La Canopée des Halles by Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti

11/04/2016. The new Les Halles. [PAR] France.
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The cultural centre is scheduled to open in April, eight years after the City of Paris launched a competition for a complete reconstruction of the existing shopping centre Forum des Halles.
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The long awaited centre, named "Canopée" by its architectss Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti, is nearing completion in Les Halles, on the site of the historic Parisian market demolished in the '70s.

Les Halles food market – referred to as "the belly of Paris" by novelist Émile Zola – dates back as far as the 12th century. The famous glass and iron buildings were designed by architect Victor Baltard in the 1850s, but demolished during the 1970s, leaving a hole for several years until the Forum shopping centre was built over the Châtelet – Les Halles station in 1979.

The new Forum des Halles will welcome over 37 million visitors per year in an expanded area that includes 66,000 square meters of commercial space, as well as some 800,000 travelers who will pass through the largest center for intercity transport in Europe every day. It will be crowned by a giant glass roof spanning an area of ​​about 25,000 square meters.

"The dynamic elements of the site guided the idea of the Canopy", explained the architects. "Its curvilinear and organic forms are the result of observations and analyses of the natural and human- made forces that act on an urban environment."

"Under the vast shelter of the Canopy, some 18,000 glass shells diffuse a soft light whatever the weather forecast, so that the interior temperatures are maintained without undue energy consumption", they added.

It has been designed seeking the visual transparency, so that visitors can easily be oriented and to give them the feeling of overall space. It is organized in two wings which allow pedestrians to have a clear view of the activity spaces. Each of these wings houses 14,000 square meters of cultural facilities. In the south a music conservatory is located and in the north a multimedia center, a cultural center and a "home for amateurs of dance music and theater practitioners."

The re-location of the main entrance to a large public garden offers a new perspective on the surrounding area and creates a natural axis between the Pompidou Center and the Stock Exchange. These gardens are designed as a meadow dotted with flower beds and plants.

"The gardens are framed on either side by wooded areas and equipped with playgrounds, benches, petanque courts, chess tables and much more", said the team. "It will be more inviting, open and accessible to the public and will have more greenery than before."

The pedestrian circulations are now channeled through this new door to Paris that seeks to symbolize the urban reality of the site.

 

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Architects
Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti.
Architectural design
Patrick Berger.
Assistants
Le Canopée des Halles Chief.- Mathieu Mercuriali. Châtelet–Les Halles station Design: Julien Abinal with Mathieu Andrieu and Mathieu Mercuriali.
Technical
G. Sellier and O. Musset
Site
Le Canopée des Halles V. Grage, C. Teuschl, K. Jannot, A.Lebret (in 2015). Châtelet-Les Halles station M. Aurenche, A. Feuillade.
Engineering Structure, fluids, economy
Le Canopée des Halles Ingérop conseil and ingéniérie. Châtelet-Les Halles station RATP ingénierie, Ingérop Conseil et ingénierie.
Envelope and elevations
Arcora, Emmer Pfenninger
Acoustic
ACV
High Environmental Quality
Base consultants
Lighting
Ingelux
Modeling
Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti with Design to production; Ingérop with Decode
Security
Vulcanéo
Scenography
Changement à vue
Glass master
Emmanuel Barrois
Fountain master
J-M Lorca
Project management
Le Canopée des Halles Ville de Paris / Sempariseine Châtelet-Les Halles station RATP
Principal company
Vinci – Chantiers modernes construction
Visitor information
Attoma
Contractors
Sogea TPI, Vulcain
Year
2016

Patrick Berger

Patrick Berger was born in Paris in 1947, he founded the studio Patrick Berger architect in Paris in 1975. Among his main projects and achievements there are the remodeling of the Pavilion of Les Halles, the viaduct of Arts and Andre Citroen Park in Paris, the School Architecture of Brittany in Rennes, the European Union Football Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland and the monument to the Communications between France and Japan, in Japan. His collaboration with Jacques Anziutti begins in 2005 when they formed the studio Berger Anziutti.

He is the author of several books, including "Panauti, a city in Nepal," "hidden forms, the city", "Lux Sonus" for lessons Thoronet in 2010 and "Animal" (2014).

 

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