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ZAC DANTON, FRANCE, PARIS, 1991
An office tower with an unexpected volume which cantilevers
How to intervene in the robust chaos of the Paris business centre La Défense... to build next to the "Tour sans Fin” - Europe’s eventual seventh wonder. It is impossible, by definition to compete with this tower by Jean Nouvel. The potential contrast is between the sublime and the banal.
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FACT SHEET

Project:
An office tower with an unexpected volume which cantilevers

Client:
Capri Enterprises

Year:
1991-1995

Status:

Discontinued, final design and building permit realized, project canceled in 1995

Type:
Office

Location:
Paris, France

Site:
La Défense, next to the 'Tour Sans Fins'

Program:
Office building, 42,000m2

Budget:
42,000,000 Francs
COLLABORATORS

Engineer:
Ove Arup and Partners, Coyne et Bellier, Trouvin Ingenierie, Intégral Ingenierie, Cabinet Casso et Cie., ACV
CREDITS

Design:
Rem Koolhaas, Winy Maas, Anne-mie Depuydt, Floris Alkemade, Farshid Moussavi, Christine Enzman, Christophe Cornubert, Frans Blok