Ateliers Jean Nouvel completes pair of inclined skyscrapers in Paris
French design studios The 180- and 125-meter-tall Tours Duo buildings were created by Jean Nouvel to "create a character" for eastern Paris. The two skyscrapers, which are intended to serve as a landmark for eastern Paris, house 139 rooms of hotel accommodations and 97,000 square meters of business space. Philippe Starck, a French designer, created the interiors. According to Jean Nouvel, Eastern Paris is gradually coming into focus, consolidating and taking shape, and completing and changing an incomplete context.
The goal of this endeavor is to construct the top of the mountain, the century's apex. Additionally, it involves developing a personality or singularity that is connected to the reality of the location, that highlights its unique beauty, and that depends on it to create and enhance the area's allure.
The pair of skyscrapers are situated away from a central plaza and were constructed next to the Périphérique ring road and a sizable railroad line. The skyscrapers were tilted by Nouvel to be more visible from the Seine River, the Périphérique, and a number of other prominent locations in the city.
In his opinion, the location does not qualify as a landmark from the Avenue de France's perspective. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France's walkway does not provide a view of it. A little incline may easily bring the towers into view while allowing us to play with the reflections of the railway landscape in the south facade, which would be clearly visible from the ring boulevard and the boulevard du Général Jean Simon. After the Tour Montparnasse, Tour Duo 1 is the second-tallest skyscraper in Paris at 180 meters. Offices are located on the top levels of the 39-story structure, which also has an auditorium and retail space on the first floor. The tower's peak was designated as a meeting room.
The upper levels of the 29-story neighboring tower house a hotel and business space. On top of it is a restaurant and bar with a terrace with views of all of Paris. Both skyscrapers had their upper levels turned, and the shorter tower had an angled canopy added to give them an "expressive" shape.
The roof terraces of the tall buildings from earlier decades are inaccessible and headless. The head of a summit is a recognizable profile. Because of this, the two actors' heads are animated and expressive, and they communicate with each other as well as their friendly neighbors.
The Duo towers are a part of a wave of skyscrapers being constructed in Paris, which also includes the Hekla skyscraper by Ateliers Jean Nouvel in the city's La Defense neighborhood. Herzog & de Meuron recently announced that construction would begin on their Tour Triangle project, while the Tour Montparnasse, the city's highest structure, is now undergoing renovation.
