La Défense, France
2001
Triangle de l’Arche
Where two railway lines and an ensemble of highways converge, a triangle appears between the Leonardo da Vinci University Centre and the hills of the Arche.
Client
Program
Area
Planning
Client
Meunier Promotion
Program
Offices, conference rooms, restaurant
Area
43 500 m²
Planning
Competition
1997
Delivery
2001
Born of a new urbanistic vision of La Défense, the Triangle de l’Arche provides an urban district, on a human scale, directly linked to the Arche’s forecourt. Determined by the network of roads that surrounds them, the buildings reprise the lines of the roads.
Within this curved setting, symbolising speed and modernity, an orthogonal system structures the centre of the block, giving this ensemble of offices the necessary flexibility and scalability. An orthogonal system in stone, a curved system in glass: in places, the former pierces the latter, in a meeting of two systems from which the location’s architecture is born.
A synthesis of several schools of thought that have emerged during this century, the Triangle de l’Arche combines the rediscovery of traditional town planning on a human scale, the expression of its construction method and deep thinking concerning the quality of life in a new urban district.
Within this curved setting, symbolising speed and modernity, an orthogonal system structures the centre of the block, giving this ensemble of offices the necessary flexibility and scalability. An orthogonal system in stone, a curved system in glass: in places, the former pierces the latter, in a meeting of two systems from which the location’s architecture is born.
A synthesis of several schools of thought that have emerged during this century, the Triangle de l’Arche combines the rediscovery of traditional town planning on a human scale, the expression of its construction method and deep thinking concerning the quality of life in a new urban district.
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