MIMOA Guide Paris

Paris.Projects 27

.Created 22-Mar-09

.By Katie Todd, Newcastle, Australia

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Grande Arche. Paris, France. Johann Otto von Spreckelsen. exposition space, landmark, office.

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Jussieu 16M Atrium. Paris, France. Périphériques Architectes. university.

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Musée du Quai Branly. Paris, France. Jean Nouvel. museum.

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Arab World Institute. Paris, France. Jean Nouvel. museum, library, culture.

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Bibliothèque Nationale FrançoisMitterand

. Paris, France

. Dominique Perrault

. square, library, landmark

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.Villa la Roche

. Paris, France

. Le Corbusier

. private house, museum, gallery

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Fondation Cartier. Paris, France. Jean Nouvel. exposition space, museum, office.

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Maison de Verre. Paris, France. Pierre Chareau. private house.

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Espace Citroën. Paris, France. Manuelle Gautrand. showroom.

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Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris, France. Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. auditorium, congress centre, exposition

space, library, museum.

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Ministère de la Culture. Paris, France. Francis Soler. government.

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Communist Party Headquarters. Paris, France. Oscar Niemeyer. government, office.

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Rue de Meaux Housing. Paris, France. Renzo Piano. housing.

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Villa Savoye. Poissy, France. Le Corbusier. private house.

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Parc André Citroën. Paris, France. Jean-Paul Viguier S.A. d'Architecture. park.

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Le Grand Louvre. Paris, France. I.M. Pei. museum.

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Cinémathèque Française. Paris, France. Gehry Partners. auditorium, cinema, library, museum.

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Meditation Space. Paris, France. Tadao Ando..

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Rue des Suisses. Paris, France. Herzog and De Meuron. housing.

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Masséna Housing. Paris, France. Beckmann N'Thépé. housing, mixed-use development.

http://www.mimoa.eu/users/ktknee/Guides/Paris/. this page is part of Mi guide 'Paris' made by Katie Todd, Newcastle, Australia.

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Coeur Défense. Paris, France. Jean-Paul Viguier S.A. d'Architecture. congress centre, office.

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Notre Dame de Pentecôte. Paris, France. Franck Hammoutène..

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Apartment Building by Le Corbusier. Paris, France. Le Corbusier. atelier, housing, monument.

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Cité de la Mode et du Design. Paris, France. Jakob + MacFarlane. cafe, commercial space, office.

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Parc de la Villette. Paris, France. Bernard Tschumi Architects. leisure, park, urban plan.

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Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir. Paris, France. Feichtinger Architectes. bridge, passage.

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Paris Diderot University BâtimentLavoisier

. Paris, France

. X-TU Architecture

. laboratorium, university

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photo: Viktor Ramos . photo: Viktor Ramos.

photo: Viktor Ramos

Opening hoursOpen 7 days a week : 10am / 8pm from the 1st of April to the30th of September. 10am / 7pm from the 1st of October to the31th of March.

. How to get thereTake the subway to La Défense. Call 01 49 07 27 55 or [email protected]

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Grande Arche.

AddressRue Carpeax 92044 ParisFrancehttp://www.grandearche.com/

. The Grande Arche de la Fraternité is a monument in the businessdistrict of La Défense to the west of Paris. It is usually known asthe Arche de la Défense or simply as La Grande Arche. Aninternational design competition was launched at the initiative ofFrench president François Mitterrand. Danish architect JohannOtto von Spreckelsen (1929–1987) designed the winning entry tobe a 20th century version of the Arc de Triomphe: a monument tohumanity and humanitarian ideals rather than military victories.After Spreckelsen's death in 1987, his associate, French architectPaul Andreu, completed the work. The Arche is almost a perfectcube (width: 108m, height: 110m, depth: 112m. The two sideshouse government offices. The roof section, exploited by is anexhibition centre.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1990.

Main designer, Architect.

Johann Otto von Spreckelsen. Architect.

Paul Andreu. Client.

City of Paris.

Contributed by.

boeboe.


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photo: Luc Boegly .

photo: Luc Boegly.

photo: Luc Boegly

Opening hours

. How to get thereThe campus is served by the Paris Métro station Jussieu, as wellas numerous bus lines.

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Jussieu 16M Atrium.

