Tour Triangle Paris
Paris’ skyline is set to change with the construction of Tour Triangle, the first skyscraper to be built in the French capital since 1973.
Designed by Swiss agency Herzog & de Meuron, Tour Triangle, or simply Triangle as it is referred to is set to be built in the exhibition site of Parc des Expositions in Porte de Versailles, Paris. The building will take the form of a 180-metre tall glass pyramid with a trapezoid base.
The design, which was first presented in 2006, took almost 10 years to gain approval, as Paris is the only major European city to not permit skyscrapers. The City Council of Paris welcomed the modern high-rise building, although not without controversy as many citizens of Paris expressed concern that the structure will cast shadows over their homes and alter the classical landscape of Paris.
To combat the impact of a high building on its environment, Tour Triangle was designed with the intention of reducing the shadows cast on adjacent residential buildings. This dialogue with the urban context extends to the texture of the exterior, which is intended to reflect the urban fabric of Paris. The aesthetic of the façade will be classic and coherent with its overall form and fine crystalline silhouette, as well as varied and intriguing in its details.
More specifically, while the West façade extends vertically anchoring the project in relation to its surroundings, the East façade is steadily stepping, setting itself back from the property line of the ground base. This not only decomposes the volume of the high-rise building on its surroundings but also creates diverse floor plates for open plan offices and allows for increased use of daylight.
Tour Triangle is designed with sustainability in focus. As a green building, its design will favour natural light, making use of solar and wind power to offset power from the grid, and generate four times less CO2 than a standard building of the same size. With these qualities it is intended to meet the HQE and BREEAM certifications. The project is expected to generate 5,000 jobs during construction and another 5,000 upon its completion.
Rooming 42 floors, Tour Triangle will accommodate a 4-star 120-room hotel, a fine-dining restaurant with panoramic view, panoramic observatories, a Sky Bar at the 12th floor, and 70,000 square meters of office space including 2,240 square meters of co-working space. The building will also house a range of conference centres, cultural spaces, atriums, and community facilities including a day-care facility. Finally, the ground floor will feature a range of commercial shops.
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