Twenty French schools of architecture and landscape design have been appointed to design twenty new human-scale Folies in the middle of the Parc de la Villette in Paris during the Paris 2024 Olympic period. The pre-existing Folies inspire these follies created by the students in Bernard Tschumi's Parc de la Villette.

The new folies built host twenty sports federations on the Club France site during the Olympiad. These projects seek to create links between architecture and sport as part of the Cultural Olympiad, and through innovative architecture, reflect the Olympic values ​​of Paris 2024 as iconic, ecological, committed, egalitarian, inclusive, sober and unifying.

Distributed along two structuring axes of the park, the new folies with dimensions of 11.25 m on each side, are integrated into the existing framework of the park using as a reference the folies designed by the architect Bernard Tschumi. Each new folie respects and plays with the heights of the pre-existing folies, echoing the spirit of the famous "follies" that made the architect Bernard Tschumi famous and that adorn the Parc de la Villette.

After almost two years of the design process, each Folies was finally prefabricated and installed on site in less than ten days. This collaborative and innovative educational project represents a great opportunity for students from French architecture schools, who poetically build a new bridge between architecture and sport, which can already be visited since June 13, 2024, in the Parc de la Villette.

"Archi Folies 2024" 20 folies for sports federations at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Photograph by Aurélien Chen.
"Archi Folies 2024" 20 folies for sports federations at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Photograph by Aurélien Chen.

To carry out their projects, the students, accompanied by their teachers, also experienced extensive collaboration with the different actors and partners of the project. First of all, the sports federations, as they try to best reflect the identity of the sport being hosted and make the site as functional as possible.

In addition to maintaining contact with the project managers and the main partners: the Ministry of Culture, La Villette, the Grands Ateliers, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), seeking to establish the regulatory framework for the operation, follow the financing of the numerous sponsors and coordinate the different phases of prefabrication and construction.

In July 2023, the exhibition of models and sketches of the new Folies was held at the Paris-Malaquais School of Architecture, where students have already exhibited and discussed the new constructions, revealing the diversity and beauty of the proposed approaches. This led to the construction of the Folies, which would confront students with the act of building in 2024.

«Archi Folies 2024» 20 folies para las federaciones deportivas en las Olimpiadas París 2024. Fotografía por Aurélien Chen.
"Archi Folies 2024" 20 folies for sports federations at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Photograph by Aurélien Chen.

In the same vein, as the buildings developed for the Olympics, the new Folies aim to be exemplary and inspiring architectures, made from innovative or reusable materials. Keen to keep pace with the ecological transition, the architecture schools demonstrate the ability of schools to innovate in the face of ecological challenges, while respecting the constraints posed by different materials and techniques.

Using sustainable materials such as wood and straw, these constructions are designed to be recycled and reused after the end of the Games. Following the Paris 2024 Legacy and Sustainability Plan, the Folies will be dismantled and relocated after the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the benefit of local authorities and other partners, with some federations even intending to maintain them to promote their discipline.

01. ASCENSION
ENSA Paris-Est x FF Escalade
 11. 5 SENS DU PENTA
ENSA Bordeaux x FF Pentathlon Moderne
02. SURF LA KAZ
ENSA La Réunion x FF Surf
 12. LE MANÈGE
ENSA Versailles x FF Équitation
03. LES RAM’EAUX
ENSA Nancy x FF Aviron
 13. CO³
ENSA Montpellier x FF Roller & Skateboard
04. IMMERSION BLEUTÉE
ENSA Grenoble x FF Canoé Kayak
 14. LA ROUTINE
ENSA Saint-Etienne x FF Gymnastique
05. FOLIE DE LA VOILE
ENSA Marseille x FF Voile
 15. PAVILLON DU RUGBY
ENSA Toulouse x FF Rugby
06. AVANT-GARDE
ENSA Paris-Malaquais x FF Escrime
 16. PAPILLON
ENSA Lille x FF Basket-Ball
07. COUP DE POING
ENSA Paris-Val de Seine x FF Boxe
 17. STEP BY STEP
ENSA Lyon x FF Danse
08. LE TRIANGLE
ENSA Strasbourg x FF Triathlon
 18. UP’N’OUT
ENSA Paris-La Villette x FF Lutte
09. VÉLODÔME
ENSA Clermont-Ferrand x FF Cyclisme
 19. L’ENVOL
ESA x FF Badminton
10. PAVILLON D’ATHLÉTISME
ENSA Paris-Belleville x FF Athlétisme
 20. TY-ARC’H
ENSA Bretagne x FF Tir à l’Arc

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ENSA Paris-Est x FF Escalade, ENSA La Réunion x FF Surf, ENSA Nancy x FF Aviron, ENSA Grenoble x FF Canoé Kayak, ENSA Marseille x FF Voile, ENSA Paris-Malaquais x FF Escrime, ENSA Paris-Val de Seine x FF Boxe, ENSA Strasbourg x FF Triathlon, ENSA Clermont-Ferrand x FF Cyclisme, ENSA Paris-Belleville x FF Athlétisme, ENSA Bordeaux x FF Pentathlon Moderne, ENSA Versailles x FF Équitation, ENSA Montpellier x FF Roller & Skateboard, ENSA Saint-Etienne x FF Gymnastique, ENSA Toulouse x FF Rugby, ENSA Lille x FF Basket-Ball, ENSA Lyon x FF Danse, ENSA Paris-La Villette x FF Lutte, ESA x FF Badminton, ENSA Bretagne x FF Tir à l’Arc.

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From 14 June to 7 July 2024.- Wednesday to Sunday from 14h to 20h.
From 28 August to 3 September 2024.- every day from 14h to 20h.

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Parc de la Villette, Paris. France.

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Published on: August 4, 2024
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