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SIGNAL TOWER, FRANCE, PARIS, 2008
Three mixed use towers connected by a central spiral
Ambition

Post-war Paris is torn between its need, as the nation’s capital, to represent its modernity versus its preservation instinct.

The construction of the business district of La Défense will begin with the creation of a virgin surface of any new urbanization: the concentration of critical mass on the outskirts of the city (Paris), whilst protecting the historic centre.
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FACT SHEET

Status:
Competition 2008

Client :
Vinci Immobilier – The Carlyle Group

Site :
La Defense – Paris

Program :
Total 238.300m2 with Ministry tower - Mix use Hotel : 23.000m2; Housing :29.300m2; Residential Services: 14.000m2; Offices: 49.000m2; Retail 6.900m2; Spectacle Hall:8230m2; Technical: 2650m2; Ministry tower: 105.300m2
COLLABORATORS

SETEC
Jean Bernard Datry, Audrey Zonco, Marie Evo, Claude Labbe, Dominique Allehaux

ARUP
Julian Sutherland and his team

Renderings
Robota

Photography
Frans Parthesius

Model
Made by Mistake

CREDITS

Partners in charge:
Rem Koolhaas and Floris Alkemade

Project architect:
Clément Blanchet


Team:
Peter Stec, James Leng, Sebastien Berthier, Joris De Baes, Maurizio Mucciola, Sandra Bsat, Cecile Celeste, Theo Petrides, Mauro Parravicini, Caroline Martin, Jorge Gallego, Pierre de Brun, Thomas Favre-Bulle, Remy Turquin, Konrad Krupinski, Adrianne Fischer