AddressPlace Jussieu 275005 ParisFrancehttp://www.epajussieu.fr/

. Jussieu Campus consists out of a regular grid of 6-floor wings andis generally decried as an architectural failure. The hollow spaceunder the buildings enables wind to build up its force, the regulargrid plan is confusing and polluted with asbestos. It hasincreasingly degraded, leaving its facade covered in graffiti. Thenew 16M building extends and completes the grid plan thatarchitect Edouard Albert designed in the 60s; based on theexisting system, but at the same time deforms it: where Albertlaid out a single patio, Périphériques planned two. The façadesare glazed on the same pattern as Albert’s existing building. Butthe glass metal skin composed of ten types of panels perforatedwith circular holes of different sizes give the façades complexand variable depth. At ground floor, the existing slab on whichthe university buildings are built folds up in an origami-likeorange ramp to even up the levels in a fluid movement.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

2006. Floor area/size.

16700 m².

Architect.

Périphériques Architectes. Client.

EPA Jussieu.

Contributed by.

peripheriques.


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photo: musée du quai Branly /Nicolas Borel

. photo: © musée du quai Branly /Nicolas Borel.

photo: © musée du quai Branly / Nicolas Borel

Opening hoursOpen Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and onThursdays, till 9:30 p.m. Closed Monday.

. How to get thereThe museum is next tot the Eiffel Tower. Entry to the museum isvia rue de l’Université or via Quai Branly. Metro : Iéna (line 9),Alma-Marceau (line 9), Pont de l’Alma (RER C), Bir Hakeim (line6). Bus : line 42 Eiffel Tower stop; lines 63, 80, 92: Bosquet-Rappstop; line 72 Musée d’art moderne – Palais de Tokyo stop. Rivershuttle : Eiffel Tower stop (Batobus, Bateaux parisiens etVedettes de Paris). Paying car park accessed via 25 quai Branly.

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Musée du Quai Branly.

Addressquai Branly 3775007 ParisFrancehttp://www.quaibranly.fr/

. Mitterrand sprinkled Paris with bold landmarks, from Pei's glasspyramid at the Louvre to Dominique Perrault's National Library.Georges Pompidou built the colorful machinelike museum. Likeits predecessors, Chirac’s new Quai Branly has stirredconsiderable resentment. Defiant, mysterious and wildlyeccentric, it is not an easy building to love. Its jumble ofdifferent structures, set in a lush green garden on the bank of theSeine in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, hardly conforms tonotions of Parisian monumental elegance. Yet, Jean Nouvel'sdesign creates a kaleidoscopic montage of urban impressions. Andonce you give yourself over to the experience, you may find it thegreatest monument to French popular culture since thePompidou. The building combines angular glass walls withfuturistic cubes of bright color and outside, a green wall of thickvegetation, suggestive of a forest or a jungle. An enormouscurved glass wall shields the garden from cars roaring by. Anurban oasis.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

6-2006. Floor area/size.

76500 m².

Architect.

Jean Nouvel. Client.

Etablissement public du Musée duQuai Branly

.Contributed by

.MI_MOA

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photo: IMA / Georges Fessy .

photo: IMA.

photo: IMA

Opening hoursDaily from 10:00 to 18:00 except Mondays. Library: 13:00 until20:00 except Sunday and Monday.

. How to get thereMétro : Jussieu, Cardinal-Lemoine, Sully-Morland. Bus : 24, 63,67, 86, 87, 89

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Arab World Institute.

AddressRue des Fosses-Saint-Bernard 175005 ParisFrancehttp://www.imarabe.org

. In 1980, 18 Arab countries concluded an agreement with Franceto establish the AWI to spread knowledge and research the ArabWorld’s language, and its cultural and spiritual values, reflectingthe opinion, that the Arab world - its civilization and values, itspast and its future - needs to be better known and understood inthe West. It supplies cultural information in a wide range ofmedia: libraries, electronic databanks, a conventional, glass-casemuseum, audio-visual displays, and an outreach program oftouring exhibits and performances as well. This is not an Arabbuilding, but an occidental one, it’s not pastiche, like the ParisMosque, but modern and from an urban point of view, theInstitute is a hinge between 2 cultures and 2 histories. Certainsymbolic items like the “moucharabiehs” whose polygons ofvarying shapes and sizes, create a geometric effect recalling theAlhambra. Jean Nouvel designed the whole of the museum,including the showcases, seating, and display furniture.

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Project is public!.

Completion.


25263 m².

Architect.

Jean Nouvel. Client.

Institut du Monde Arabe.

Contributed by.

MI_MOA.


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photo: Jeroen Apers . photo: Jeroen Apers.

photo: Jeroen Apers

Opening hours

. How to get thereTake the RER to the Library's own station, Bibliothèque FrançoisMitterand.

