In this list of representative projects developed in the city of Paris, we have made a selection of works built during the Olympic period by renowned architects such as Gaëtan Le Penhuel Architectes, Saison Menu Architectes Urbanistes, Sud Architectes, chaixetmorel, Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés, CoBe Architecture et Paysage, Moreau Kusunoki Architectes, Atelier Kempe Thill, Atelier 56S, VenhoevenCS, Ateliers 2/3/4/, Chatillon Architectes, OLGGA architectes, DREAM, Christ & Gantenbein, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, Régis Roudil, David Chipperfield Architects, or MAO.
1. Athletes Village in France by DREAM
Lot E3. Rue Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen, France. (48° 55’ 12” N 2° 20’ 11” E).
The Athletes' Village in France is located on the right bank of the Seine, between the Cité du Cinéma and Vieux Saint-Ouen, in Paris. The building designed by the DREAM architecture studio in the new Olympic Village for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is a mixed-use building in which office spaces, sports spaces on the roof and premises on the ground floor are mixed.
The architects have tried to maintain a unity of neighbourhood with material tones of the facades, in colours close to those of the old and industrial city, in addition to using a common construction language in all the buildings, posts and beams, which will allow the elements to be easily replaced. non-bearing to transform the Athletes' Village into a neighbourhood for family use in the future.
1. Athletes Village in France by DREAM
Lot E3. Rue Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen, France. (48° 55’ 12” N 2° 20’ 11” E).
The Athletes' Village in France is located on the right bank of the Seine, between the Cité du Cinéma and Vieux Saint-Ouen, in Paris. The building designed by the DREAM architecture studio in the new Olympic Village for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is a mixed-use building in which office spaces, sports spaces on the roof and premises on the ground floor are mixed.
The architects have tried to maintain a unity of neighbourhood with material tones of the facades, in colours close to those of the old and industrial city, in addition to using a common construction language in all the buildings, posts and beams, which will allow the elements to be easily replaced. non-bearing to transform the Athletes' Village into a neighbourhood for family use in the future.
2. Olympic Village housing by chaixetmorel
Rue des Frères Lumière, Saint-Denis, France
The Olympic Village Houses designed by chaixetmorel are located in the Saint-Denis district, on the banks of the Seine, in the heart of an urban fabric that includes several historic buildings, the complex houses apartments and service, training and storage facilities for the Olympic Village.
Under the need to master the balance between the conservation of the existing building and the creation of suitable accommodation for athletes, a contemporary and innovative complex that embraces the existing architectural heritage while generating a dialogue with contemporaneity and providing connecting spaces and decompression.
3. Residential trio for the Olympic Village by Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés
D1, 93200 Saint-Denis-Sur-Seine, France
The Olympic Village designed by Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés located on plots one, five and eight in the Saint-Ouen area, in the Saint-Denis district. The three new residential buildings planned for the Olympic Village will be occupied by the athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. It was designed with the idea of functioning in the long term as a real neighbourhood for family life in the dynamics of the city.
The architects developed an exhaustive investigation into innovative typologies based on the notion of metropolitan domesticity, uses, and quality of life, whether for apartments or common areas, without losing the main function of providing shelter to participating athletes.
4. Lot E2B of the Athletes' Village by CoBe Architecture et Paysage
100 Rue de Saint-Denis, 93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France
Lot E2B of the Athletes' Village designed by CoBe Architecture et Paysage is located in the Athletes' Village in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, in the Saint-Denis district. Located at the eastern end of the Belvederes, the three new buildings are located at the crossroads of three large public spaces: Finot Street, Ampère Square and Coteaux Alley.
It is inspired by the urban context to insert itself into it coherently and enhance it at the same time. To ensure a fluid transition with the pre-existing elements, it is divided into two parts: "The Villas" complete the suburban domestic fabric of Old Saint-Ouen, composed of low-rise buildings, and "The Belvederes", which open to the new central street, and mark the entrance to a metropolitan area made up of the tallest buildings in the operation.
Rue des Frères Lumière, Saint-Denis, France
The Olympic Village Houses designed by chaixetmorel are located in the Saint-Denis district, on the banks of the Seine, in the heart of an urban fabric that includes several historic buildings, the complex houses apartments and service, training and storage facilities for the Olympic Village.
