We are talking about the same industrial zone where one of the richest people in France, Francois Pinault, intended to open a gallery of his Foundation for Contemporary Art and exhibit masterpieces from his richest collection there. Then Tadao Ando was supposed to act as an architect.
A more utilitarian project by Nouvel has a better chance of being realized. Its building will occupy the territory of "Block C1" of the master plan for the development of the plant's territory, which was created over the course of nine years. Construction should begin in March next year.
This area is located in the Southwest of Paris, on the banks of the Seine, in the Boulogne-Billancourt district. With an area of 45 hectares, it is the largest new development area in Paris, and the French branch of the American company Hines acts as the developer. In the coming years, office buildings, residential buildings, shops and public buildings with a total usable area of 653,000 sq. M. Will appear there. m.
Nouvel's project is a tower of three rectangular blocks located at a slight angle relative to each other. Hanging gardens will be built on their roofs. Each of the blocks is lighter and slender than the one placed under it - therefore, the overall proportions of the building remain neutral, consistent between the vertical and horizontal articulations of the building.