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Bibliothèque Nationale FrançoisMitterand

.AddressQuai François-Mauriac 175706 ParisFrancehttp://www.bnf.fr/

. On 14 July 1988, François Mitterrand announced the constructionand the expansion of one of the largest and most modernlibraries in the world, intended to cover all fields of knowledge,and designed to be accessible to all, using the most modern datatransfer technologies, which could be consulted from a distance,and which would collaborate with other European libraries. InJuly 1989, the services of the architectural firm of DominiquePerrault were retained. After the move of the major collectionsfrom the rue de Richelieu, the National Library of France openedto the public on 20 December 1996. It contains more than tenmillion volumes. The new complex consists of a large esplanadeand four identical L-shaped towers, whose form recalls the shapeof an open book. This architecture was controversial; manyconsidered it too costly, and not very suitable to the storage ofbook collections. Indeed, wooden boards had to be set up at thewindows to protect the books from the light.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

4-1995. Floor area/size.

365178 m².

Architect.

Dominique Perrault. Security consultant.

Séchaud & Bossuyt. Services engineer.

HGM Guy Huguet SA. Client.

Ministère de la Culture.

Contributed by.

Apers.


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photo: Michael Noordam .

photo: Michael Noordam.

photo: Michael Noordam

Opening hours10 am to 12.30 pm - 1.30 to 6 pm (Mondays 1.30 pm - Fridays 5pm) Saturdays 10 am to 5 pm. Closed : Sundays, Mondaymornings and public holidays. The villa is open to the public,administered by the Fondation Le Corbusier, which is based in theadjoining Villa Jeanneret at 8 square du Docteur-Blanche. Forreservations please call +33 1 42 88 41 53 or visitwww.fondationlecorbusier.asso.fr.

. How to get therehe villa is ten minutes' walk west of Jasmin metro station line 9(Jasmin) / liges 9 and 10 (Michel-Ange - Auteuil). Bus : line 52 (LaFontaine - Mozart) / Line P.C. : (Suchet - Raffet).

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Villa la Roche.

AddressSquare du Docteur-Blanche 10 75016 ParisFrancehttp://www.fondationlecorbusier.asso.fr/

. Villa La Roche was built as a home for Raoul La Roche, a Swissbanker and collector of avant-garde art. Among other things, thehouse would serve as a private gallery to display La Roche'sextensive art collection. Built in a private Paris courtyard, thehouse had major constraints imposed by the site and its zoningrestrictions, including a north orientation, existing trees andheight and boundary limitations. Inside the building, to displaythe art, an ‘architectural promenade’ was made, a themeinspired by Le Corbusier's visit to the Acropolis in 1911 andrepeated most strikingly in his Carpenter centre for the VisualArts nearly forty years later. The promenade goes up and downstaircases, leads you through tight spaces, in-between balconies,open surveys, down ramps and into a beautifully lit library. Thisidea of a spatial sequence was re-invented by many modernarchitects, after Le Corbusier.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1925.


Le Corbusier. Architect.

Pierre Jeanneret. Client.

Raoul La Roche.

Contributed by.

Michael_Noordam.


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photo: Philippe Ruault .

photo: Philippe Ruault.

photo: Patrick Gries

Opening hoursDaily, except Monday, from 11-20:00 hr. On Tuesday evenings itsopen until 22:00 hr.

. How to get thereThe Fondation Cartier is on the east side of the boulevard Raspailin the 14th Arrondissement. Either walk North fromDenfert-Rochereau (RER Line B or Metro lines 4 and 6) or walkSouth from Raspail (Metro lines 4 and 6). Bus numbers 38 and 68stop at Denfert-Rochereau

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Fondation Cartier.

AddressBoulevard Raspail 26175014 ParisFrancehttp://fondation.cartier.com/

. In 1994, the Fondation Cartier moved, exchanging Jouy-en-Josasnear Versailles for the boulevard Raspail in the heart of Paris. Itsnew premises were designed by Jean Nouvel, an architectcelebrated in France and throughout the world for the uniqueway in which he “dematerializes” architectural structure. He alsofamously designed the Institut du Monde Arabe (1987) and theMusée du Quai Branly (2006), both in Paris. For the externalfaçade, he designed a glass screen running parallel to theboulevard Raspail that would prolong the boulevard’sperspective. Behind this transparent wall, a cedar of Lebanonplanted by Chateaubriand in 1823 emerges from a monumentalflower pot clad with multi-colored mosaics, a witty creation bythe Italian designer Alessandro Mendini. Above the entrance tothe building rises a wall of plants commissioned in 1998 fromPatrick Blanc, a specialist in tropical botany and the creator ofthis innovative design.

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Project is public!.

Completion.


11300 m².

Architect.