Under the need to master the balance between the conservation of the existing building and the creation of suitable accommodation for athletes, a contemporary and innovative complex that embraces the existing architectural heritage while generating a dialogue with contemporaneity and providing connecting spaces and decompression.
3. Residential trio for the Olympic Village by Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés
D1, 93200 Saint-Denis-Sur-Seine, France
The Olympic Village designed by Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés located on plots one, five and eight in the Saint-Ouen area, in the Saint-Denis district. The three new residential buildings planned for the Olympic Village will be occupied by the athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. It was designed with the idea of functioning in the long term as a real neighbourhood for family life in the dynamics of the city.
The architects developed an exhaustive investigation into innovative typologies based on the notion of metropolitan domesticity, uses, and quality of life, whether for apartments or common areas, without losing the main function of providing shelter to participating athletes.
4. Lot E2B of the Athletes' Village by CoBe Architecture et Paysage
100 Rue de Saint-Denis, 93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France
Lot E2B of the Athletes' Village designed by CoBe Architecture et Paysage is located in the Athletes' Village in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, in the Saint-Denis district. Located at the eastern end of the Belvederes, the three new buildings are located at the crossroads of three large public spaces: Finot Street, Ampère Square and Coteaux Alley.
It is inspired by the urban context to insert itself into it coherently and enhance it at the same time. To ensure a fluid transition with the pre-existing elements, it is divided into two parts: "The Villas" complete the suburban domestic fabric of Old Saint-Ouen, composed of low-rise buildings, and "The Belvederes", which open to the new central street, and mark the entrance to a metropolitan area made up of the tallest buildings in the operation.
5. Aquatic Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/
345 Av. du Président Wilson, 93200 Saint-Denis, France
The Paris 2024 Aquatic Center designed by VenhoevenCS together with Ateliers 2/3/4/ will be the only newly built permanent building for the 2024 games. The innovative and award-winning multifunctional space aims to create an unforgettable Games experience and promises a lasting legacy for the neighbourhood and the city together with the expanded green public space and the new bridge connecting the stadium with the Stade de France and the rest of Paris.
During the Olympic Games, the centre will be the infrastructure where the diving competitions, synchronized swimming and water polo qualifications will take place. The building will serve as a swimming training centre during the Paralympic Games and, after the Games, will continue to be a centre for various sports in the neighbourhood.
6. Renovation of the Grand Palais in Paris by Chatillon Architectes
Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France
The Grand Palais in Paris was renovated by Chatillon Architectes a few months before the start of the Olympic Games after a three-year closure and will serve as the venue for fencing and taekwondo during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Over a century, the building has become the international showcase of the French cultural scene, hosting the most important exhibitions and events in the world and reflecting the developments and innovations of its time.
For the first time since 1937, visitors once again pass from east to west through the nave of this Art Nouveau masterpiece. Chatillon has respected the original concept of the three architects of the Grand Palais (Henri Deglane, Albert Louvet and Albert Thomas) and has eliminated the wall built in 1937.
7. Renovation of the Yves du Manoir Stadium by OLGGA architectes
12 Rue François Faber, 92700 Colombes, France
An emblem of French sports history such as the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, built for the 1924 Olympic Games, has been renovated by the French architecture studio OLGGA architectes. The project is located within a flood zone in the Colombes district, northwest of the city.
The stadium will host the field hockey events for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will offer two synthetic grass hockey fields, one of them available for competitions with a capacity of 1,000 seats in the stands, and the remaining one for training, which It will be prepared for the Federation's National Training Center. The sports facilities are all organized according to an axis that crosses the site from north to south and consists of ten playing fields and two buildings, one for football and the other for rugby.
8. Renovation of the Grande Nef De L'île-Des-Vannes by Chatillon Architectes
11-15 Bd Marcel Paul, 93450 L'Île-Saint-Denis, France
After seven years of closure, architecture firm Chatillon Architectes has renovated the historic Grande Nef De L'île-Des-Vannes, bringing this distinctive building back to life, first as an Olympic training site and then for its subsequent return to the community local. The building located in the metropolitan area of Paris was declared a "Historical Monument" by the French Ministry of Culture in 2007.
