2024-11-23T20:35:06-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150275230/construction-update-jean-nouvel-s-hekla-tower-for-the-la-d-fense-district-in-paris Josh Niland 2021-07-23T19:03:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7d/7deea69b9ef43cf2601b7c76d3a96fd8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/990/ateliers-jean-nouvel" target="_blank">Jean Nouvel&rsquo;s</a> Tour Hekla development in Paris&rsquo; La D&eacute;fense financial district is nearing completion after construction began in late 2018.</p> <p>The 49-story building represents the Pritzker winner&rsquo;s third attempt to build in La D&eacute;fense after designs in 1989 and <a href="http://www.jeannouvel.com/en/projects/tour-sans-fins/" target="_blank">2008</a> went unrealized owing to engineering difficulties and economic concerns. Now, with an approval behind them, the team at <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/990/ateliers-jean-nouvel" target="_blank">Ateliers Jean Nouvel</a> has combined with developers Hines and AG Real Estate to plan 76,000 square meters of new office space that will allow nearly 5,800 workers flexibility and added green space.<br></p> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CP5GhC1hJgc/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> View this post on Instagram </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CP5GhC1hJgc/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by HEKLA (@tourhekla)</a><br><p>According to Nouvel: "I envisioned a prismatic composition that would create and re-create an array of polychrome brise-soleils where metal and glass, light and latitudes, the transparent and the opaque co-exist. The uppermost floors, laid out in triplex, create a landscaped highpoint in total contrast to the horizontal transition to s...</p>