Jean Nouvel. Structural engineer.

ARUP. Client.

Gan Vie.

Contributed by.

boeboe.


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photo: Michael Noordam . photo: Michael Noordam.

photo: Michael Noordam

Opening hoursThe house is still inhabited by the grandchild of the originalclient.

. How to get thereMétro : 12, Rue du bac

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Maison de Verre.

AddressRue Saint-Guillaume 1375007 ParisFrance

. Interior designer Chareau joined efforts with licensed architectBernard Bijvoet to design what would be part gynological clinicfor Dr. Dalsace and part private residence for the doctor and hiswife, Annie. The remarkable Maison de Verre (glass house) wasinserted into an existing building and is one of the greatesthouses of the International Style, adding materials the movementhad never used before in such an extent to create a work ofarchitectural genius -- a structure that is fully functional and fullyaesthetic in its simplicity. The steel frame allowed for completefreedom of internal space. The glass block wall itself, is able tostand alone without a heavy frame breaking its pattern.Ventilation through the glass block wall is provided by a series ofmovable traps. A not-so-complicated weight and pulley systemopens the window panels, allowing for natural ventilation. Thisunique system causes a minimum of visual impact on the glassfacade of the structure.

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Project is not public!.

Completion.


576 m².


Pierre Chareau. Architect.

Bernard Bijvoet. Client.

docteur Dalsace.

Contributed by.

Michael_Noordam.


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photo: Maarten Helle .

photo: Maarten Helle.

photo: Maarten Helle

Opening hours

. How to get thereLocated in the 8th arrondissement. Metro Station 'Franklin D.Roosevelt' is close by, as well as 'George V'.

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Espace Citroën.

AddressAvenue des Champs-Elysées 4275008 ParisFrance

. The car manufacturer with the handsomest (red-and-white)garages is undoubtedly Citroën. Following in the footsteps offounder André Citroën, who regarded architecture as animportant part of his marketing strategy, architect ManuelleGautrand built the company the ultimate showroom on theChamps-Elysées in Paris. Gautrand used the glass of the facetedwindow as a symbol of the marque's creativity andinnovativeness. She fused the corporate logo with the façadestructure: the frame is made up of inverted V-shapes. Behind theskin is the spectacle of a completely open space in which cars aredisplayed in a metres-high tower.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

2006.

Architect.

Manuelle Gautrand. Client.

Citroën.

Contributed by.

HelleBeelden.


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photo: Michael Buschor .

photo: Michael Buschor.

photo: Michael Buschor

Opening hoursMuseum, Exhibitions 11am-9pm, ticket counters closed at 8 p.m. Rooms closed at 8.50 p.m. Late night openings for certainexhibitions, as indicated on the website, Thursdays and Fridays to11 p.m. Ticket counters closed at 10 p.m. Atelier Brancusi:every day, except Tuesdays, 2-6 p.m. To avoid queuing up, bestafter 5 p.m. Public Reference Library (Bpi): Weekdays: 12-10p.m. Saturdays, Sundays & public holidays: 11 a.m.-10 p.m

. How to get thereMetro Stations 'Rambuteau', 'Hôtel de Ville' or 'Châtelet - LesHalles'

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Centre Georges Pompidou.

AddressPlace Georges Pompidou 175191 ParisFrancehttp://www.centrepompidou.fr

. Centre Georges Pompidou is a complex in the Beaubourg area ofthe IVe arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles and the Marais. It houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information, a publiclibrary, the Musée National d'Art Moderne, and IRCAM, a centrefor music and acoustic research. The building was designed by thearchitects Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Sue Rogers andengineers Peter Rice and Edmund Happold, whose design was notpopular at first. However, under the guidance of its firstdirector, Pontus Hultén, it quickly became a noted attraction inParis. The Pompidou 'revolutionized museums,' the Pritzker jurysaid, 'transforming what had once been elite monuments intopopular places of social and cultural exchange, woven into theheart of the city. The characteristic piping is colour-codedaccording to the contents: yellow for electricity, red fortransport, blue for water, and green for air.' [Wikipedia.org]

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1977.


Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Architect.

Renzo Piano. Client.

France.

Contributed by.

Buschi.


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photo: Georges Fessy . photo: Georges Fessy.

photo: Georges Fessy

Opening hours

. How to get there

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Ministère de la Culture.

