PARIS | Projects & Construction

[South Central]

Originally Posted by Indy G

Ministry of Justice will have it's own tower in Paris.
By Renzo Piano, 160m.
With Justice, no place for joke, this is serious (no Shard, no gherkin, no Talkie Walkie, no freedom, just Justice (Judge Dredd's one)

This is the Paris court, not the ministry of justice which will stay Place Vendôme

[Jex7844]

A new tower whose architect is to date not known, will be officially unveiled next month at the MIPIM in Cannes. The tower (180m/44 floors), will be built in the 13th arrondissement near the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand. Works will last 2 years & a half & are due to start late 2013/early2014.

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Guys, I've created a thread yesterday regarding Renzo Piano's Courthouse:

HERE

[Indy G]

Originally Posted by South Central

This is the Paris court, not the ministry of justice which will stay Place Vendôme

Oops sorry, that's true (but not totaly only a small part of the Ministry of Justice is in Vendôme. The bigger part is actually in the 15th arrondissement et will go to Porte d'Aubervilliers en summer 2015 in a low-rise called Millénaire 3 (architects : Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects).



http://www.arseginfo.fr/Actualites/fichearticle/?id=2826-%22Le+minist%E8re+de+la+Justice+installera+ses+services+centraux+porte+d'Aubervilliers%22

[Axelferis]

@parcdesprinces->this is the reason why we are so weak when comes the question of European competitions

Everytime politics produce a waste of time by complexifying everything

What is this country where every simple case finishes in a juridic courtyard?!!!!

What delanoe knows about football to not understand the ambitions presented there?
paris need a stadium sufficient to generate a lot of cash. financial fairplay coming .We see a lot of brits clubs having difficulties wheras producing big merchandising.

I hope qatarians will maintain pressure to have what they want: a new emirates or allianz like.


for the cité juduciaire it is a big project of 160m ok but why this blocky style again?
Justice is a serious thing but when you decide to erect a 160m building in paris why again this angle,blocky iteration?

it's not a contradiction to give a "little" style to a highrise.Even for justice.
Feeling of 60-70's urban mistakes

[Clery]

Originally Posted by parcdesprinces

the Mayor of Paris asked juridical informations in order to forbid Paris St-Germain FC to still use the term "Paris" in its name, if the team leave the Parc des Princes i.e. the City of Paris (I also read somewhere that the Paris City Hall has planned the same thing about the Eiffel Tower representation on the PSG logo)...

Qataris should take them to their words. The City of Paris has more to lose than the club in such a ridiculous fight.

No matter the legal name, Paris will always be Paris.

[Jex7844]

The 'Tour F' is part of the french Pentagone project (work to start soon). Its transformation is drawing to a close. Next summer the other tower under renovation ('Tour A') will also be delivered.

Tour F, before:



Tour F, now:







It's even more impressive in the flesh...I just love it . The french Pentagone whose construction is to start soon will stand just behind 'Tour F'.

http://www.batiactu.com/edito/tour-f...diap-31327.php

[Minato ku]

They did a good job for this building.
My parents met here.

[Jex7844]

[Jex7844]

For the time being that's only a no man's land but very soon, the site will be buzzing with activity. After months of admin procedures, the kick off has just been given for one of the greatest constructions of the last decade[...]

'Hexagone' thread HERE

Full article

[B890bT]

that "pentagon" building is incredible, I wish the MoD here in England could build such a building but it would probably be built 5 years late and 3 times over budget

[Winged Robot]

Nice update videos on the Les Halles project, but I was hoping they'd show some aerial shots of the construction area. It's a massive redevelopment project and a few overhead images would have definitely help put things in perspective.

[caserass]

Originally Posted by B890bT

that "pentagon" building is incredible, I wish the MoD here in England could build such a building but it would probably be built 5 years late and 3 times over budget

lol, it's the same in France... mark my word

[dino2010]

image hosted on flickr


WOW!

[Jex7844]

21 DAYS TO GO!


On 21 march 2012 will be unveiled the new lighting scheme of Paris' tallest office tower: the Tour Montparnasse. Initially planned in june 2011, it was finally posponed owing to technical issues.

From march 21st, the lighting scheme (permanent & evolving), will take place every evening & will be different according to the seasons.

Reminder (trials):

Full article (in french)

[Jex7844]

By Kiki Kong:

[brisavoine]

Today was the greatest day in the life of the 320m (1,050 ft) Hermitage Towers project. According to Le Figaro, the three buildings permits have been officially issued by the public authorities.

Nothing can stop the project anymore. Even if the Socialists come back to power in May, they can't block the project now.

Of course, there will be some legal challenges against the building permits in the courts initiated by opponents of the project, but in general legal challenges against building permits rarely succeed, and I imagine that for such an iconic project the public authorities have taken extreme care to make the building permits legally impeccable (that's why the issuance of the building permits was postponed from January till now).

The only thing that can stop the project now is if the Russian developper becomes discouraged with the length of the judicial proceedings and decides to call it quit, but so far they show no sign of calling it quit, quite the opposite!

The other good news announced today is the last tenant of the Damiers d'Infra building who refused to leave has finally left, so Hermitage can start asbestos removal work in this building. Hermitage says asbestos removal work will start on March 15, which will be the real start of the demolition-construction of the tallest towers in the EU.

The article from Le Figaro:

Permis de construire validé à la Défense

Le Figaro
6 mars 2012

Le projet des tours jumelles Hermitage Plaza (320 mètres) à la Défense a franchi une nouvelle étape aujourd'hui avec la délivrance du permis de construire, mais reste en attente d'un accord pour pouvoir lancer des travaux de démolition, a-t-on appris auprès du promoteur.

Le PDG du Groupe Hermitage Emin Iskenderov a affirmé à l'AFP qu'il comptait lancer le 15 mars "des travaux préparatifs de construction", avec le désamiantage de l'immeuble Damier Infra à Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine) - sur l'emprise duquel se trouveront les tours jumelles - une opération rendue possible par le départ vendredi de la dernière locataire des lieux.

"La deuxième étape, ce sera la destruction. Nous sommes en train de finaliser un protocole d'accord avec des copropriétaires du Damier de Champagne et du Damier du Dauphiné pour pouvoir le faire", a précisé M. Iskenderov qui espère pouvoir engager les démolitions fin 2012.

[...]

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/201...la-defense.php

[sgroutage]

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[Jex7844]

14 DAYS TO GO!

Tests:

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[Rue Quincampoix]

Social Housing by L. Paillard in Paris 18

[Godius]

Originally Posted by Jex7844

For the time being that's only a no man's land but very soon, the site will be buzzing with activity. After months of admin procedures, the kick off has just been given for one of the greatest constructions of the last decade[...]

'Hexagone' thread HERE

Full article

Interesting architecture, I think I'll follow the developments about this project.