Kengo Kuma designs an "eco-luxury hotel" for Paris-Rive Gauche

2017-06-30T12:50:00-04:00

Kengo Kuma & Associates have been commissioned to design an "eco-luxury hotel" building perched above the railways of the Paris-Rive Gauche district. Part of a larger development, the building is meant to serve as a landmark for the neighborhood.

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“In the context of repetitive volumes along the avenue, our design strategy was to create a sculptural shape as formed by natural erosion that will let the sky come down to the street. The work on the volume is defined by the modularity of the wooden structure,” write the architects. “As particles, dispersed facade panels together with the volumetric decomposition come to blur the shape of the building. The warm materiality of the wood is combined with the soften reflection and aerial touch of the metal panels. The building will come alive with the light.”

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In total, the building has a floor area of 12,700 square meters. It will include a sport facility, business center, youth ...

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Kengo Kuma designs an "eco-luxury hotel" for Paris-Rive Gauche