AddressRue Saint-Honoré 18275001 ParisFrancehttp://www.culture.gouv.fr/

. The aim of this project was to regroup on a single site all theservices of the Ministry of Culture, previously dispersed over 17different locations around the city. Architect Francis Solerresolved the major constraints -disparity in dates and indifferentarchitectural style of the two existing buildings- into elements ofunity and identity. This unity is omnipresent in the internal spaceplanning: the two buildings have been remodelled in theirsubstance to require the obtained density, optimize work spacesand interconnect the different floor levels. The other unifyingelement is purely architectural. In the manner of Christo, Solerhas wrapped the old buildings, walls and roof included, in acontinuous organic-weave mesh of steel lace. Without entirelyeffacing underlying differences, this stainless steel veil impartscontinuity to the disparate volumes. It hangs like a loose netdetached from the elevations, its appearance changing in phasewith the sun, shadows, day and night.

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Public access unknown!.

Completion.

2004.


Francis Soler. Interior architect.

Frédéric Druot. Landscape designer.

Michel Desvignes. General consultant.

Patrick Blanc. Client.

Ministry of Culture.

Contributed by.

Xavier_Gonzalez.


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photo: Viktor Ramos .

photo: Viktor Ramos.

photo: Viktor Ramos

Opening hoursopen Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; tours byappointment by can be arranged by e-mail at [email protected] orat 011-33.1.40.40.12.12. or 01 40 40 12 12

. How to get thereTake the subway to Colonel Fabien, or Jaurès or Bolivar.

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Communist Party Headquarters.

AddressPlace Colonel Fabien 275019 ParisFrancehttp://www.pcf.fr

. The avant-garde building conceived by Brazilian architect OscarNiemeyer has become super hip. In 2000, Italian fashion housePrada rented the building to present its collection. Niemeyer hascreated a beautiful building. He wanted a simple constructionwithout ornament. The walls of the Place du Colonel Fabien havekept the marks of the wooden boards used to build them. OscarNiemeyer said the headquarters was ''a piece of work which willconstitute in this city, I am sure, an example of contemporaryarchitecture, and even, permit me to say, a tourist attraction.''The main conference room with metal slates hanging vertically onthe walls is situated below ground level and has Niemeyer desksand chairs. The room's dome (see the satellite images) is on thelawn in front of the curved six-story main building, sheathed inglass.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1972.

Architect.

Oscar Niemeyer. Client.

Communist Party France.

Contributed by.

Naomi.


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photo: Viktor Ramos

Opening hours

. How to get thereTake the subway to Jaurès.

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Rue de Meaux Housing.

AddressRue de Meaux 75019 ParisFrance

. The residential complex in the 19th district of Paris is composedof 220 low cost apartments. The homes all face a central internalgarden planted with birch trees. Research into the grain andcolor of materials led to the creation of a ' double-skinned' facadesystem and the use of terracotta.

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Completion.

1991.

Architect.

Renzo Piano. Landscape designer.

Desvigne & Dalnoky. Client.

R'egie Immobilière de la Ville deParis + Les Mutuelles du Mans

.Contributed by

.Naomi

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photo: Viktor Ramos

Opening hours(subject to change!) Open: 1st March to 30th April: from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. 2nd May to 31st August: from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1stSeptember to 31st October: from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 2ndNovember to 28th February: from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed: Mondays.

. How to get thereOn the Paris/Rouen main road; 33 km from Paris, 19 km north ofVersailles. From Paris Porte de Saint-Cloud: A13, direction Rouenexit 7, Poissy by the D153. From Paris Porte Maillot: la Défensethen A14 direction Rouen exit 6, Poissy by the D153, RER A:Poissy. Tél : (33) 01 39 65 01 06. [email protected] for more visitinginformation, or see www.ville-poissy.fr and for groupreservations or guided tours.

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Villa Savoye.

AddressRue de Villiers 8278300 PoissyFrancehttp://villa-savoye.monuments-nationaux.fr/en/

. The Villa Savoye, also called "Les Heures Claires" in Poissy, whichwas built by Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, better known as LeCorbusier, and Pierre Jeanneret between 1928 and 1931, isconsidered as one of his major works, and even as one of themasterpieces of 20th century architecture. The villa was designedfor a rich insurer, Mr. Savoye, and was the result of several yearsof formal research which revolutionised the traditional codes ofresidential architecture. The building was constructed in the formof a white parallelepiped with a smooth exterior surfacepunctuated by a row of windows. It is supported by thin pillarsand topped by a roof-terrace. The house sits in the middle of afield, a prime example of a new architectural vision.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1931.


Le Corbusier. Architect.


Mr. Savoye.

Contributed by.

boeboe.


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photo: Lotje van Ooststroom .

photo: Lotje van Ooststroom.

photo: Lotje van Ooststroom

Opening hoursThe park is open from dawn to 6 pm on weekdays, and from 9 amto 6pm on weekends and holidays.