The uniquely shaped building has a parabolic roof and translucent sides that provide the sports venue with a sensory experience. The interior has a sports court and a grandstand with a capacity for 1,500 seated guests and 4,500 standing guests for different events.
9. Residential Timber tower by Moreau Kusunoki Architectes
46 Rue Jean-Baptiste Berlier, 75013 Paris, France
The wooden residential tower designed by Moreau Kusunoki Architectes is at the intersection of multiple flows, networks and urban scales. The wooden tower, 50 meters high above ground, was based on a deep knowledge of the place and its designation as a new residential centre in the southeastern corner of Paris.
The structural solution using wood and its proportions manages to emphasize the verticality of the building despite being lower in height than the neighbouring buildings, at the same time that its characteristic proportionality allows the building to fully participate in this monumental landscape. The attention paid to the materiality of the charred and pre-aged wood can also be found in the care given to the layout of the residential units.
10. Clichy-Batignolles Eco-District
Place Françoise Dorin 75017 Paris. France
The Eco-District of Clichy-Batignolles is located near the centre of Paris, between Haussmann's Paris and the Paris of the 21st century. One of the objectives of this project by Gaëtan Le Penhuel, Saison Menu and SUD was to ensure a gradual transition between these two different fabrics of Paris through modulation of volumes that connect the two scales.
The ambitious residential development in the northwest of Paris houses 5 buildings with mixed programs in a total of 52,000 m² with varied housing, office buildings and a notable presence of intermediate spaces, in the form of generous green spaces, designed with a landscape sensitivity, and leisure spaces integrated into the ground floor of the buildings.
11. Ilot Beaumont by Atelier Kempe Thill + Atelier 56S
18/20 Boulevard Beaumont, 35000 Rennes, France
In the French city of Rennes, the capital of Brittany, several urban development programs have been initiated, including Ilot Beaumont. The project, by Atelier Kempe Thill and Atelier 56S, arises as a result of the evolution of the city in connection with issues that have been a real boost to the development of the area.
Located directly at the Rennes train station, the complex has great importance for the configuration of the area, its direction and its volumetry, which gives the project a strong and monumental identity that takes into account the place and follows a strategy that arises from careful urban planning that is made legible through its uniformity.
18/20 Boulevard Beaumont, 35000 Rennes, France
In the French city of Rennes, the capital of Brittany, several urban development programs have been initiated, including Ilot Beaumont. The project, by Atelier Kempe Thill and Atelier 56S, arises as a result of the evolution of the city in connection with issues that have been a real boost to the development of the area.
Located directly at the Rennes train station, the complex has great importance for the configuration of the area, its direction and its volumetry, which gives the project a strong and monumental identity that takes into account the place and follows a strategy that arises from careful urban planning that is made legible through its uniformity.
12. Vaugirard Social Housing by Christ & Gantenbein
20-46 Rue Théodore Deck, 75015 Paris, France
Conceived as a large-scale residential development combining urban complexity with the comfort of high-quality housing, the Vaugirard social housing designed by the Christ & Gantenbein architecture studio located in the 15th arrondissement of the city of Paris becomes a model of subsidized housing that defends the community in a resilient and lasting way.
The project arises from a contemporary strategy to revitalize the city, which allows combining an infrastructure environment with accessible and community housing while guaranteeing the urban diversity characteristic of an evolving neighbourhood with a hybrid program.
13. Renovation, Center Pompidou
Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris, France
The building is located on a two-hectare plot known as the "Plateau Beaubourg" immersed in dense urban fabric on the edge of the Marais area, very close to the Seine in the city centre of Paris. This architectural and cultural icon of the city was designed at the end of the 20th century by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers.
From its conception, the project shows some of the main ideas of its authors, where flexibility and a close relationship with the city, reserving half of the total available area of the site as a public square, highlight the role of Pompidou as a catalyst for urban regeneration.
