepinte 93420 Villepinte Hall 7 is an extension to the existing exhibition halls on the Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord grounds It includes 1434 car park spaces photo: Gaston Bergeret 1999, Interior architect, Urban planner ASure-Studio ure-studio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 34
photo: Gaston Bergeret photo: Gaston Bergeret Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant Church Rue d'alleray 81 75015 Paris This church for 350 parishioners in Paris is located on Rue d'alleray and includes a presbytery of 4 apartments 1998 1600 m², Interior architect, Urban planner ASure-Studio ure-studio Association Diocésaine de Paris photo: Gaston Bergeret http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 35
photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Obsidian Hohlstrasse 614 8048 Zurich Switzerland This project sits on a small plot, sandwiched between a main rail route and the residential area south of Hohlstrasse It is one of numerous new commercial developments recently built on this thin sliver of land For an office building, it is a new take on the classic slab and podium model Here, B&E spring the tower slab from one side of the podium rather than striking it from out of the top The three visible corners of the tower are marked where they reach the ground by double-height entrance features The slick, tinted glass envelope features a double façade which acts as a thermal and acoustic buffer On the inner façade, openable windows are located at 1200mm centres Project is not public! 2004 6650 m² Services engineer Landscape designer Structural engineer baumschlager & eberle Helbling Ingenieurunternehmung Vogt Landschaftarchitekten Wismer + Partner Senn BPM AG davidb photo: David Baugh Take a number 2 tram in the direction of Farbhof, and alight at the end of the line The Farbhof terminus is on a traffic island at the junction of Badenerstrasse and Hohlstrasse The project is approximately 300m walk along Hohlstrasse http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 36
photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Latitude House Oval Road 1-12 NW1 7EU London United Kingdom Latitude House occupies a tight triangular site at the southern end of Oval Road, at its junction with Regents Park Road It provides residential accommodation over five levels, including a basement It is divided into two separate (but conjoined) blocks each having its own entrance The northern block is the smaller of the two and has one unit per floor, whilst the southern block is the larger and has two units per floor Both blocks have the same number of storeys (four), but are staggered vertically, such that the northern block contains the basement unit, and is therefore lower than its companion Externally the building is clad with limestone panels, (substituted with render on the rear elevations) with dark aluminium trim sections photo: David Baugh Project is not public! 2005 Services engineer Contractor Building costs consultant Contractor Services engineer Structural engineer Allford Hall Monaghan Morris George Bowen-Lowe Gilmac Building Services Jackson Coles KAMM Properties Pearce Associates Price & Myers LLP Indigo @ latitude davidb http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 37
photo: goa photo: goa New Court Rotschild Bank St Swithin's Lane 3 EC4N 7AR London United Kingdom New Court will be made up of a central cube of ten efficient and flexible open-plan office floors - which facilitate views over St Stephen's and the surrounding city - linked to four adjoining annexes, with meeting rooms, enclosed offices, vertical circulation, reception areas, and a staff cafe and gym The top of this central cube features a landscaped roof garden with outdoor meeting areas This in turn is overlooked by an adjacent Sky Pavilion - a small tower with three double-height storeys peering out over the city - which houses meeting and dining rooms and a multifunctional panorama room with extraordinary and unfamiliar views across the city, including St Paul's Cathedral The central cube has a distinctive repeated pattern of structural steel columns embedded in the façade At street level, the entire cube is lifted to create generous pedestrian access to the tall glass lobby and a covered forecourt that opens a visual passage to St Stephen's Walbrook and its churchyard Public access unknown! 10-2011 13000 m² Landscape designer Services engineer Inside Outside Ove Arup and Partners NM Rothschild & Sons goa photo: Nazar Leskiw Metrostation Bank http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jonas_norlin/guides/paris/ 38