. How to get thereEntrance at Rue Balard. By bus: Batobus, Quai André Citroën. Bysubway: 10 Javel ; 8 Lourmel, Place Balard. By train: C,Boulevard Victor.

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Parc André Citroën.

AddressQuai André-Citroën 75015 ParisFrance

. The park occupies the site where the Citroën factory stood from1915-1970. The park is split into several parts. The White Gardenis tree-lined, with little foliage which opens on to the neighboringarea. In its center there is a patio with white flowering plants.The Dark Garden is a sort of enclosed labyrinth, highly shadedwith very dense and dark vegetation and terraces giving on to asmall square. The Central Park consists of a large, rectangularexpanse of lawn, diagonally sliced by a walkway. On the southside of the lawn are two very large, fifteen meter-highgreenhouses, which also function as sitting-rooms and are themedin correspondence with the adjacent Theme Gardens. Bothgreenhouses are bordered by dozens of closely trimmed Magnoliatrees and separated by a pavement of 120 individual dancingfountains. This ‘futuristic’ park was supposed to foreshadow theleisure spaces of the third millennium, but is that reflects today’sreality? The opinions are unfortunately various.

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Project is public!.

Completion.


130000 m².


Jean-Paul Viguier S.A.d'Architecture

. Architect

.Berger & Anziutti

. Landscape designer

.Alain Provost

. Cooperating designer

.François Seigneur

. Landscape designer

.Gilles Clement

. Project manager

.Patrick Charoin

. Contractor

.SEMEA 15

. Client

.City of Paris, Directorate of Parks,Gardens and Green Spaces

.Contributed by

.Lotje

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photo: Lotje van Ooststroom .

photo: Lotje van Ooststroom

Opening hoursThe museum is open every day except Tuesday. Admission to theLouvre is free on the first Sunday of every month.

. How to get thereTake the Metro (Lines 1 or 7) to the station Palais Royale Muséedu Louvre, and follow signs to the museum; The following buslines stop in front of the Pyramid: 21, 24, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72,81, 95, and the Paris Open Tour bus; An underground parkinggarage is available for those coming by car. The entrance islocated on avenue du Général Lemonnier. It is open daily from 7a.m. to 11 p.m.; If you come by Batobus, get off at the Louvrestop, quai François Mitterrand.

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Le Grand Louvre.

AddressPlace du Palais Royal 275001 ParisFrancehttp://www.louvre.fr/

. The central courtyard of the museum, on the axis of theChamps-Élysées, is occupied by the Louvre Pyramid, which servesas the main entrance to the museum. This leads into a newcentral circulation space for the main wings of the galleries andas a visual centre point for the vast sprawling exterior. Thechallenge for celebrity architect I.M. Pei was to create a designthat would accomplish its task while at the same time allow theLouvre Museum to remain the focus of attention. The solution hecame up with was a series of glass pyramids. The structures jutinto the sky to draw the gaze of tourists and let them know this iswhere they should be. But at the same time it allows both themand the Parisians the ability to see through it and revel in theelder architectural masterpiece. The project also included theconstruction of a shopping mall, cultural center, an auditorium,and parking garages.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1989.

Architect.

I.M. Pei. Contractor.

Dumez. Client.

François Mitterrand.

Contributed by.

Lotje.


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photo: iSiDA .

photo: iSiDA.

photo: iSiDA

Opening hoursTemporary and permanent exhibitions: During the week from 12p.m. to 7 p.m., open until 10 p.m. on Thursdays. Saturday andSunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Architectural tour for individuals:every first Sunday of the month at 11 a.m.

. How to get thereMetro: Bercy - Lignes 6 and 14. Bus: 24

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Cinémathèque Française.

AddressRue de Bercy 5175012 ParisFrancehttp://www.cinematheque.fr/

. The Cinémathèque is setting up in the building which was initiallyconceived by the architect Frank O. Gehry known as the famousBilbao Guggenheim museum architect. The Cinémathèquebuilding was wittily named "the dancer raising her tutu" by itscreator. It faces a park on one side and features a reception hallwhich makes use of space and light in a very nice way,contrasting with the elevation made of white stone on the sidefacing Bercy Street. The inside spaces, reconverted by thearchitect Dominique Brard, make use of an abundance of inclinedplanes which enable communication between the differentvolumes and the great number of overlaped levels. [from theproject's website] Cinémathèque Française hosts the largestarchive of films, movie documents, and film-related objects inthe world. It holds daily screenings of a variety of films from allover the world.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1994.


Gehry Partners. Interior architect.