14. Child care centre in wood and rammed earth by Régis Roudil
11 quai Branly, 75007 Paris, France
Inside the Palais de l'Alma, Napoleon's former stables, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, Atelier Régis Roudil Architectes proposes a nursery for 24 cribs, which offers the possibility of maintaining a truly sustainable relationship with the world and with plot due to its construction using wood and rammed earth.
The project is integrated into a unique urban fabric in a manner that is respectful of the pre-existing urban environment. Therefore, it is consciously located in the garden, understanding this as a green lung that looks towards nature and that highlights the materials of biological origin chosen for the construction of the building.
15. Extension of the Morland Mixité Capitale by David Chipperfield Architects
17 Bd Morland, 75004 Paris, France
On the banks of the Seine and in the centre of the city of Paris is the Morland Mixité Capitale by David Chipperfield Architects, the remodelling and expansion project of the historic building designed by Albert Laprade in 1960, the administrative headquarters of the city known as the «Préfecture de Paris».
The proposal stood out for being an intervention that reopened the building to the public and promoted the positive reactivation of the neighbourhood. Originally the building was made up of a 16-story high tower with two adjacent wings of 9 floors each, thus generating a small plaza in the place, to which two new volumes with an intermediate scale were added, which try to connect in this way. the surface of the old building with the other buildings in the neighbourhood.
16. Flats and offices, renovation in the heart of the French capital by Moussafir Architectes
5 rue du Vertbois, 75003 París, Francia
5 rue du Vertbois, 75003 París, Francia
Moussafir Architectes studio teamed with Inside/Outside has completed the renovating and rehabilitating of a building dating from the 70s. In the city of light, Paris, in the centre of the Le Marais district, is the old Jewish quarter located at the banks of the Seine.
Within a neighbourhood with a special atmosphere, quite sophisticated and full of galleries where you can find the latest Parisian fashion, there is a 10-story commercial building designed by Biro Fernier, with an area of 1,134 m², which recalls the history of France during the economic boom that occurred after the war.
Within a neighbourhood with a special atmosphere, quite sophisticated and full of galleries where you can find the latest Parisian fashion, there is a 10-story commercial building designed by Biro Fernier, with an area of 1,134 m², which recalls the history of France during the economic boom that occurred after the war.
17. Six social housing units and a business premises by MAO
1 rue Robert Blache, Paris, France
At a meeting point between three urban situations present in the city of Paris - "Faubourien" architecture, the neatness of brick buildings, and buildings that reinterpret classical language, we find a complex of social housing designed by Mobile Architectural Office which seeks to reinterpret the main characteristics of “Faubouriene” architecture present in the surrounding area.
The building developed a structural principle based on prefabricated wood that allowed the development of a very low-carbon site and the assembly of the structure on 5 levels in 10 days. The 6 homes distributed over 5 floors have a double or triple orientation, offering the maximum amount of light possible inside the home.
Twenty French schools of architecture and landscape design have been appointed to design twenty new human-scale Folies in the middle of the Parc de la Villette in Paris during the Paris 2024 Olympic period. The pre-existing Folies inspire these follies created by the students in Bernard Tschumi's Parc de la Villette.
The new folies built will host twenty sports federations on the Club France site during the Olympiad. These projects seek to create links between architecture and sport as part of the Cultural Olympiad, and through innovative architecture, reflect the Olympic values of Paris 2024 as iconic, ecological, committed, egalitarian, inclusive, sober and unifying.
19. Athletes' Village by Dominique Perrault
D1, 93200 Saint-Denis, Francia
Following our series of publications on projects in Paris for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, we present the urban project that unifies and gives meaning to one of the largest urban transformations carried out for these games.
To exemplify a new way of living in cities, Dominique Perrault developed “District 2024, beyond the Athletes’ Village”, a project in the city of Paris that, through urban reflection, aims to provide the metropolis and the landscape with an identity factor of long-term coherence.
The idea was to create a district capable of revealing what exists, what has existed and what will exist through a project with scope to improve the existing territory and geography, which constitutes a strong and suitable element to manifest the principles of evolution, adaptability and reversibility, becoming an element of exceptional welcome for athletes, their delegations and their future inhabitants.
