The world's largest urban farm is set to open next year in Paris. The six-story, 150,000-square-foot garden aims to grow more than 2,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables a day. Twenty gardeners will tend to 30 different kinds of plants to produce vegetables for the community. Called Agripolis, the project uses aeroponic farming so the plants absorb water and nutrients via mist.
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The World’s Largest Urban Farm Opens Next Year in Paris
The Paris Researcher Pioneering a New Way to Recycle Building Materials
Anna Saint Pierre's Granito project is harvesting the ingredients for new architectural building blocks from demolished structures.
Rapid urban change comes and goes without many even noticing it. Entire slices of a city’s history disappear overnight: What was once a wall of hewn stone is now fritted glass and buffed metal. The building site is always, first, a demolition site.
This is the thread that runs through Granito, a project by the young French designer and doctoral researcher Anna Saint Pierre. Developed in response to a late-20th-century Paris office block due for a major retrofit, one involving disassembly, it hinges on a method of material preservation Saint Pierre calls “in situ recycling.” Her proposal posits that harvesting the individual granite panels of the building’s somber gray facade could form the basis of a circular economy. “No longer in fashion,” this glum stone—all 182 tons of it—would be dislodged, pulverized, and sorted on-site, then incorporated into terrazzo flooring in the building update.
Bay Huynh Architects Design Rooftop Waterway for Notre Dame
Vietnam-based Bay Huynh Architects have created a proposal for an urban waterway as a new rooftop for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Designed to explore the value of faith and society, the proposal comes after the Notre Dame fire in April this year. Called the Flowing Fish, the project aims to break the traditional notion of a church to create a "new ecosystem" for worship.
Zeyu Cai and Sibei Li Win The Peoples Notre-Dame Design Competition
GoArchitect has announced designers Zeyu Cai and Sibei Li as the winners of The Peoples Notre-Dame Cathedral Design Competition. With 226 entries from 56 countries, the winning proposal was chosen by the public with over 30,000 people voting. The competition aimed to create a new vision for the future of the iconic cathedral after the Notre Dame fire in April this year. Called Paris Heartbeat, the winning design creates a literal heartbeat for the city.
Ateliers & Showroom Marine Serre / Lemoal Lemoal Architectes
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Architects: Lemoal Lemoal Architectes
- Area: 813 m²
- Year: 2019
Gensler Unveils Temporary Worship Pavilion for Notre Dame
Architecture firm Gensler has unveiled a design for a temporary worship pavilion at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Set to be located in Parvis Square, the temporary structure would be constructed primarily out of charred timber for added strength and durability. The proposal comes after the Notre Dame fire in April this year. The Pavillon Notre-Dame was designed to offer hope to Parisians and international visitors while the 850-year-old cathedral is being restored.
La Maison Plissée / WRA- Wild Rabbits Architecture
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Architects: WRA- Wild Rabbits Architecture
- Area: 235 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Métal concept & industrie
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Professionals: ATELIER GABRIEL, RabierFluides concept, SELLIG & RENAULT
Promise at Dawn, Center of Emergency Accommodation / AIR + Moon Architecture
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Architects: AIR, Moon Architecture
- Area: 2800 m²
- Year: 2016
Renzo Piano's Paris Courthouse Through the Lens of Marwan Harmouche
Architectural photographer Marwan Harmouche has published images of the new Paris Courthouse, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Situated on the northern edge of Paris, the Tribunal de Paris regroups various facilities previously dispersed around the capital, becoming the largest law courts complex in Europe.
MAD's First Built Project in Europe Nears Completion
MAD Architects’ first built project in Europe is nearing completion in the French capital of Paris. Led by Ma Yansong, MAD was awarded the project in 2012 following an international design competition, working in collaboration with French firm Biecher Architectes. The building, named “UNIC,” emerges as part of a mixed-use masterplan envisioned adjacent to the Martin Luther King Park: a 10-hectare green space.
"New Parisian Stories" Project Transforms Water Reservoir into New Cultural Hub
In their recently completed thesis project, Sebastian Siggard, Neemat Azizullah, and Thomas Ron propose the revitalization of a 19th century Parisian water reservoir into a new cultural hub. Addressing growing social issues and inequality across Europe, the project, titled “New Parisian Stories,” promotes social interaction in an effort to create a more integrated and cohesive society. Two primary questions motivate their design: With the 2024 Olympics games coming to Paris, what role can architecture play in capturing the opportunities and potential of such events? And how can architecture better the lives of those lowest in society while also creating social and sympathetic spaces for people of all languages, cultures and ages?
Panorama – Airtime Bridge Building / Marc Mimram
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Architects: Marc Mimram
- Area: 16100 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Robert McNeel & Associates
EDC Recording Studio / Fairfax
Monceau Apartment / JCPCDR Architecture
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Architects: JCPCDR Architecture
- Area: 70 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Chaos Group, Robert McNeel & Associates, Tres, dmlights
Hamonic+Masson Reimagine Suburban Paris with New Neighborhood Plan
Architecture practice Hamonic+Masson & Associés have designed a new neighborhood development to reimagine suburban Paris. As the winning entry in the Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris 2 competition, the "High Garden" project was made to propose a metropolitan-scaled architecture on one of the sites proposed within the greater city limits. Responding to the brief, it was designed to be a dynamic and attractive neighborhood in a new eco-district.
Jakob + MacFarlane Design Retractable Timber Exhibition Hall for Paris
Paris architecture firm Jakob + MacFarlane has designed a retractable wood and glass exhibition hall for the Saint-Denis area of Paris. As a winning project in the C40 international "Reinventing Cities" competition, the project was made to reflect the historical industrial heritage of the surrounding context. Dubbed Odyssee Pleyel, the hall aims to showcase thought-leadership in carbon-neutral development and the global clean energy transition.
Homecore Store / Studio Malka Architecture
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Architects: Studio Malka Architecture
- Area: 100 m²
- Year: 2018