Dominique Brard.

Contributed by.

iSiDA.


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photo: Piotr Krajewski

Opening hoursGeneral phone number: +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00 Access to thepublic only on guided tour reservation early in advance. Visiblebehind the gates of Unesco, however.

. How to get thereBy train: RER B from Roissy CDG to Paris St Michel station, every 4to 15 minutes from 5 a.m. to midnight, fares, combinedmetro-RER ticket, €7.70. Take metro line 10, direction BoulognePont de St-Cloud to Ségur station. This will take you about onehour from Roissy CDG.

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Meditation Space.

AddressPlace de Fontenoy 775007 ParisFrancehttp://www.unesco.org/

. At the very end of the patio of the Japanese garden, with accessto the right, is the 33m2, cylindrical, one-story structure is pavedwith granite exposed to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6August 1945, subsequently cleaned and used for the floor andbase of the pond. Commissioned by UNESCO to symbolize peaceand to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the adoption ofUNESCO's Constitution. Financed through Japanese privatedonations amounting to approximately 5 million French Francs.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1995.

Architect.

Tadao Ando.

Contributed by.

pkrajewski.


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Opening hours

. How to get there17/19 Rue des Suisses/Rue Jonquoy, 14th

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Rue des Suisses.

AddressRue des Suisses 1775014 ParisFrancehttp://17ruedessuisses.mirrorz.com/

. This is the first project in Paris by the Herzog De Meuron team onan unusual site in the 14th Arrondisement not far from GareMontparnesse. The result of a 1966 competition sponsored by theParis public housing agency Régie Immobilière de la Paris (RVIP),the project is built on three interconnected parcels that includeinfill sites on two sides of a long perimeter block that face a longnarrow plot on the interior of the block. The infill buildings arebuilt to the neighbourhood height of 7 floors, while the interiorslab is only 3 floors in height. Entry to the interior of the block ismade beneath the infill buildings. In addition to the 4 storydifference in building height, the long narrow block designed as afree-standing element in a long narrow garden and is protectedwith curving rolling wooden blinds that are in sharp contrast tothe folding metal blinds that cover the façades of the streetbuildings. The three buildings contain about 60 flats andbasement parking.

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Completion.

2000.

Architect.

Herzog and De Meuron.

Contributed by.

pkrajewski.


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Opening hours

. How to get there

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Masséna Housing.

AddressRue Françoise Dolto 75013 ParisFrance

. Almost all of Paris’s social housing authorities have revampedtheir building strategies. The shift dates to the inauguration ofMayor Bertrand Delanöe, a socialist and a design advocate who,with others, knew the banlieue was an issue long before theriots. The city is now building better social architecture, aimingto reverse social housing’s negative stigma. One of these projectsis an unusual concrete building, built for the Société Anonymed’Economie Mixte Immobilière Interdépartementale in theformerly industrial Masséna area by Beckmann-N’Thépé. Thebuilding’s center is carved out about three levels up to create alofted courtyard, while side portions are also cut out to createseveral rooftop gardens. The structure contains 48 flats,commerce, and an underground garage (text from ArchitecturalRecord).

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Completion.


4850 m².

Architect.

Beckmann N'Thépé.

Contributed by.

pkrajewski.


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photo: Piotr Krajewski.


Opening hours

. How to get there

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Coeur Défense.

AddressVoie des Bâtisseurs 92044 ParisFrance

. This is the biggest corporate project built in Europe in recentdecades: 350.000 m2 of floor space. It stands in the 'heart' of LaDéfense, beside the historic east-west axis that runs from theLouvre to the Grand Arch. There are two twin towers 180m high,linked by an 'inter-tower', and three low buildings, all federatedby a large atrium that rises to a height of 44 metres over anhectare of floor space. The typology chosen shuns the model ofthick towers, preferring thin, streamlined volumes that generatework spaces near glazed façades, and thus open to daylight. Theatrium is a complex space sitting on a three-level base, thehighest of which connects to the Charles de Gaulle Esplanade andprovides access to all the buildings, restaurants, services andconference centre. 10.000 people work in this huge set. The fivebuildings of the set enter into rythmic play and express tauteffort in their clean skins, clean lines and curved edges (text fromwebsite architect).

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Public access unknown!.

Completion.


350000 m².

Architect.

Jean-Paul Viguier S.A.d'Architecture

.Contributed by

.pkrajewski

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photo: Yuri Palmin . photo: Piotr Krajewski.


Opening hours

. How to get there

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Notre Dame de Pentecôte.

