Paris, France
2013
Beaugrenelle
Benefiting from the advantageous location beside the Seine and very close to the Eiffel Tower, the restructuring and enlargement of the Beaugrenelle Shopping Centre makes it the perfect example of a new generation of city-centre shopping and leisure centres.
Client
Certifications
Program
Area
Planning
Client
Apsys
Gecina
Certifications
HQE
BREEAM
Very Good
Program
Complex of shops, cinemas, restaurants, renovated housing and urban farm on the roof
Area
75 000 m²
Planning
Delivery
2013
With the removal of the paved sections spanning the streets – relics of the utopian features of the 1960s – and the creation of continuous façades lining those same streets, the centre has been given a new urban dimension. Restoring the mix of pedestrians and cars in the street, placing entrances to the centre at the corners and facing each other, and installing shop windows at street level have all served to restore the role of the street, forge a link with the neighbouring districts and appeal to passersby.
The screen printed glass – the sole material used on the façades – and the fluidity and simplicity of the volumes give the ensemble a very strong identity. Aside from the shops located at street level, the retail spaces are served by two atriums set at the heart of each of the blocks that constitute the centre. One atrium is circular and visible through the building from the street, and the other is wide open to the Seine via a huge glass wall and arranged in tiers in the direction of the river.
On either side of the Pont de Grenelle, two circular extensions dedicated to panoramic restaurants define a gateway to Paris’s 15th arrondissement, a symbolic contribution by the shopping centre to the fabric of the city.
The screen printed glass – the sole material used on the façades – and the fluidity and simplicity of the volumes give the ensemble a very strong identity. Aside from the shops located at street level, the retail spaces are served by two atriums set at the heart of each of the blocks that constitute the centre. One atrium is circular and visible through the building from the street, and the other is wide open to the Seine via a huge glass wall and arranged in tiers in the direction of the river.
On either side of the Pont de Grenelle, two circular extensions dedicated to panoramic restaurants define a gateway to Paris’s 15th arrondissement, a symbolic contribution by the shopping centre to the fabric of the city.
Pierre Mauroy Stadium