AddressPlace de la Défense 392053 ParisFrancehttp://catholiques.aladefense.cef.fr/

. The Notre Dame de Pentecôte Church was designed byParis-based architect Franck Hammoutène with his competitionwinning design. The giant translucent glass wall at the front ofthe church is 115-feet tall but only 31 inches thick and can beseen from 2 km away. The building won the 2002 DuPontBenedictus Award.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

2001.

Architect.

Franck Hammoutène.

Contributed by.

pkrajewski.


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Opening hoursWednesday: 09.00 - 12.00 / Saturday: 10.00 - 17.00 / Groups onappointment.

. How to get thereMetro: lines 9 and 10 (Michel-Ange - Molitor) / Bus: line P.C.(Porte Molitor).

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Apartment Building by Le Corbusier.

AddressRue Nungesser et Coli 2475016 ParisFrancehttp://fondationlecorbusier.fr

. This apartment building in Paris - Immeuble Molitor Appartement- was constructed in 1934 with on top the apartment of LeCorbusier himself. He lived there his whole life, next to the Parcdes Princes. It is an interesting building, similar to the ClartéBuilding in Geneva with its glass façade with rigid exterior. Thisstands in contrast to his own apartment on top, which has roofvaults, old brick walls in his atelier and a little roof terrace.

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Project is public!.

Completion.


240 m².

Main designer, Architect,Artist, Interior architect,Landscape architect,Urban planner

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Le Corbusier.

Architect.


Kouznetzoff - Noble.

Contributed by.

goa.


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photo: goa .

photo: goa

Opening hours

. How to get thereMetro : Gare d'Austerlitz. The building lies directly next to theSeine between the Pont Charles de Gaulle and the Pont de Bercy.

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Cité de la Mode et du Design.

AddressQuai d'Austerlitz 75013 ParisFrance

. In Paris's 13th arrondissement, Parisian architects Jakob +MacFarlane have converted the existing concrete skeleton of aformer warehouse into a center for design and fashion. Thearchitects constantly explore all forms and 'non-forms', which isvisible in this project: parasitical volumes in apple-green spindlescolonize the entire façade.

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Project is public!.

Completion.


20000 m².

Architect, Interiorarchitect, Landscapearchitect, Urban planner

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Jakob + MacFarlane.

Client.

Institut Français de la Mode.

Contributed by.

goa.


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photo: goa .

photo: goa.

photo: goa

Opening hours

. How to get thereBy underground: Porte de Pantin (Grande Halle): Line 5 (Bobigny- Place d'Italie) Porte de la Villette: Line 7 (Villejuif-Louis Aragon/ La Courneuve) More info at www.ratp.fr By bus: Porte dePantin (Grande Halle): line 75, 151, PC 2 and 3 Porte de laVillette (Cité des Sciences): 75, 139, 150, 152, PC2 and PC3,Station Porte de la villette

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Parc de la Villette.

AddressAvenue Jean Jaurès 21175019 ParisFrancehttp://www.villette.com

. The former site of the slaughterhouse of La Villette wastransformed into a public parc, designed on the principle oflayered pathways and the well-kown folies (red dots on a grid).

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Project is public!.

Completion.

2000.

Architect, Interiorarchitect, Landscapearchitect, Urban planner

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Bernard Tschumi Architects.

Contributed by.

goa.


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Opening hours

. How to get thereMetro: Line 14, Stop 'Bibliotheque François Mitterand' / RER: LineC, Stop 'Bibliotheque François Mitterand'.

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Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir.

AddressConnecting Quai François Mauriac and Quai de Bercy 785013 ParisFrance

. This elegant connection between the Bibliotheque Nationale deFrance and the Parc de Bercy was designed as a lens towards theriver on two levels. The bridge was constructed in its whole inadvance and positioned from transportation boats onto its place.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

2006.

Architect, Landscapearchitect, Urban planner

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Feichtinger Architectes.

Client.

City of Paris.

Contributed by.

goa.


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photo: goa .

photo: goa.

photo: goa

Opening hoursMonday - Friday: 08.00 - 21.00

. How to get thereMetro: Line 14 RER: Line C Bus: Line 62, 69 84, 325

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Paris Diderot University BâtimentLavoisier

.AddressRue Jean Antoine de Baïf 1575013 ParisFrancehttp://www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/sc/site.php?bc=PRG&np=ACCUEIL&g=m

. This project is one of the new buildings for the Paris DiderotUniversity at Diderot 7 in the Rive Gauche development area.

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Project is public!.

Completion.


10250 m².

Architect, Interiorarchitect

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X-TU Architecture.

Client.

Université de Paris.

Contributed by.

goa.


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